"Stand" is a song by American pop

Pop music

Pop music is usually understood to be commercially recorded music, often oriented toward a youth market, usually consisting of relatively short, simple songs utilizing technological innovations to produce new variations on existing themes.- Definitions :David Hatch and Stephen Millward define pop...

 singer–songwriter Jewel

Jewel (singer)

Jewel Kilcher , professionally known as Jewel, is an American singer-songwriter, guitarist, producer, actress and poet...

 from her fourth studio album, 0304 (2003). Written and produced by Jewel and Lester Mendez

Lester Mendez

Lester Mendez is an American record producer and songwriter. His production/writing credits include a multitude of successful hits including Shakira's "Underneath Your Clothes" and "La Tortura", Jessica Simpson's "A Public Affair", and Nelly Furtado's "Te Busqué".Mendez worked with Carlos Santana...

, and released as the album's second single

Single (music)

In music, a single or record single is a type of release, typically a recording of fewer tracks than an LP or a CD. This can be released for sale to the public in a variety of different formats. In most cases, the single is a song that is released separately from an album, but it can still appear...

 in October 2003 in the United States and later on internationally, the single failed to chart on the Billboard Hot 100

Billboard Hot 100

The Billboard Hot 100 is the United States music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine. Chart rankings are based on radio play and sales; the tracking-week for sales begins on Monday and ends on Sunday, while the radio play tracking-week runs from Wednesday...

. It reached number sixteen on the Hot 100 Singles Sales

Hot 100 Singles Sales

The Hot Singles Sales chart is a chart released weekly by Billboard magazine in the United States. It measures sales of commercial singles and is one of three component charts, along with the Hot 100 Airplay and the Hot Digital Songs, that determine the chart positions of singles on the...

 chart, and also became Jewel's third consecutive chart-topper on the Hot Dance Club Play.

Commercial release

The single edit saw no alteration from its original version. However, it was listed as Single Mix on some promotional singles, which is no different from the album version.

"Stand" was released in two formats in the U.S.; the CD single contains "Stand" and the 0304 trumpet

Trumpet

The trumpet is the musical instrument with the highest register in the brass family. Trumpets are among the oldest musical instruments, dating back to at least 1500 BCE. They are played by blowing air through closed lips, producing a "buzzing" sound which starts a standing wave vibration in the air...

-driven track "Leave the Lights On" as a coupling track

A-side and B-side

A-side and B-side originally referred to the two sides of gramophone records on which singles were released beginning in the 1950s. The terms have come to refer to the types of song conventionally placed on each side of the record, with the A-side being the featured song , while the B-side, or...

, while the CD maxi single

Maxi single

A maxi single or maxi-single is a music single release with more than the usual two tracks of an a-side song and a b-side song.-The first maxi singles:...

 contains the song's club mixes. Both singles contained two different covers. International singles received the title track and some club mixes for its final release.

Music video

The music video

Music video

A music video or song video is a short film integrating a song and imagery, produced for promotional or artistic purposes. Modern music videos are primarily made and used as a marketing device intended to promote the sale of music recordings...

 for the single was directed by Chris Applebaum

Chris Applebaum

Chris Applebaum is an American music video director, who has worked with a diverse range of artists, among them Rihanna, Hilary Duff, The Mighty Mighty Bosstones, Mandy Moore, Natasha Bedingfield, Fountains of Wayne and Britney Spears...

. It shows Jewel and some of the events described throughout the song's lyrics.

Track listings

U.S. CD single

1. "Stand" – 3:15
2. "Leave the Lights On" – 3:24

U.S. CD maxi single

1. "Stand" (Markus Schulz
   Markus Schulz
   Markus Schulz, born , is a German trance music DJ and producer who resides in Miami, Florida, USA. He is best-known for his weekly radio show titled Global DJ Broadcast that airs on Digitally Imported radio, After Hours FM and other online stations...
   
    Club Mix) – 6:49
2. "Stand" (Mike Rizzo
   Mike Rizzo
   Michael "Mike" Rizzo, is an American DJ/remixer from New York City since the early 1990s. He is well known for working with various artists such as Jennifer Green and Sun, all of whom scored hits on both Billboard's Hot Dance Club Play and Hot Dance Airplay charts.He also achieved success on both...
   
    Remix) – 8:04
3. "Stand" (The Scumfrog
   The Scumfrog
   Jesse Houk is a DJ/remixer/producer/artist from Amsterdam, The Netherlands. He is better known by his pseudonym, The Scumfrog, under which he has remixed songs by artists as varied as Britney Spears, David Bowie, Dido, Enrique Iglesias, and J-Pop Superstar Utada Hikaru. His first release was a...
   
   Extended Re-Hash) – 7:40
4. "Stand" (Boris & Beck Club Mix) – 6:29
5. "Stand" (Bastone & Burnz Club Mix) – 7:12
6. "Stand" (Markus Schulz Coldharbour Mix) – 9:51
7. "Stand" (Bastone & Burnz Del Moody Mix) – 5:24
8. "Stand" (Bastone & Burnz Drum N Bass Mix) – 5:35

European CD single

1. "Stand" (Album Version) – 3:15
2. "Stand" (Markus Schulz Club Mix) – 6:52
3. "Stand" (The Scumfrog Extended Re-Hash Mix) – 7:42

Charts

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Chart (2003)	Peak position
Chart (2004)	Peak position