THE JAM 7” STAND BY ME. UK ONE SIDED / BLANK / ETCHED 45 - Mod Punk PAUL WELLER

	£		78
	$		103

This one sided 7 inch 45 is in great condition. No label or credits listed, it has no label at all. It does have "Stand By Me  - The Jam "etched in, where the label would be. Only one side has the grooves that play the song, the other side is completely blank.


"Stand by Me" is a song originally performed in 1961 by American singer-songwriter Ben E. King and written by King, Jerry Leiber, and Mike Stoller. According to King, the title is derived from, and was inspired by, a spiritual written by Sam Cooke and J. W. Alexander called "Stand by Me Father," recorded by the Soul Stirrers with Johnnie Taylor singing lead. The third line of the second verse of the former work derives from Psalm 46:2c/3c.[1]
There have been over 400 recorded versions of the song, performed by many artists. It was featured on the soundtrack of the 1986 film Stand by Me, and a corresponding music video, featuring King along with actors River Phoenix and Wil Wheaton, was released to promote the film. In 2012 it was estimated that the song's royalties had topped $22.8 million (£17 million), making it the sixth highest-earning song as of its era. 50% of the royalties were paid to King.[2] In 2015 King's original version was inducted into the National Recording Registry by the Library of Congress, as "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant",[3] just under five weeks before his death. Later in the year, the 2015 line up of the Drifters recorded it in tribute.
The song has been recorded by various artists, like John Lennon, Cassius Clay (later Muhammad Ali),[4] 4 the Cause, Tracy Chapman, musicians of the Playing for Change project, Florence and the Machine, and the Kingdom Choir. A-League club Melbourne Victory FC play this song before home matches, while fans raise their scarves above their heads and sing the lyrics.
King's record went to No. 1 on the R&B charts[9] and was a Top Ten hit on the US charts twice—in its original release, entering the Billboard chart on May 13, 1961[10] and peaking at No. 4 on June 16, 1961, and a 1986 re-release coinciding with its use as the theme song for the movie of the same name following its appearance in the film, when it peaked at No. 9 on December 20, 1986 – January 3, 1987, and also in an advertisement for Levi Jeans. It also reached No. 1 on the UK Singles Chart in 1987 after its re-release, mostly because of the jeans spot, originally reaching No. 27 on its first release.
The song was not released on an album until it had been out as a single for two years. The song appeared on King's Don't Play That Song! album.
The song was ranked 122nd on Rolling Stone's list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time. In 1999, BMI named it as the fourth most-performed song of the 20th century, with about seven million performances.[11]
On March 27, 2012, the Songwriters Hall of Fame announced that the song would receive its 2012 Towering Song Award and that King would be honored with the 2012 Towering Performance Award for his recording of it.[12] Smooth Radio in February 2019 called it one "of the best love songs of the 1960s".

Florence and the Machine recorded the song for the soundtrack and trailer of Final Fantasy XV in 2016.[95][96] The band released its EP Songs from Final Fantasy XV on August 12, 2016, containing the band's remake and two original songs, "Too Much Is Never Enough" and "I Will Be".[97] The cover peaked at number fifteen on the Billboard Hot Rock Singles in December 2016.[98] In February 2017, voice actors of Final Fantasy XV Ray Chase (Noctis), Adam Croasdell (Ignis), Robbie Daymond (Prompto), and Max Mittelman (Tredd Furia of the 2016 film Kingsglaive: Final Fantasy XV) performed King's song all together while streaming their FFXV playthrough in a Twitch livestream video, viewed by almost 800 users.[99][100]
Skylar Grey recorded the song which appeared for a Budweiser commercial for Super Bowl LII, with proceeds for the song to go to the American Red Cross.[101][102]
The Kingdom Choir performed the song at the wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle on May 19, 2018.[103] Their version debuted and peaked at number one on the Billboard Hot Gospel Songs chart on the week ending June 2, 2018.[104][105] It also entered the UK Singles Chart and peaked at number ninety-four on its first and only week, the week of May 25–31, 2018.[106] It is included in their debut album, Stand by Me,[107] released later that year.[108]
Weezer covered the song on their twelfth studio album Weezer (Teal Album) released on January 24, 2019