Stand by Me
~ Recording by Ben E. King
Appears on releases
| # | Title | Length | Track artist | Release title | Release artist | Release group type | Country/Date | Label | Catalog# |
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| 1.7 | Stand by Me | 2:51 | Ben E. King | Don’t Play That Song! | Ben E. King | Album |
| ATCO Records | SD33-142 |
| 8.2 | Stand by Me | 2:56 | Ben E. King | Atlantic Rhythm & Blues 1947–1974 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Atlantic (Warner Music imprint) | 781293-299 |
| 1.15 | Stand by Me | 2:57 | Ben E. King | Atlantic Rhythm and Blues 1947-1974, Volume 4: 1958-1962 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Atlantic (Warner Music imprint) | 7 81296-2 |
| 1.10 | Stand by Me | 2:55 | Ben E. King | Stand by Me: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack | Various Artists | Album + Compilation + Soundtrack |
| Atlantic (Warner Music imprint) | 7 81677-2 |
| 1.10 | Stand by Me | 2:55 | Ben E. King | Stand By Me | Various Artists | Album + Compilation + Soundtrack |
| Atlantic (Warner Music imprint) | 7567-81677-2 |
| 1.10 | Stand by Me | 2:55 | Ben E. King | Stand by Me: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (made in Japan) | Various Artists | Album + Compilation + Soundtrack |
| Atlantic (Warner Music imprint) | 7 81677-2, 81677-2 |
| 1.10 | Stand by Me | 2:55 | Ben E. King | Stand by Me: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (Made in Germany) | Various Artists | Album + Compilation + Soundtrack |
| Atlantic (Warner Music imprint) | 7567-81677-2 |
| 1.1 | Stand by Me | 3:02 | Ben E. King | The Ultimate Collection: Stand by Me | Ben E. King | Album + Compilation |
| Atlantic (Warner Music imprint) | 780 213-2 |
| 2.2 | Stand by Me | 2:59 | Ben E. King | Now That’s What I Call Music 9 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| PolyGram, Virgin EMI (80s–early 00s UK compilations) | TC NOW 9 |
| 2.2 | Stand by Me | 2:58 | Ben E. King | Now That’s What I Call Music 9 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| PolyGram, Virgin EMI (80s–early 00s UK compilations) | NOW 9 |
| 1.13 | Stand by Me | 3:00 | Ben E. King | Now That’s What I Call Music 9 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| PolyGram, Virgin EMI (80s–early 00s UK compilations) | CD NOW 9 |
| 1.9 | Stand by Me | 3:02 | Ben E. King | Atlantic Soul Classics | Various Artists | Album + Compilation | Atlantic (Warner Music imprint) | 241138-1, WX 105 | |
| 1.9 | Stand by Me | 3:02 | Ben E. King | Atlantic Soul Classics | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Atlantic (Warner Music imprint) | 2292-41138-2 |
| 1.9 | Stand by Me | 2:59 | Ben E. King | Hits Revival | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| K‐tel (international budget record label) | CD 3613 |
| 1.12 | Stand by Me | 2:55 | Ben E. King | Kuschelrock, Volume 2 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| CBS (CBS Records’ international imprint from 1962–1990; renamed since 1991 as Columbia) | CBS 460521 2 |
| 1.3 | Stand by Me | 2:59 | Ben E. King | Media’s affenstarke Oldtimer | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Media Markt (German electronics retailer) | CD 100.001 |
| 1.16 | Stand by Me | 3:02 | Ben E. King | Musikladen Eurotops | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Dino Music (subsidiary of EMI Netherlands BV) | CD 1373 |
| 1.4 | Stand by Me | 2:54 | Ben E. King | Ronny’s Pop Show 9 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| CBS (CBS Records’ international imprint from 1962–1990; renamed since 1991 as Columbia) | CBS 450607 2 |
| 3.14 | Stand by Me | 3:01 | Ben E. King | Secret Love | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Sessions (US reissue label), Warner Special Products | OPCD-4505 |
| 1.14 | Stand by Me | 3:01 | Ben E. King | Secret Love | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Warner Special Products | OPCD-4505 |
| 1.1 | Stand by Me | 3:02 | Ben E. King | Senior Prom | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| OPCD-4508 | |
| 1.1 | Stand by Me | 3:02 | Ben E. King | Senior Prom (3xCD set, Disc 1, Track 8 & Disc 2 Track 1 differs from 2xCD release) | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Warner Special Products | OPCD-4508 |
