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"Just Stand Up!"
Song

"Just Stand Up!" is a song featuring the vocals of an all-star group of pop/R&B/rock/country performers, including Mariah Carey, Beyoncé, Mary J. Blige, Rihanna, Fergie, Sheryl Crow, Melissa Etheridge, Natasha Bedingfield, Miley Cyrus, Leona Lewis, Carrie Underwood, Keyshia Cole, LeAnn Rimes, Ashanti and Ciara. This group purposely was billed as Artists Stand Up to Cancer to the public. American songwriter and producer Antonio "L.A." Reid conceived the collaboration after a meeting with the founder of Stand Up to Cancer, which will benefit from the proceeds of the record. Reid co-produced the track with American singer Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds, and the single was released on August 21, 2008.

The singers performed the song live on the "Stand Up to Cancer" telethon which aired simultaneously on ABC, CBS and NBC on September 5.[1][2]

The single was re-released on September 30, 2008 with the original recording, as well as the audio of the live performance. The CD was enhanced so it had special features for a computer.

Order of the singers

This list is arranged by the singer's first appearance in the original single; differences in the live version are noted in small print.

Live performance

The live performance was on "Stand Up 2 Cancer" event in September 5, 2008 aired by multiple channels. All the original artists appeared for the performance, except LeAnn Rimes, Sheryl Crow and Melissa Etheridge, with the addition of Nicole Scherzinger from the Pussycat Dolls singing the parts of Sheryl Crow. The song was a little bit different in the performance than the original song available to download. The live performance video is available on iTunes.

Charts

The song debuted on the Billboard Hot 100 at 78 on the week of September 13. The next week it had the greatest sales gainer and jumped 67 places to land at number 11. Unfortunately, it fell far down the next week to number 36. It has also peaked on the Pop 100 chart at 18. On the UK Singles chart, it debuted at number 39, before shooting up the chart to number 26, becoming its new peak. Also on the Canadian Hot 100 chart it has made a Hot Shot Debut at number 10 in the week of September 11.

Chart (2008) Peak
position
Australian ARIA Singles Chart[3] 39
U.S. Billboard Hot 100[4] 11
U.S. Billboard Pop 100 18
U.S. Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs 83
Canadian Hot 100[4] 10
UK Singles Chart[4] 26
Irish Singles Chart[4] 11
Italian Singles Chart 7
Euro Top 200 Chart 82
Swedish Singles Chart[4] 51
Japan Hot 100 85
Philippine Magic 89.9 Top 5 @ 5 1

References

  1. ^ Kaufman, Gil (2008-08-19). "Mariah Carey, Beyonce, Rihanna, Fergie, Miley Cyrus, More Collaborate On Cancer Benefit Single". MTV News. Retrieved 2008-08-20.
  2. ^ Jessen, Monique (2008-08-20). "Mariah Carey, Beyoncé Unite For Charity Record". People. Retrieved 2008-08-26.
  3. ^ http://www.ariacharts.com.au/pages/chartifacts.htm
  4. ^ a b c d e "Just Stand Up aCharts". Retrieved 2008-09-12.
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