Girls Aloud Version
| "I'll Stand by You" | |||||||||||||||
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| Single by Girls Aloud | |||||||||||||||
| from the album What Will the Neighbours Say? |
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| B-side | "Real Life" | ||||||||||||||
| Released | 15 November 2004 | ||||||||||||||
| Format | CD single, digital download | ||||||||||||||
| Recorded | 2004 | ||||||||||||||
| Genre | Pop | ||||||||||||||
| Length | 3:44 | ||||||||||||||
| Label | Polydor | ||||||||||||||
| Producer | Xenomania | ||||||||||||||
| Certification | Silver | ||||||||||||||
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In 2004, the British all-female pop group Girls Aloud recorded a cover of "I'll Stand by You" as the official Children in Need charity single. Their version was produced by Brian Higgins and his production team Xenomania. The track was announced a single just ten days before its 15 November 2004 release. It became Girls Aloud's second number one on the UK Singles Chart, spending two weeks at the top position and receiving a silver certification from the British Phonographic Industry. The song appears on Girls Aloud's second studio album What Will the Neighbours Say? (2004).
The music video, directed by Trudy Bellinger, saw Girls Aloud stranded in a desert as they "stand by" each other. "I'll Stand by You" was promoted through various live appearances and has since been performed on a number of the group's concert tours. Despite its success, Girls Aloud's cover of the song was largely slated by contemporary music critics.
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