| 1.1 | Stand by Me | 2:55 | Ben E. King | Stand by Me | Ben E. King | Single |
| Atlantic (Warner Music imprint) | A 9361 789 361-7 |
| 1.13 | Stand by Me | 3:02 | Ben E. King | Starke Zeiten - Die wilden 60er | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Ariola (German label, used worldwide in the past) | 179481 |
| 1.13 | Stand by Me | 3:00 | Ben E. King | Starke Zeiten - Die wilden 60er | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Ariola (German label, used worldwide in the past) | 258 570 |
| 1.1 | Stand by Me | 3:04 | Ben E. King | The Best of Ben E. King & The Drifters | Ben E. King & The Drifters | Album + Compilation |
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| 1.19 | Stand by Me | 3:02 | Ben E. King | The Rock ’n’ Roll Era: 1961 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
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| 1.19 | Stand by Me | 3:02 | Ben E. King | The Rock ’n’ Roll Era: 1961 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Time–Life Music, Warner Special Products | 2RNR-04, OPCD-2536 |
| 1.7 | Stand by Me | 3:02 | Ben E. King | The Voice of Soul | Ben E. King | Album + Compilation |
| Dino Music (subsidiary of EMI Netherlands BV) | CD 1383 |
| 2.11 | Stand by Me | 2:54 | Ben E. King | Yesterdays Gold: 120 Golden Oldies, Volume 3 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| YDG 2553 | |
| 1.10 | Stand by Me | 2:55 | Ben E. King | Stand by Me: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack | Various Artists | Album + Compilation + Soundtrack |
| Atlantic (Warner Music imprint) | 20P2-2438 |
| 1.2 | Stand by Me | 3:00 | Ben E. King | 6 hits des années 60 | Various Artists | Compilation |
| EPM Musique | FDC 1035 ADE 610 |
| 1.5 | Stand by Me | 2:58 | Ben E. King | 25 Unforgettable Memories, Part VI | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Maybellene | CD05517 |
| 3.10 | Stand by Me | 2:54 | Ben E. King | 100 Super Oldies: Too Good to Be Forgotten | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Black Tulip | 2699122 |
| 1.11 | Stand by Me | 3:00 | Ben E. King | Juke Box Classics: The Wanderers | Various Artists | Album + Soundtrack |
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| 1.1 | Stand by Me | 3:00 | Ben E. King + The Drifters | Stand by Me | Ben E. King + The Drifters | Album + Compilation |
| Take Off | CD 80103 |
| 1.1 | Stand by Me | 2:50 | Ben E. King | The Golden Age of Black Music: 1960-1970 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Atlantic (Warner Music imprint) | 81911-1 |
| 4.9 | Stand by Me | 3:03 | Ben E. King | The Rock Box: The History of Rock ’n’ Roll | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Dominion Entertainment | CD 1303 |
| 1.14 | Stand by Me | 3:02 | Ben E. King | Unforgettable | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| EMI (EMI Records, since 1972) | EMTV 44 |
| 1.8 | Stand by Me | 3:04 | Ben E. King | The Wanderers | Various Artists | Album + Soundtrack |
| Warner Bros. Records (1958–2019; “WB” logo, with or without “records” beneath or on banner across) | 3359-2 |
| 1.13 | Stand by Me | 2:56 | Ben E. King | An Hour of Blues and Soul Giants | Various Artists | Album |
| Music World Compact Hour (imprint of Hughes Leisure Group/Music World, catog nos starting with MWCH) | MWCH -6018 |
| 1.8 | Stand by Me | 3:00 | Ben E. King | Golden Love Songs, Volume 19: Stand by Me | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Arcade (record label founded in 1970s by Herman Heinsbroek; use this as its universal imprint) | 01 3890 61 |
| 1.9 | Stand by Me | 3:00 | Ben E. King | Heartbreaker | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Dominion Entertainment | CD 1403 |
| 1.6 | Stand by Me | 3:00 | Ben E. King | Heartbreaker: Sweet & Tender | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Castle Communications (primary imprint of Castle Communications PLC) | PACD 099, PACD 099/1-4 |
| 2.12 | Stand by Me | 2:54 | Ben E. King | Kuschelrock 1 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| CBS (CBS Records’ international imprint from 1962–1990; renamed since 1991 as Columbia) | 07-465951-10, 465951 2, CBS 465951 2 |
