Stand or Fall
{{Infobox song
| name = Stand or Fall
| cover = Stand_or_Fall_-_The_Fixx.jpg
| alt =
| type = single
| artist = the Fixx
| album = Shuttered Room
| B-side = The Strain
| released = 26 March 1982
| recorded =
| studio =
| length = 3:40
| label = MCA
| writer = Cy Curnin, Jamie West-Oram, Adam Woods, Rupert Greenall, Charlie Barrett
| producer = Rupert Hine
| prev_title = Some People
| prev_year = 1982
| next_title = Red Skies
| next_year = 1982
}}
"Stand or Fall" is a song by new wave/rock band the Fixx. Released in 1982, it was the third of four single releases from the group's debut album, Shuttered Room.
"Stand or Fall" became the group's first charting hit. In the United States, it peaked at number 76 on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart and number 7 on the Top Rock Tracks chart.{{cite book | last=Whitburn | first=Joel | title=Joel Whitburn Presents Rock Tracks (1981-2008) | publisher=Record Research | page=93 | location=Menomonee Falls, Wis. | year=2008 | isbn=978-0-89820-174-1}} The song also charted in Australia (No. 33), Canada (No. 37)[http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/films-videos-sound-recordings/rpm/Pages/image.aspx?Image=nlc008388.6942&URLjpg=http%3a%2f%2fwww.collectionscanada.gc.ca%2fobj%2f028020%2ff4%2fnlc008388.6942.gif&Ecopy=nlc008388.6942 RPM Weekly - Library and Archives Canada, October 23, 1982] and the United Kingdom (No. 54).{{cite web |title=Fixx: Artist Chart History |url=https://www.officialcharts.com/artist/19552/fixx/ |publisher=Official Charts Company |access-date=4 May 2020}}
Music Video
The music video features Cy Curnin singing in a house, before cutting to soldiers in combat during World War II alongside a tank. It ends with Curnin leading the men and tank with a white horse (representing peace).
Charts
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!Chart (1982–83) !Peak |
Australia (Kent Music Report)
| align="center"|33 |
Canada RPM Top Singles[http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/films-videos-sound-recordings/rpm/Pages/image.aspx?Image=nlc008388.6942&URLjpg=http%3a%2f%2fwww.collectionscanada.gc.ca%2fobj%2f028020%2ff4%2fnlc008388.6942.gif&Ecopy=nlc008388.6942 RPM Weekly - Library and Archives Canada, October 23, 1982]
| align="center"|37 |
UK Singles (Official Charts Company)
|align="center"|54 |
US Billboard Hot 100Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955-2002, 2005, Record Research Inc., {{ISBN|978-0898201550}}
|align="center"|76 |
US Billboard Top Rock Tracks
|align="center"|7 |
US Cash Box Top 100
|align="center"|91 |
References
{{reflist}}
External links
- {{YouTube|zuHJTsP0QhA|The Fixx - Stand or Fall}}
{{The Fixx}}