Stand Tall (song)

"Stand Tall"
Single by Burton Cummings
from the album Burton Cummings
B-side "Burch Magic"
Released October 1976
Format 7" Vinyl
Recorded 1976
Genre Pop
Length 3:20 (single version)
4:33 (album version)
Label Portrait Records
Writer(s) Burton Cummings
Producer(s) Richard Perry
Burton Cummings singles chronology
"Stand Tall"
(1976)		 "I'm Scared"
(1977)

"Stand Tall" is the title of an international hit single by Burton Cummings, taken from his eponymous debut album. The song was released less than two years after "Dancin' Fool," the final hit single by the group for which Cummings had been lead singer, The Guess Who.

The recording was issued as the album's lead single in the fall of 1976, spending 21 weeks on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 and reaching number 10. The song reached number five on the U.S. Cash Box Top 100, and spent four weeks at number four in Canada.[1] The song became a Gold record.

"Stand Tall" was an even bigger Adult Contemporary hit, reaching number two in the U.S. and spending one week at number one in Canada.[2] It was kept from the number-one position on the U.S. AC chart by the Captain and Tennille's hit, "Muskrat Love."

In his native Canada, Burton Cummings was nominated for the Juno Award for 1977 Composer of the Year for "Stand Tall."[3]

Chart performance

Weekly charts

Chart (1976-77) Peak
position
Australia[4] 5
Canada RPM Top Singles[5] 4
Canadian Adult Contemporary[2] 1
New Zealand[6] 14
U.S. Billboard Hot 100[7] 10
U.S. Billboard Adult Contemporary[8] 2
U.S. Cash Box Top 100[9] 5

Year-end charts

Chart (1976) Rank
Canada[10] 59
Chart (1977) Rank
Australia[4] 53
Canada[11] 103
U.S. Billboard Hot 100[12] 63

References

  1. ↑ "Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada". Collectionscanada.gc.ca. Retrieved 2016-10-12.
  2. 1 2 "Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada". Collectionscanada.gc.ca. Retrieved 2016-10-12.
  3. ↑ "Awards | The JUNO Awards". Junoawards.ca. Retrieved 2016-10-12.
  4. 1 2 Steffen Hung. "Forum - 1970 (ARIA Charts: Special Occasion Charts)". Australian-charts.com. Retrieved 2016-10-12.
  5. ↑ "Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada". Collectionscanada.gc.ca. Retrieved 2016-10-12.
  6. ↑ "NZ Top 40 Singles Chart | The Official New Zealand Music Chart". Nztop40.co.nz. 1977-03-06. Retrieved 2016-10-12.
  7. ↑ Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955-1990 - ISBN 0-89820-089-X
  8. ↑ "Adult Contemporary Music Chart". Billboard. 1976-11-27. Retrieved 2016-10-12.
  9. ↑
  10. ↑ "Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada". Collectionscanada.gc.ca. Retrieved 2016-10-12.
  11. ↑ "Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada". Collectionscanada.gc.ca. Retrieved 2016-10-12.
  12. ↑ "Top 100 Hits of 1977/Top 100 Songs of 1977". Musicoutfitters.com. Retrieved 2016-10-12.
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