| 1.3 | Stand by Me | 2:58 | Ben E. King | Media’s affenstarke Oldtimer (2nd amended edition) | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Media Markt (German electronics retailer) | 100.004, CD 100.004 |
| 1.9 | Stand by Me | 2:58 | Ben E. King | R&B Rhythm & Blues | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| wea (has logo with just “wea” on it) | 241603-2 |
| 1.16 | Stand by Me | 2:59 | Ben E. King | Rockfile, Volume 1 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Backline Records (Line Music GmbH) | BLCD 9.00731 L |
| 1.2 | Stand by Me | ?:?? | Ben E. King | Soul Decade: The Sixties | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Atlantic (Warner Music imprint), BMG (the former Bertelsmann Music Group, defunct since 2004-08-05; for releases dated 2008 and later, see annotation), Tamla Motown (for non-US releases only) | ZK 74816 (2) |
| 1.1 | Stand by Me | 3:02 | Ben E. King | The Ultimate Collection: Stand by Me | Ben E. King | Album + Compilation |
| Atlantic (Warner Music imprint) | A2 80213 |
| 1.1 | Stand by Me | 2:58 | Ben E. King | The Very Best of Ben E. King and The Drifters (Telstar release) | Ben E. King and The Drifters | Album + Compilation |
| Telstar Records (UK, mostly compilations) | TCD2373MCPS |
| 1.15 | Stand by Me | 2:58 | Ben E. King | 30 Years of Number 1s, Volume 11: 1983-1986 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Connoisseur Collection | TYNO CD 110 |
| 1.3 | Stand by Me | 2:56 | Ben E. King | Black Magic: The Most Beautiful Black and Soul Ballads | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| TELDEC, Dino Music (subsidiary of EMI Netherlands BV) | 2292-41871-2, 2503 |
| 1.15 | Stand by Me | 2:51 | Ben E. King | De Pre Historie 1961 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| BMG (the former Bertelsmann Music Group, defunct since 2004-08-05; for releases dated 2008 and later, see annotation), EMI (EMI Records, since 1972), PolyGram, Virgin (worldwide imprint of Virgin Records Ltd. and all its subsidiaries) | 260.733 |
| 1.14 | Stand by Me | 2:53 | Ben E. King | Great Love Songs 3 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| CBS Records AB (SE subsidiary of CBS Records, renamed Sony Music Entertainment (Sweden) AB in 1991) | 466472 2 |
| 1.12 | Stand by Me | 3:00 | Ben E. King | Hollywood Collection | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| CD 210 | |
| 1.2 | Stand by Me | 3:02 | Ben E. King | Soul Decade ; The Sixties | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| BMG (the former Bertelsmann Music Group, defunct since 2004-08-05; for releases dated 2008 and later, see annotation) | ZD 74816, ZD 74816(2) |
| 1.19 | Stand by Me | 2:55 | Ben E. King | Today's Most Requested Love Songs 90 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
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| 1.19 | Stand by Me | 2:55 | Ben E. King | Today’s Most Requested Love Songs 90 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Quality Special Products | QRSPD 1103 |
| 4.24 | Stand by Me | 3:00 | Ben E. King | Atlantic Rhythm & Blues 1947–1974 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Atlantic (Warner Music imprint) | 82305-2 |
| 1.2 | Stand by Me | 3:03 | Ben E. King | 20 Golden Love Songs | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Universe (Compilations – Attention, some releases may be bootlegs) | UN 2 016 |
| 1.10 | Stand by Me | 3:00 | Ben E. King | Legends of Soul | Various Artists | Album + Compilation | Telstar Records (UK, mostly compilations) | TCD 2489 | |
| 1.7 | Stand By Me | 2:58 | Ben E. King | Mellow Madness | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Epic (US label founded by CBS in 1953, now owned by Sony) | MOOD CD20 |
| 1.10 | Stand by Me | 2:57 | Ben E. King | More Rock’n’Roll Love Songs | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Dino Entertainment | DIN CD 30 |
| 1.15 | Stand by Me | 3:00 | Ben E. King | Soul Power: The Very Best of Rhythm & Blues | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| CGD (Italian label) | 9548 30471-2 |
