There Stands the Glass

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{{Infobox song

| name = There Stands the Glass

| cover =

| alt =

| type = single

| artist = Webb Pierce

| album =

| A-side = I'm Walking the Dog

| released = September 1953

| recorded =

| studio = Bradley Studios, Nashville, Tennessee{{cite magazine|last=Snoddy|first=Glen|title=Nashville, The Recording Center|url=https://www.worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Record-World/70s/72/Record-World-Country-Music-Who%27s-Who-1972_428.pdf|magazine=Country Music Who's Who|publisher=Record World|date=1972|access-date=10 May 2024}}

| venue =

| genre = Country

| length = {{Duration|m=2|s=27}}

| label = Decca

| writer = * Russ Hull

• Mary Jean Shurtz
• Autry Greisham

| producer = Owen Bradley

| prev_title = It's Been So Long

| prev_year = 1953

| next_title = Slowly

| next_year = 1954

}}

"There Stands the Glass" is a country song written by Russ Hull, Mary Jean Shurtz, and Audrey Grisham. Originally recorded by Blaine Smith in 1952, it was a hit for Webb Pierce in 1953.[https://secondhandsongs.com/performance/350416/versions#nav-entity There Stands The Glass Covers] Retrieved August 31, 2016 It was Pierce's fifth release to hit number one on the country chart. It spent 27 weeks on the chart and was at the top for 12 weeks.{{cite book |title= The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition|last=Whitburn |first=Joel |author-link=Joel Whitburn |year=2004 |publisher=Record Research |page=267}}

Bob Dylan said, "The star of this song is the empty bourbon glass, and it's built around the same kind of crack guitar sound as on a Hank Williams record, as well as the magical open-string, strummed chord."{{cite book |last1=Dylan |first1=Bob |author-link= Bob Dylan|title=The Philosophy of Modern Song |publisher=Simon & Schuster|date=2022 |location=New York |isbn=978-1-4516-4870-6 |page=24}}

In 2024, Rolling Stone ranked the song at number 127 on its 200 Greatest Country Songs of All Time ranking.{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/best-country-songs-1234986540/webb-pierce-there-stands-the-glass-1235011396/|title =The 200 Greatest Country Songs of All Time|magazine = Rolling Stone|date =May 24, 2014}}