Stand and Deliver (song)
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"Stand and Deliver" was Adam and the Ants' most successful single. It entered the UK Top 40 at Number One and stayed there for five weeks.[1] It was featured on their Prince Charming album. The lyric "stand and deliver - your money or your life" was a phrase commonly used by highwaymen in 18th century England during robberies.
[edit] Music video
The song's video features Adam Ant dressed as a "dandy highwayman" who is captured and escapes being hanged from the gallows with help from his accomplices (his band members). The video's opening sequence of Adam Ant putting on his makeup before going out on a robbery became a defining visual image for Adam Ant in the years that followed. The video also has an early appearance by Amanda Donohoe who at the time was Adam's girlfriend.
[edit] Cover versions
- Indie rock group Young Knives released the single "Up All Night" with a cover of "Stand and Deliver" recorded at an XFM Radio session as the b-side, and have also performed it at their live shows.
- In 1997 the song was covered by the band Sugar Ray for their album Floored.
- Dutch band Mark Foggo's Skasters recorded a ska rendition of the song for their 1998 release St. Valentine's Day Massacre.
- The British television show Horrible Histories featured a song about highwayman Dick Turpin that was based on "Stand and Deliver".
[edit] Other media
[edit] No Doubt version
No Doubt released the song along with their entire music catalogue for those who bought tickets to their North American tour in 2009, though it is not to be counted as a single officially and will not appear on their upcoming album. They also performed the song while playing a fictional 1980s band, Snowed Out, in the Gossip Girl episode "Valley Girls" as well as in their 2009 tour during the encore.
[edit] Music video
Despite being a digital download and no proper music video being made, a live performance of the song was used as a music video.
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