Song · John Lennon
“Stand By Me” by John Lennon
From the album Rock ’n’ Roll (1975)
“Stand By Me” by John Lennon appears on 9 radio countdowns from 4 stations between 1996 and 2016. It was first released in 1975 on the album Rock ’n’ Roll. Its best result is #213 on the WNEW Firecracker 500 (1996). In the combined RockLists rankings it is #5,686 alternative song of all time.
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John Lennon's "Stand by Me" sits on his 1975 album Rock 'n' Roll, and it's a song he inherited rather than wrote: Ben E. King first recorded it in 1961, having written it with Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller. Lennon produced and arranged his own version, sang it and played electric guitar alongside Jesse Ed Davis and Peter Jameson, with Eddie Mottau on acoustic.
Klaus Voormann plays bass and Jim Keltner drums, with Kenny Ascher on piano, Arthur Jenkins on percussion and a sax section of Denny Morouse, Joe Temperley and Frank Vicari. Roy Cicala engineered, with Jimmy Iovine assisting. The song has been recorded more than 500 times by all kinds of artists, and Lennon's reading stands among the best known of the lot.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
Indie & Adult Alternative
Classic Rock
All Rock Formats
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 213 | WNEW-FM | WNEW Firecracker 500 (1996) | 500 |
| 2004 | 299 | Virgin Radio | Virgin Radio Top 500 Songs of All-Time (December 2004) | 500 |
| 2011 | 759 | 100.7 WZLX | 100.7 WZLX Top 1100 Countdown (2011) | 1100 |
| 2012 | 784 | 100.7 WZLX | 100.7 WZLX Top 1200 Countdown (2012) | 1200 |
| 2013 | 719 | 100.7 WZLX | 100.7 WZLX Grand Jam 1000 (2013) | 1000 |
| 2014 | 654 | 100.7 WZLX | 100.7 WZLX 1K Countdown (2014) | 1000 |
| 2015 | 725 | 100.7 WZLX | 100.7 WZLX Top 1007 Classic Rock Countdown (2015) | 1007 |
| 2016 | 834 | 100.7 WZLX | 100.7 WZLX Top 1007 Countdown for 2016 | 1007 |
| 2016 | 887 | WYEP | WYEP 913 Countdown 2016 | 913 |
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