Stand By Me
Ben E. King
- Key
- A major
- Camelot
- 11B
- BPM
- 120.1
Key confidence high · relative F# minor (11A) · BPM confidence medium · half-time 60.1 · measured from the full recording · 2026-09-13
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As of 2026-10-28, "Stand By Me" by Ben E. King has charted in 21 markets across 3 platforms, peaking at #1 (FM) on the Rotation chart. Measured from the full recording, it reads A major (11B) at 120.1 BPM.
- Markets
- 21
- First seen
- 2026-07-19
- Latest chart date
- 2026-10-28
- Peak
- #1 fm
Started in 1 market, now in 21.
Momentum
This song has not appeared on a Rotation chart, so it has no score and no receipts. The rank history below is the ledger; a score is only published once the momentum run puts it on a chart.
Why it's here
Ben E. King wrote the song for the Drifters, who turned it down, then recorded it himself with studio time left over from a Spanish Harlem session. [1] The song became the theme for the 1986 film Stand by Me, with a music video featuring King alongside River Phoenix and Wil Wheaton. [2] A 1987 European Levi's 501 jeans commercial helped push the re-released single to number 1 on the UK Singles Chart. [3]
In culture
Every place this record has lived. A solid chip states a fact and carries the citation that earns it; a dashed one is a connection somebody drew, and carries their name instead.
- Written by Ben E. Kingsource
- Covered Bruce Springsteensource
- Covered Carl Holmes & The Commanderssource
- Covered Charles Wright & the Watts 103rd Street Rhythm Bandsource
- Covered Dave Masonsource
- Covered David Knopflersource
- Written by Jerry Leibersource
- Covered John Lennonsource
- Covered Led Zeppelinsource
- Written by Mike Stollersource
- Covered N. Ravikiran, Taj Mahal & V.M. Bhattsource
- Sampled by Sean Kingston, Beautiful Girlssource
- Sampled by Sean Kingston, Beautiful Girls (Nickelodeon mix)source
- Covered Shirley Scott and The Soul Saxessource
- Covered The Beatlessource
- Sampled by Timeflies, Stand by Mesource
- Covered U2 feat. Bruce Springsteensource
- Covered U2source
Across markets · earliest pickup first
Every date here is the date the source chart covers, never the date we fetched it. Sources publish on different lags: the Spotify mirror runs about two days behind, TurnTable publishes weekly.
- MarketFirst seenPeak
- Belgiumbe · shazam spotify#193#123#193
- Mexicomx · shazam#196#113#196
- Maldivesmv · applemusic#76#76—
- Colombiaco · shazam · 1 city#192#42#192
- Costa Ricacr · shazam#182#78#182
- Chilecl · shazam#188#188#188
- Algeriadz · applemusic#22#22—
- Argentinaar · shazam#198#198—
Worldwide feeds · not markets
A source's own worldwide chart. These are feeds, not places, so they are kept out of the market count above.
- MarketFirst seenPeak
- World feedworld · shazam#25#6#25
- Global feedglobal · spotify#199#199—
City pickups
City charts record their parent country as the market, so these do not add to the market count above. One line per country: how many of its rooms picked the song up, and the best of them.
- gb 2 cities · best #43 nottingham
- co 1 city · best #42 bogota
- us 1 city · best #40 orlando
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Editions
No published edition carries this song yet. Every edition it appears in will be listed here and stay listed: an edition is immutable, so a citation to one never rots.
Identity
- ISRC
- USAT21205862
- Slug
- ben-e-king__stand-by-me
- Sources
- applemusic, shazam, spotify
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Every source whose chart has ever carried this song.
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