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Language
English
First recorded on
October 27, 1960
Released on


Single
April 1961

Other release

Don't Play That Song!
Album
May 1962

Chart placings
#1 in United Kingdom - February 1987
#4 in United States - May 1961
Tags
definitive hit song
Rating
(best version)
Licensing
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This composition was licensed with the help of SecondHandSongs on January 19, 2022 for a short film. A sync license was granted for 1 year use in France.

This composition was licensed with the help of SecondHandSongs on November 14, 2022 for a commercial. A sync license was granted for TV/online 1 year use in United States.


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written by , , English

Title Performer Release date Info
April 1961 First recording on October 27, 1960
First release
Sampled by Sean Kingston
Definitive version
Hit song
January 1962
May 1962
August 1962
1962
1962
July 1963
January 1964
February 1964
April 1964
June 1964 Live
1964
May 1965
September 1965
November 1965
listen on Internet Archive November 1965
November 1965
1965
1965
1965
April 1966
September 1966
October 1966
November 1966
1966
1966
1966
Stand by Me Mike Wallace and the Caretakers 1966 Unverified
February 1967
March 3, 1967
October 1967
1967
1967
February 1968
May 1968
1968
1969
1969
Stand by Me Brian Burd et les Black Sabbath 1969 Unverified
January 1970
September 22, 1970
December 1970
1971
1971
September 1973 Live
May 4, 1974
February 17, 1975 Editor's cover song pick
1975
1975
1976
1976
1976 Medley
1976
1977
1977
May 1978
1978
1978
December 1979
April 1980
September 17, 1982
1982
1982 Live
1982
1982
1982 Medley
1983
1983 Medley
November 1984
1984
1984
1984
1985
1985
1985
1985 Live
A cappella
1986
1987
1987
Stand by Me Here & Now Band 1987 Unverified
1988
August 1989
1989
1989
1989 A cappella
1989 Live
1990
1990
1991
1991
1991
1992
1992
1992 A cappella
1992
1992
1992 Live
1992 Live
1993
1993 A cappella
1994
May 30, 1995
1995
1995
1995
1995
1995
1995
1996
1996
1996 Live
1996
1996 A cappella
1996 A cappella
1996
May 1997 Editor's cover song pick
Demo
October 28, 1997 Live
1997
April 7, 1998
August 25, 1998
1998 Charity
1999
1999
1999
1999
1999
1999
March 12, 2000
October 24, 2000
October 16, 2001
November 27, 2001
2001
2001 Released more than 10 years after its recording
January 22, 2002
August 30, 2002
September 24, 2002
2002
2002 A cappella
March 11, 2003
2003
2003
2003
2003
2003
2003
2003
March 27, 2004 Live
Medley
Released more than 10 years after its recording
March 2004
May 2004
August 2004
September 2004
October 2004
December 14, 2004
2004 Medley
2004
2004
2004 A cappella
2004
2004 A cappella
August 3, 2005 Editor's cover song pick
October 19, 2005
November 11, 2005
2005 A cappella
2005
March 1, 2006 A cappella
September 12, 2006
September 19, 2006
October 26, 2006
November 6, 2006 Demo
Released more than 10 years after its recording
Performances that are labelled as bonus tracks on releases
April 17, 2007
June 22, 2007
August 21, 2007
August 28, 2007
October 2007
November 28, 2007
December 15, 2007 Live
2007
2007
2007
2007
2007
February 2008
February 2008 Mash-up
Live
A cappella
March 5, 2008
November 10, 2008 Editor's cover song pick
(Open Records Studio Artists) December 2, 2008
2008 Live
2008 Live
Released more than 10 years after its recording
2008
Stand by Me Doug Parkinson 2008 Unverified
March 30, 2009
March 2009 A cappella
April 21, 2009
April 21, 2009
April 28, 2009
April 28, 2009
May 8, 2009 Acoustic
June 30, 2009 Version from TV talent show
October 26, 2009
2009
2009
2009
2009 Acoustic
January 5, 2010
February 2010 A cappella
Live
March 2, 2010
March 3, 2010
April 20, 2010
August 2010
November 10, 2010
(Planet Music Studio Artists) December 7, 2010
December 12, 2010
December 28, 2010
2010
2010
May 17, 2011
June 21, 2011
August 31, 2011
November 13, 2011
November 16, 2011
2011
2011
2011
2011 Medley
2011
Stand by Me / Missing You Jori January 17, 2012 Unverified
January 18, 2012
March 21, 2012
March 27, 2012
April 20, 2012
May 4, 2012
May 23, 2012 Version from TV talent show
July 4, 2012
(One Media Studio Artists) July 6, 2012
July 27, 2012
July 2012
July 2012
August 20, 2012 A cappella
September 20, 2012
October 26, 2012 Live
Medley
December 14, 2012
December 18, 2012 Version from TV talent show
2012
March 19, 2013
April 2013
June 16, 2013 Live
August 26, 2013
August 30, 2013
October 29, 2013
December 11, 2013
December 27, 2013
(Ervin Travis) 2013
March 10, 2014
May 6, 2014
June 27, 2014
July 22, 2014
(Open Records Studio Artists) August 15, 2014
Stand by Me The B Sharpes August 2014 Unverified
September 26, 2014
October 24, 2014
October 31, 2014 Editor's cover song pick
October 31, 2014
2014
2014
2014 Live
February 10, 2015
February 27, 2015
March 10, 2015
April 8, 2015
April 12, 2015 A cappella
April 2015
May 10, 2015 Acoustic
June 7, 2015 Acoustic
August 21, 2015
September 2015 Live
October 20, 2015
October 23, 2015
October 23, 2015 Medley
Live
October 29, 2015
October 30, 2015 Medley
Live
Editor's cover song pick
November 2, 2015 Version from TV talent show
November 20, 2015
February 2016 Medley
April 15, 2016
June 10, 2016
July 7, 2016
July 15, 2016
August 12, 2016
September 1, 2016
September 27, 2016 Version from TV talent show
September 30, 2016
October 14, 2016
2016
February 10, 2017
April 4, 2017
April 17, 2017 Version from TV talent show
October 2, 2017
November 17, 2017 A cappella
Stand by Me Skylar Grey January 25, 2018 Unverified
February 2, 2018
February 23, 2018 A cappella
March 7, 2018
May 4, 2018 Mash-up
May 19, 2018 Editor's cover song pick
Live
May 25, 2018
June 1, 2018
October 2018 A cappella
November 16, 2018 Live
Acoustic
November 19, 2018 Unusual cover song
December 14, 2018
Stand by Me Max Oazo 2018 Unverified
January 24, 2019
February 24, 2019 Acoustic
Medley
May 31, 2019
July 24, 2019
July 31, 2019 A cappella
October 28, 2019
November 11, 2019 Medley
Stand by Me Teacher Barb December 20, 2019 Unverified
Stand by Me Marcelo Archetti 2019 Unverified
Stand by Me Francesco Tozzi 2019 Unverified
February 14, 2020
February 17, 2020 Acoustic
March 2020
April 7, 2020 Acoustic
April 19, 2020 Live
Charity
April 24, 2020
Stand by Me Mister Mat May 15, 2020 Unverified
May 29, 2020
May 2020
June 28, 2020 Version from TV talent show
Live
September 17, 2020
2020
Stand by Me Christine C Costa 2020 Unverified
Stand by Me Paul Molinar 2020 Unverified
January 3, 2021
January 11, 2021
January 15, 2021
January 29, 2021 Medley
May 21, 2021 Mash-up
July 20, 2021 Live
Version from TV talent show
August 6, 2021
October 1, 2021
March 10, 2022 A cappella
May 6, 2022
May 6, 2022 Medley
September 27, 2022
December 1, 2022
February 17, 2023 Acoustic
Mash-up
Stand by Me Orphée February 2023 Unverified
Stand by Me Alexia Gardner June 30, 2023 Unverified

