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I'll Stand by You

song written and composed by Chrissie Hynde, Tom Kelly and Billy Steinberg; originally recorded by The Pretenders in 1994
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I'll Stand by You

Summary

I'll Stand by You is a musical work/composition[1]. It ranks in the top 4% of musical_work_composition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (760 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • I'll Stand by You's instance of is recorded as musical work/composition[3].
  • I'll Stand by You's genre is soft rock[4].
  • I'll Stand by You was produced by Ian Stanley[5].
  • I'll Stand by You was performed by The Pretenders[6].
  • I'll Stand by You's language of work or name is recorded as English[7].
  • I'll Stand by You was released on July 21, 1994[8].
  • I'll Stand by You's lyricist is recorded as Chrissie Hynde[9].
  • I'll Stand by You's title is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': "I'll Stand by You"}[10].

Product Details

The following facts are restated verbatim from public-domain and CC0 open-data sources — every line is independently verifiable against the named source's catalog.

MusicBrainz — CC0 open music encyclopedia

  • Release type: Song[11]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 79a57463-0f7a-3e54-bc5a-1b39a0d3a110[12]

Body

Authorship and Creation

Among the performers on I'll Stand by You was The Pretenders[6]. It was produced by Ian Stanley[5].

Publication

I'll Stand by You was released on July 21, 1994[8]. Its language of work or name is recorded as English[7]. Its genre is soft rock[4].

Why It Matters

I'll Stand by You ranks in the top 4% of musical_work_composition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (760 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 15 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[13]

Related Entities

Chrissie Hynde

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Product details (FDA / USDA / NHTSA public-domain catalog data)

  1. [11] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [12] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [13] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_i-ll-stand-by-you_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{I'll Stand by You}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/i-ll-stand-by-you}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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