| 1.4 | Stand by Me | 2:57 | Ben E. King | The Levi’s 501 Hits | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| EastWest Records America (this label only briefly used between 1990–91, please read annotations before use) | 9548-30852-2 XV |
| 1.3 | Stand by Me | 2:59 | Ben E. King | The Original: Songs From Levi's Commercials | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| EVA Records (Sweden) | 261 501 |
| 1.19 | Stand by Me | 2:56 | Ben E. King | Unchained Melodies | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Telstar Records (UK, mostly compilations) | TCD 2480 |
| 1.16 | Stand by Me | 2:57 | Ben E. King | All the Best Of, Volume 1 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| UN 3 132 | |
| 1.9 | Stand by Me | 3:02 | Ben E. King | Ballads of Rock'n Roll | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
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| 1.17 | Stand By Me | 3:00 | Ben E. King | Fan des 60 - 1961 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Time-Life | 515 897-2 |
| 1.7 | Stand by Me | 2:59 | Ben E. King | Golden Love Songs | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Citadel (Holland, budget CDs) | CD88042 |
| 1.4 | Stand by Me | 2:59 | Ben E. King | Love at the Movies | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| PolyTel | 515186-2 |
| 1.19 | Stand by Me | 3:01 | Ben E. King | Mad About the Boy: Songs Known From the TV Commercials | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Movieplay Portuguesa | MPV 5521 |
| 1.5 | Stand by Me | 3:01 | Ben E. King | Rhythm & Blues: 1961 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Time–Life Music | RHD-14 |
| 1.6 | Stand by Me | 3:00 | Ben E. King | Slow Motion, Volume 2: Die schönsten Liebeslieder der Filmgeschichte | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| RCA (RCA Records: simple ‘RCA’ or ‘RCA’ with lightning bolt in circle) | 74321 11796 1 |
| 1.6 | Stand by Me | 3:00 | Ben E. King | Slow Motion, Volume 2: Die schönsten Liebeslieder der Filmgeschichte | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| BMG (the former Bertelsmann Music Group, defunct since 2004-08-05; for releases dated 2008 and later, see annotation) | |
| 1.5 | Stand by Me | 3:01 | Ben E. King | Solid Gold Soul 1961 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Time–Life Music | R838-19 |
| 1.6 | Stand by Me | 2:58 | Ben E. King | Songs aus der Werbung | Various Artists | Album |
| Starlite (Swiss label with budget releases) | ST 27011 |
| 1.1 | Stand by Me | ?:?? | Ben E. King | Stand by Me | Ben E. King / The Drifters | Album + Compilation |
| King Special | KSCD-466 |
| 2.12 | Stand By Me | 2:57 | Ben E King | The Emotion Collection: Eternal Love | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Time‐Life Books B.V. | TL 571/11 |
| 1.19 | Stand by Me | 2:59 | Ben E. King | The Rock ’n’ Roll Era: 1961 (1992 remaster) | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Time–Life Music, Warner Special Products | 2RNR-04, OPCD-2536 |
| 1.1 | Stand by Me | 3:01 | Ben E. King | The Rock ’n’ Roll Era: 1961 Still Rockin’ | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Time–Life Music | TL 516/16 |
| 2.2 | Stand by Me | 3:00 | Ben E. King | The Sixties Decade 1960-1969 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Tring International PLC (not for release label use - for copyrights only) | TTP002 |
| 1.6 | Stand by Me | 3:01 | Ben E. King | Working in a Coalmine | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Movieplay Portuguesa | SMP 850007 |
| 1.12 | Stand by Me | 2:59 | Ben E. King | Anthology | Ben E. King | Album + Compilation |
| Rhino (reissue label) | R2 71215 |
| 1.9 | Stand by Me | 2:58 | Ben E. King | Now That’s What I Call Music! 1987 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| NOW (bogus label; use the MusicBrainz Series instead) | CDNOW1987 |
| 2.2 | Stand by Me | 2:57 | Ben E. King | The Brill Building Sound | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Era Records (55-90 US indie) | 5025-2 |
| 1.7 | Stand by Me | 3:01 | Ben E. King | Rhythm & Blues Formidable | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Carrère (just “Carrère" or "Disques Carrère", not “CARRÈRE MUSIC”) | 9548-32378-2 |
