# Stand Beside Me

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{{Infobox song
| name       = Stand Beside Me
| cover      = Jodeesbm6386956640790600.jpg
| alt        =
| type       = single
| artist     = [Jo Dee Messina](/source/Jo_Dee_Messina)
| album      = [I'm Alright](/source/I'm_Alright_(Jo_Dee_Messina_album))
| released   = October 12, 1998
| recorded   =
| studio     =
| venue      =
| genre      = [Country](/source/Country_music)
| length     = 3:44
| label      = [Curb](/source/Curb_Records)
| writer     = [Stephen Allen Davis](/source/Stephen_Allen_Davis)
| producer   = {{hlist|[Byron Gallimore](/source/Byron_Gallimore)|[Tim McGraw](/source/Tim_McGraw)}}
| prev_title = [I'm Alright](/source/I'm_Alright_(Jo_Dee_Messina_song))
| prev_year  = 1998
| next_title = [Lesson in Leavin'](/source/A_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](/source/Stephen_Allen_Davis), and recorded by American [country music](/source/country_music) singer [Jo Dee Messina](/source/Jo_Dee_Messina).  It was released in October 1998 as the third single from her album ''[I'm Alright](/source/I'm_Alright_(Jo_Dee_Messina_album))''.  The song spent three weeks at the top of the [Hot Country Singles & Tracks](/source/Hot_Country_Singles_%26_Tracks) (now [Hot Country Songs](/source/Hot_Country_Songs)) chart,<ref>{{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}}</ref> 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](/source/Billboard_(magazine))'' [Hot Country Singles & Tracks](/source/Hot_Country_Singles_%26_Tracks) for the week of October 10, 1998.
{|class="wikitable sortable"
!align="left"|Chart (1998–1999)
!align="center"|Peak<br>position
|-
{{singlechart|Canadacountry|1|chartid=7479|publishdate=February 8, 1999|accessdate=July 7, 2013}}
|-
{{singlechart|Billboardhot100|34|artist=Jo Dee Messina}}
|-
{{singlechart|Billboardcountrysongs|1|artist=Jo Dee Messina}}
|}

===Year-end charts===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
!scope="col"|Chart (1999)
!scope="col"|Position
|-
| Canada Country Tracks (''[RPM](/source/RPM_(magazine))'')<ref>{{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](/source/RPM_(magazine))|date=December 13, 1999|accessdate=July 7, 2013}}</ref>
| align="center" | 39
|-
| US [Country Songs](/source/Hot_Country_Songs) (''[Billboard](/source/Billboard_(magazine))'')<ref>{{Cite magazine | url=http://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/1999/hot-country-songs| title=Best of 1999: Country Songs | magazine=[Billboard](/source/Billboard_(magazine)) | publisher=[Prometheus Global Media](/source/Prometheus_Global_Media) | date=1999| accessdate=August 25, 2012}}</ref>
| align="center" | 7
|}

==References==
{{reflist}}
{{Jo Dee Messina}}

Category:1998 singles
Category:1998 songs
Category:Jo Dee Messina songs
Category:Country ballads
Category:Song recordings produced by Byron Gallimore
Category:Song recordings produced by Tim McGraw
Category:Curb Records singles
Category:Songs written by Stephen Allen Davis
Category:Music videos directed by Jim Shea

{{1998-country-song-stub}}

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