Song title 22 - Stand By Me

This page lists the chart runs for songs called "Stand By Me" in order of success. This list combines cover versions and distinct songs that happen to share the same title.

#	Artist	Song Title	Year	Chart Entries
1	Ben E King	Stand By Me	1961	Eire 1 for 3 weeks - Feb 1987, Canada RPM 1 for 1 week - Dec 1986, Grammy Hall of Fame in 1998 (1961), DDD 1 of 1961, D.Marsh 1 of 1961, Library of Congress artifact added 2014 (1961), ODK Germany 2 - Mar 1987 (16 weeks) (9 weeks in top 10), Switzerland 3 - Mar 1987 (9 weeks), US Billboard 4 - May 1961 (14 weeks), Germany 4 - Mar 1987 (3 months), UK Gold (certified by BPI in Mar 1987), Holland 7 - Mar 1987 (7 weeks), Belgium 7 - Mar 1987 (6 weeks), US invalid BB 7 of 1961, POP 7 of 1961, Norway 9 - Apr 1987 (1 week), Scrobulate 14 of soul, Canada 16 - May 1961 (9 weeks), Austria 17 - Apr 1987 (2 months), RIAA 25, UK 27 - Jun 1961 (7 weeks), WABC NY 38 of 1961, DMDB 39 (1961), US CashBox 43 of 1961, Acclaimed 53 (1961), US Radio 55 of 1961 (peak 4 7 weeks), Canada 58 of 1987, nuTsie 60 of 1960s, US BB 63 of 1961, Vinyl Surrender 88 (1961), 95 in 2FM list, Italy 96 of 1962, Rolling Stone 121, Germany 235 of the 1980s (peak 2 11 weeks), WXPN 746, RYM 2 of 1961, BBC Rich Song 6 (songwriter royalties $28.9M), Party 269 of 1999, one of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame 500, UK most streamed for 1961
2	Oasis	Stand By Me	1997	UK 2 - Oct 1997 (18 weeks), Japan (Tokyo) 2 - Sep 1997 (15 weeks), Sweden 4 - Oct 1997 (7 weeks), UK Gold (certified by BPI in Oct 1997), Norway 6 - Oct 1997 (3 weeks), Poland 19 - Oct 1997 (8 weeks), Japan (Osaku) 29 of 1997 (peak 2 14 weeks), Switzerland 34 - Oct 1997 (3 weeks), Holland 39 - Oct 1997 (2 weeks), ODK Germany 60 - Oct 1997 (9 weeks), Holland free40 63 of 1997, Italy 93 of 1997, RYM 22 of 1997
3	4 The Cause	Stand By Me	1998	Switzerland 1 - May 1998 (21 weeks), Austria 2 - May 1998 (5 months), Germany 2 - Apr 1998 (5 months), ODK Germany 2 - Apr 1998 (24 weeks) (13 weeks in top 10), Germany Platinum (certified by BMieV in 1998), Holland 6 - Jul 1998 (17 weeks), Switzerland 10 of 1998, Sweden 11 - Aug 1998 (1 week), UK 12 - Oct 1998 (9 weeks), Japan (Tokyo) 61 - Sep 1998 (5 weeks), US Billboard 82 - Aug 1998 (5 weeks), Germany 103 of the 1990s (peak 2 17 weeks)
4	John Lennon	Stand By Me	1975	Springbok 1 - Jul 1975 (13 weeks), South Africa 7 of 1975, RIANZ 11 - May 1975 (20 weeks), D.Marsh 13 of 1975, Austria 19 - Feb 1976 (1 month), US Billboard 20 - Mar 1975 (9 weeks), Record World 24 - 1975, UK 30 - May 1975 (7 weeks), POP 48 of 1975, OzNet 137, US Radio 159 of 1975 (peak 20 2 weeks), RYM 36 of 1975
5	Spyder Turner	Stand By Me	1966	Canada 3 - Dec 1966 (10 weeks), Record World 8 - 1967, Keener 8 - Dec 1966 (5 weeks), US Billboard 12 - Dec 1966 (12 weeks), WABC NY 92 of 1967, US Radio 109 of 1967 (peak 12 5 weeks)
6	Mickey Gilley	Stand By Me	1980	Record World 12 - 1980, US Billboard 22 - May 1980 (18 weeks), D.Marsh 39 of 1980, US BB 82 of 1980
7	Lemon Ice	Stand By Me	2006	ODK Germany 11 - Oct 2006 (10 weeks), Germany 18 - Oct 2006 (2 months), Austria 32 - Nov 2006 (2 months)
8	Going Under Ground	Stand By Me	2005	Japan (Tokyo) 5 - Apr 2005 (13 weeks)
9	The Brilliant Green	Stand By Me	2007	Japan (Tokyo) 20 - Aug 2007 (7 weeks)
10	Base Ball Bare	Stand By Me	2006	Japan (Tokyo) 66 - Oct 2006 (1 week)
11	Shayne Ward	Stand By Me	2006	UK 14 - Jul 2006 (4 weeks)
12	3-d	Stand By Me	1992	Japan (Tokyo) 63 - Jan 1992 (3 weeks)
13	Tippa Irie	Stand By Me	1991	Japan (Tokyo) 72 - Jun 1991 (2 weeks)
14	Maurice White	Stand By Me	1985	US Billboard 50 - Aug 1985 (13 weeks)
15	Little Junior Parker	Stand By Me	1960	DDD 104 of 1960
16	Golden Earring	Stand By Me	1972	Holland 10 - Sep 1972 (7 weeks)
17	Kenny Lynch	Stand By Me	1964	UK 39 - Apr 1964 (7 weeks)
18	Earl Grant	Stand By Me	1965	US Billboard 75 - Oct 1965 (7 weeks)
19	Seal	Stand By Me	2008	Switzerland 85 - Dec 2008 (1 week)
20	DJ Dave	Stand By Me	2003	ODK Germany 31 - Jan 2003 (9 weeks)
21	David & Jimmy Ruffin	Stand By Me	1970	US Billboard 61 - Oct 1970 (7 weeks)
22	The Hollies	Stand By Me	1988	ODK Germany 58 - Feb 1988 (4 weeks)
23	Geeno Smith	Stand By Me	2016	ODK Germany 16 - Jan 2016 (8 weeks)
24	Mink DeVille	Stand By Me	1983	RYM 185 of 1983
25	Cassius Clay	Stand By Me	1963	RYM 199 of 1963