Stand on It

"Stand on It"
Single by Mel McDaniel
from the album Just Can't Sit Down Music
B-side	"In Oklahoma"
Released	September 15, 1986
Recorded	April 1986
Genre	Country
Length	2:35
Label	Capitol Nashville
Songwriter(s)	Bruce Springsteen
Producer(s)	Jerry Kennedy
Mel McDaniel singles chronology
"Doctor's Orders" (1986) "Stand on It" (1986) "Oh What a Night" (1987)

"Stand on It" is a song written and originally recorded by Bruce Springsteen. Springsteen initially released it as the non-LP B-side of the "Glory Days" single in May 1985; the track was also featured in the film Ruthless People and its accompanying soundtrack album. "Stand On It" later appeared in a slightly longer version with an extra verse on Springsteen's outtakes and B-sides compilation Tracks.

A little over a year after Springsteen's release, the song was recorded by American country music artist Mel McDaniel.^[1] It was released in September 1986 as the lead single from McDaniel's album, Just Can't Sit Down Music. It peaked at number 12 on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart and number 5 on the Canadian RPM Country Tracks chart.

Chart performance[]

"Stand on It" debuted at number 70 on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks for the week of September 27, 1986.

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