Stand Beside Me

{{Infobox song

| name = Stand Beside Me

| cover = Jodeesbm6386956640790600.jpg

| alt =

| type = single

| artist = Jo Dee Messina

| album = I'm Alright

| released = October 12, 1998

| recorded =

| studio =

| venue =

| genre = Country

| length = 3:44

| label = Curb

| writer = Stephen Allen Davis

| producer = Byron Gallimore, Tim McGraw

| prev_title = I'm Alright

| prev_year = 1998

| next_title = Lesson in Leavin'

| next_year = 1999

| misc = {{External music video|"[https://web.archive.org/web/20071031143847/http://www.cmt.com/videos/jo-dee-messina/29949/stand-beside-me.jhtml Stand Beside Me]" at CMT.com}}

}}

"Stand Beside Me" is a song written by Stephen Allen Davis, and recorded by American country music singer Jo Dee Messina. It was released in October 1998 as the third single from her album I'm Alright. The song spent three weeks at the top of the Hot Country Singles & Tracks (now Hot Country Songs) chart,{{cite book |title= The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition|last=Whitburn |first=Joel |authorlink=Joel Whitburn |year=2004 |publisher=Record Research |page=229}} making Messina the first female artist to score three multi-week Number One singles from one album.

Music video

The music video was directed by Jim Shea and premiered in October 1998.

Chart performance

"Stand Beside Me" debuted at number 71 on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks for the week of October 10, 1998.

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!align="left"|Chart (1998–1999)

!align="center"|Peak
position

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=Year-end charts=

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scope="col"|Chart (1999)

!scope="col"|Position

Canada Country Tracks (RPM){{cite web|url=http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?brws_s=1&file_num=nlc008388.9956&type=1&interval=24|title=RPM Top 100 Country Tracks of 1999|work=RPM|date=December 13, 1999|accessdate=July 7, 2013}}

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US Country Songs (Billboard){{Cite magazine | url=http://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/1999/hot-country-songs| title=Best of 1999: Country Songs | magazine=Billboard | publisher=Prometheus Global Media | date=1999| accessdate=August 25, 2012}}

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