Stand by Your Man

September 1968

Stand by Your Man is a country song by Tammy Wynette and Billy Sherrill, which was sung by Tammy Wynette and released as a single in the U.S. in September 1968. It was the most successful publication Wynettes and has been widely gecovert.

History

The song was written after an idea by producer Billy Sherrill Wynettes in the Epic studio in just about 15 minutes:

" Stand by Your Man 'is just another way of saying ' I love you -without reservations. (...) I spent 15 minutes writing [ " Stand by Your Man ' ], and a lifetime defending it. "

The song reached number one on the end of 1968, U.S. country charts and stayed there for three weeks. In the U.S. pop chart, the song reached # 19 When the piece was published in 1975 in the UK, it reached number 1 there, too, there was quite a successful 1968 album of the same name.

1969 won the song of the Grammy Award for Best Female Country Vocal Performance. 2010 The Song of the Library of Congress as a supplement for 2010 in the National Recording Registry is recorded, the recording includes that are " culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant ". In 2001, the song by the Recording Industry Association of America ( RIAA ) has been set to number 48 of the list of Songs of the Century.

Controversy

The song was criticized by the women's movement of the late 1960s and early 1970s due to his testimony, a woman should remain at all times with her husband.

Further use

• At the beginning of the film Five Easy Pieces - A man looking at himself the song for the characterization of the main characters will be used.

• In the 1980 released movie Blues Brothers the song is presented in a slightly ironical version of the band.

• The version of Wynette is used since 2004 as the theme song for the comedy television series Dittsche.