written by , , instrumental

Title Performer Release date Info
i February 1962
i 1962 Vocalise version
i 1962
i November 1963
i November 1964
i 1965
i 1966
i 1967
i 1967
i Stand by Me Serge Fontane 1967 Unverified
i 1969
i September 1970 Live
i 1975
i 1981
i 1986
i 1987
i 1988
i 1988 Unrecognizable cover song
i 1988
i October 23, 1989
i 1991
i 1996
i 1997
i 2000
i December 2002
i 2002 Medley
i April 21, 2004
i 2005
i October 2006
i 2006
i May 20, 2008
i September 2008
i 2008
i 2010
i July 2012
i September 25, 2012
i 2012
i March 7, 2013
i October 8, 2013
i October 15, 2013
i 2013
i October 28, 2014
i October 2014
i Stand by Me Frances Piers June 30, 2015 Unverified
i March 24, 2017
i June 2017
i June 15, 2018
i March 3, 2020
i March 28, 2021
i June 17, 2022

{jin kao yi qi} written by Chinese

Title Performer Release date Info
{jin kao yi qi} (George Lam) 1987 First release

written by Chinese

written by Dutch

Title Performer Release date Info
November 17, 2017 First release

written by Finnish

written by German

Title Performer Release date Info
August 21, 1998 First release

{LETSIDI} written by Hebrew

Title Performer Release date Info
{LETSIDI} (Kobi Oshrat, Coby Recht) March 7, 2013 First release

written by , , Hindi

Title Performer Release date Info
September 21, 2011 First recording in 2010
First theatrical release on October 26, 2011
First release

written by unknown author(s) Spanish

Stand by Me written by Spanish (not verified yet)

Noh bei mir written by German (not verified yet)

Steh' bei mir written by German (not verified yet)

Title Performer Release date Info
Steh' bei mir Die Original Deutschmacher 1997 Unverified