| 1.7 | Stand by Me | 3:01 | Ben E. King | Rhythm & Blues Formidable | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Carrère (just “Carrère" or "Disques Carrère", not “CARRÈRE MUSIC”) | 9548-32379-2 |
| 1.16 | Stand by Me | 2:57 | Ben E. King | All the Best Of, Volume 1 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| UN 3 144 | |
| 1.1 | Stand by Me | 3:01 | Ben E. King | Best of Ben E King | Ben E. King | Album + Compilation |
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| 1.9 | Stand by Me | 2:54 | Ben E. King | Billboard Top Rock’n’Roll Hits: 1961 (1993 re-issue with track changes) | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Rhino (reissue label) | R2 70622 |
| 1.7 | Stand by Me | 2:55 | Ben E. King | Blue Moon | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| wea (has logo with just “wea” on it) | 9548-32199-2 |
| 1.20 | Stand by Me | 2:57 | Ben E. King | Blues Brother Soul Sister | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Dino Entertainment, wea (has logo with just “wea” on it) | 9548-31921-2, CA-851 |
| 1.20 | Stand by Me | 2:58 | Ben E. King | Blues Brother Soul Sister | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Dino Entertainment | DINCD 56 |
| 1.17 | Stand By Me | 3:05 | Ben E. King | Broken Hearted | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| K‐tel (international budget record label) | ECD 3049 |
| Promotion | |||||||||
| 1.1 | Stand by Me | 2:57 | Ben E. King | Il grande rock: Rhythm & Blues | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| De Agostini, Atlantic (Warner Music imprint) | CDDEA 2224 |
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| 1.5 | Stand by Me | 3:00 | Ben E. King | 12 Onvergetelijke Wereldhits Vol 1 | Various Artists | Compilation |
| ARC Records (Dutch reissue/compilation label) | CD 911103 |
| 1.10 | Stand by Me | 2:56 | Ben E. King | Blues & Soul | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Fat Boys Records | FAT CD 409 |
Relationships
| recorded in: | New York, United States (on 1960-10-27) |
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| vocals: | Ben E. King (on 1960-10-27) |
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| conductor: | Stan Applebaum (US composer, arranger and conductor) (on 1960-10-27) |
| arranger: | Stan Applebaum (US composer, arranger and conductor) |
| phonographic copyright (℗) by: | H.H.O. Ltd (music licensing) |
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| sampled by: | Beautiful Girls by Sean Kingston (Jamaican-American rapper, singer, composer & record producer) Beautiful Girls (Nickelodeon mix) by Sean Kingston (Jamaican-American rapper, singer, composer & record producer) Stand by Me by Timeflies |
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| mash-ups: | Ben Is Chasing Beautiful Girls (Sean Kingston vs. Ben E. King vs. Snow Patrol vs. Alice Deejay vs. Beverly Hills 90210 vs. Puff Daddy feat Faith Evans & 112) by Norwegian Recycling Britn E. King by Filip Čihák (mash-up artist) Girls Stand by Me (Sean Kingston vs. Ben E. King) by Mark Ronson (British DJ and producer) Stand by Last Friday Night by G3RSt Stand By Me by ccc Stand by Meme by Neil Cicierega |
| part of: | Dave Marsh: The Best of the Top 40 Singles: 1961 (number: 1) (order: 1) Rock and Roll Hall of Fame - 500 Songs That Shaped Rock (order: 4) Rolling Stone Magazine’s 500 Greatest Songs of All Time (as at 2016-06-10) (number: 121) (order: 121) The Rolling Stone Magazine’s 500 Greatest Songs of All Time: 2021 edition (number: 131) (order: 131) |
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| recording of: | Stand by Me (on 1960-10-27) |
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Related works
Stand by Me
| publisher: | Mike Stoller |
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| writer: | Ben E. King Jerry Leiber Mike Stoller |
| later parody versions: | Mia |
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| later translated versions: | Bleib bei mir Đến bên em Op de hoek van de straat Pregherò Stand by Me Stand By Me (Spanish) 緊靠一起 |
| later versions: | Stand by Me |
| is the basis for: | Dildaara Stand by Meme |
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