You've Got to Stand for Something

{{Infobox album

| name = You've Got to Stand for Something

| type = studio

| cover = aarontippinstand.jpg

| released = January 22, 1991

| recorded = 1990–1991

| studio = Emerald Sound Studios, Masterfonics, Nightingale Recording Studio, Recording Arts, Sound Stage Studios, Nashville, TN

| genre = Country

| length = 29:22

| label = RCA Nashville

| producer = Emory Gordy Jr.

| prev_title =

| prev_year =

| next_title = Read Between the Lines

| next_year = 1992

| misc = {{Singles

| name = You've Got to Stand for Something

| type = studio

| single1 = You've Got to Stand for Something

| single1date = October 8, 1990

| single2 = I Wonder How Far It Is Over You

| single2date = April 6, 1991

| single3 = She Made a Memory Out of Me

| single3date = July 1991

}}

{{Music ratings

| rev1 = AllMusic

| rev1Score = {{rating|4.5|5}}{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r123533|first=Brian|last=Mansfield}}

| rev2 = Entertainment Weekly

| rev2Score = A{{Cite magazine|url=http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,313090,00.html|archive-url=https://archive.today/20081014005532/http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,313090,00.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=October 14, 2008|title=Entertainment Weekly review|magazine=Entertainment Weekly|access-date=23 June 2022}}

}}

You've Got to Stand for Something is the debut studio album by American country music artist Aaron Tippin. The title track was Tippin's first chart entry, peaking at No. 6 on the Billboard country charts in 1991. Also released from this album were "I Wonder How Far It Is Over You" and "She Made a Memory Out of Me", which reached Nos. 40 and 54, respectively. The songs reached higher on the Radio and Records Country chart, reaching Nos. 5,{{cite web|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-RandR/1990s/1991/RR-1991-02-15.pdf |title=Radio & Records|date=February 15, 1991|access-date=June 23, 2022}} 26,{{cite web|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-RandR/1990s/1991/RR-1991-06-07.pdf|title=Radio & Records|date=June 7, 1991|access-date=June 23, 2022}} and 35,{{cite web|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-RandR/1990s/1991/RR-1991-09-27.pdf |title=Radio & Records|date=September 27, 1991|access-date=June 23, 2022}} respectively. "In My Wildest Dreams" would be recorded by Kenny Chesney as the title track to his 1994 debut album In My Wildest Dreams.

Track listing

{{Track listing

| headline = You've Got to Stand for Something track listing

| title1 = In My Wildest Dreams

| writer1 = {{hlist|Aaron Tippin|Donny Kees}}

| length1 = 2:39

| title2 = I've Got a Good Memory

| writer2 = {{hlist|Tippin|Buddy Brock}}

| length2 = 3:01

| title3 = You've Got to Stand for Something

| writer3 = {{hlist|Tippin|Brock}}

| length3 = 3:01

| title4 = I Wonder How Far It Is Over You

| writer4 = {{hlist|Tippin|Brock}}

| length4 = 3:30

| title5 = Ain't That a Hell of a Note

| writer5 = {{hlist|Tippin|Terry Brown}}

| length5 = 2:34

| title6 = The Man That Came Between Us (Was Me)

| writer6 = {{hlist|Tippin|Butch Curry}}

| length6 = 3:08

| title7 = She Made a Memory Out of Me

| writer7 = Tippin

| length7 = 2:30

| title8 = Up Against You

| note8 = ^A

| writer8 = {{hlist|Tippin|Brock}}

| length8 = 3:07

| title9 = The Sky's Got the Blues

| writer9 = {{hlist|Tippin|Ronnie Rogers}}

| length9 = 3:00

| title10 = Many, Many, Many Beers Ago

| writer10 = {{hlist|Tippin|Philip Douglas}}

| length10 = 2:53

| total_length = 29:22

}}

^AOmitted from cassette version.

Personnel

Adapted from liner notes.{{cite AV media notes |title=You've Got to Stand for Something |others=Aaron Tippin |year=1990 |type=CD booklet |publisher=RCA Records |id=2374-2-R}}

Sam Bush – fiddle (track 8)
Glen Duncan – fiddle
Paul Franklin – steel guitar (tracks 3, 4, 9)
Vince Gill – background vocals
Emory Gordy Jr. – bass guitar
John Barlow Jarvis – keyboards
Larrie Londin – drums, percussion
Brent Mason – electric guitar
Weldon Myrick – steel guitar (track 6)
Alan O'Bryant – background vocals
Mark O'Connor – mandolin, fiddle (tracks 2, 3, 4, 9)
Kayton Roberts – steel guitar
Aaron Tippin – lead vocals
Biff Watson – acoustic guitar

Charts

=Weekly charts=

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scope="col"\| Chart (1991) ! scope="col"\| Peak position
{{album chart\|Billboard200\|153\|artist=Aaron Tippin\|rowheader=true\|access-date=May 29, 2021}}
{{album chart\|BillboardCountry\|23\|artist=Aaron Tippin\|rowheader=true\|access-date=May 29, 2021}}

class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"

scope="col"| Chart (1991)

! scope="col"| Peak
position

{{album chart|Billboard200|153|artist=Aaron Tippin|rowheader=true|access-date=May 29, 2021}}

{{album chart|BillboardCountry|23|artist=Aaron Tippin|rowheader=true|access-date=May 29, 2021}}

=Year-end charts=

class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
scope="col"\| Chart (1991) ! scope="col"\| Position
scope="row"\| US Top Country Albums (Billboard){{cite magazine\|url=http://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/1991/top-country-albums\|title=Top Country Albums – Year-End 1991\|magazine=Billboard\|access-date=May 29, 2021}} \| 37

class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"

scope="col"| Chart (1991)

! scope="col"| Position

scope="row"| US Top Country Albums (Billboard){{cite magazine|url=http://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/1991/top-country-albums|title=Top Country Albums – Year-End 1991|magazine=Billboard|access-date=May 29, 2021}}

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References

Category:Aaron Tippin albums

Category:1991 debut albums

Category:RCA Records albums

Category:Albums produced by Emory Gordy Jr.