Tammy Wynette
Tammy Wynette
Tammy Wynette
Tammy Wynette
Tammy Wynette
Tammy Wynette
Tammy Wynette
Tammy Wynette
Tammy Wynette
Tammy Wynette
Tammy Wynette
Tammy Wynette
Tammy Wynette
Once referenced by Hillary Clinton in an interview during the height of the Monica Lewinsky scandal, this classic ode sung by a woman about standing by one’s man through infidelity is akin to Beyoncé’s Lemonade without the feminism.
[Verse]
Sometimes it's hard to be a woman
Givin' all your love to just one man
You'll have bad times, and he'll have good times
Doin' things that you don't understand
But if you love him, you'll forgive him
Even though he's hard to understand
And if you love him, oh, be proud of him
Because, after all, he's just a man
[Chorus]
Stand by your man
Give him two arms to cling to
And somethin' warm to come to
When nights are cold and lonely
Stand by your man
And show the world you love him
Keep givin' all the love you can
Stand by your man
Stand by your man
And show the world you love him
Keep givin' all the love you can
Stand by your man
Stand By Your Man was written by Billy Sherrill & Tammy Wynette.
Stand By Your Man was produced by Billy Sherrill.
In an interview with Marc Myers for the book Anatomy of a Song, producer and songwriter Billy Sherrill recalled,
How a record sounded on the radio meant everything back then. The radio did strange things to music, and I didn’t want the single to sound too twangy or too flat. Before I approved the f...