Stand by Your Man - wikipedia Stand by Your Man For other uses, see Stand by Your Man ( disambiguation ). `` Stand by Your Man '' Single by Tammy Wynette from the album Stand by Your Man B - side `` I Stayed Long Enough '' Released September 1968 ( U.S. ) 1975 ( U.K. ) Format 7 '' Recorded August 28, 1968 Genre Country Length 2 : 38 Label Epic 10398 Songwriter ( s ) Billy Sherrill, Tammy Wynette Producer ( s ) Billy Sherrill Tammy Wynette singles chronology `` D-I-V-O-R-C-E '' ( 1968 ) `` Stand by Your Man '' ( 1968 ) `` Singing My Song '' ( 1969 ) `` D-I-V-O-R-C-E '' ( 1968 ) `` Stand by Your Man '' ( 1968 ) `` Singing My Song '' ( 1969 ) `` Stand by Your Man '' is a song co-written by Tammy Wynette and Billy Sherrill and originally recorded by Wynette, released as a single in the United States in September 1968. It proved to be the most successful record of Wynette 's career, and is one of the most recorded songs in the history of country music. The song was placed at number one on CMT 's list of the Top 100 Country Music Songs. Released as a single in late 1968, the song reached number one on the U.S. country charts in late 1968 for three weeks. `` Stand by Your Man '' also crossed over to the U.S. pop charts, peaking at number nineteen. It elevated Wynette -- then one of many somewhat successful female country recording artists -- to superstar status. It reached number one in the UK Singles Chart when the record was finally released in Britain in 1975, subsequently also reaching number one in the Netherlands. An album of the same name -- which was also quite successful -- was released in 1968. The song was selected by the Library of Congress as a 2010 addition to the National Recording Registry, which selects recordings annually that are `` culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant ''. Contents 1 Background and writing 2 Content 3 In popular culture 4 Chart performance 4.1 Weekly singles charts 4.2 Year - end charts 4.3 Certifications 5 Cover versions 6 References Background and writing `` Stand by Your Man '' was reportedly written in 1968 at Columbia Recording Studios in Nashville in all of 15 minutes. The song came from an idea that originated with Wynette 's producer, Billy Sherrill, who along with Wynette is one of the two writers credited. Tammy was not very fond of the song at first because it was unlike anything she had ever written before, and because there is a high note that was hard for her to sing. She said that, over time, she got to love the song, and came to the point where she `` could n't do a show without it. '' Sherrill originally stated that, before `` Stand by Your Man '' 's release, he thought that Wynette 's `` D-I-V-O-R-C-E '' would be Wynette 's signature song. However, after witnessing how successful the song came to be in America during that time, Sherrill then agreed that `` Stand by Your Man '' was definitely Wynette 's career - defining hit. Content Derided by the Feminist movement of the late 1960s and early 1970s, Wynette in later years defended the song as not a call for women to place themselves second to men, but rather a suggestion that women attempt to overlook their husbands ' shortcomings and faults if they truly love them ( and in fact, the last line in the final verse says `` after all, he 's just a man '' ). Wynette always defended her signature song. The song remained contentious into the early 1990s, when soon - to - be First Lady Hillary Clinton told CBS ' 60 Minutes during the ' Gennifer Flowers ' interview that she `` was n't some little woman ' standing by my man ' like Tammy Wynette. '' The condemnation from the public was immediate, even coming from Wynette herself. In popular culture The song appeared at the beginning of the Academy - Award nominated 1970 film Five Easy Pieces, starring Jack Nicholson and Karen Black. It also appeared in The Blues Brothers ( 1980 ) ( in which it was sung by Dan Aykroyd and John Belushi ), 1987 film The Fourth Protocol, starring Michael Caine and Pierce Brosnan, and at the end of the Academy - Award - winning 1992 film The Crying Game ( in which it was sung by Lyle Lovett ). The song resurfaced again in a string of other early 1990s films, including Sleepless in Seattle ( 1993 ), Four Weddings and a Funeral ( 1994 ), and GoldenEye ( 1995 ). A 1976 answer song by Ronnie Milsap `` ( I 'm A ) Stand by My Woman Man '' also topped the country music charts. The song is referenced in songs by British punk rock groups The Slits ( `` Typical Girls '' ) and The Clash ( `` Train in Vain '' ). `` Stand by Your Man '' is the title song of the German comedy show Dittsche. The song appears on the game Karaoke Revolution Country. In 2003, `` Stand by Your Man '' was rated number one on CMT 's 100 Greatest Songs in Country Music. In 2004, `` Stand by Your Man '' was rated number sixteen on CMT 's 100 Greatest Country Love Songs. In 1968, Italian singer Palma Calderoni recorded this song with Italian text, written by Mogol and Claudio Daiano ( title is Io voglio te ). The song was spoofed on Sesame Street as `` Stand By Your Can ''. It was performed by Hammy Swinette, a porcine parody of Wynette, who -- with the help of a Muppet trash can -- urges people to put their trash in a trash can. The song was also used during the episode `` Hatless '' of the first season of Justified. The song also appears in an episode of the popular 2008 show Gossip Girl, where an embarrassing video of Blair Waldorf singing `` Stand By Your Man '' is played at her 21st birthday party. In 2016, the song appeared in the fourth - season premiere of Masters of Sex where a drunk Virginia Johnson ( played by Lizzy Caplan ) is shown singing along in a hotel bar. Chart performance Weekly singles charts Chart ( 1968 ) Peak position U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles U.S. Billboard Hot 100 19 U.S. Billboard Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks 11 Canadian RPM Country Tracks Canadian RPM Top Singles 15 Australian Go - Set 9 Chart ( 1975 ) Peak position UK Singles Chart Irish Singles Dutch Top 40 Belgian VRT Top 30 New Zealand Singles 31 Chart ( 1998 ) Peak position U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks 56 Year - end charts Chart ( 1969 ) Position U.S. Billboard Hot 100 143 Chart ( 1975 ) Position UK 5 Certifications Country Provider Certification United Kingdom BPI Gold Cover versions In 1968, Patti Page covered the song and released it as an easy listening single, peaking at No. 20. In 1970, Candi Staton covered the song, peaking at No. 4 on the Billboard R&B chart and at No. 24 on the pop Hot 100. She also reached No. 21 on the Cash Box Top 100. In 1982, Wendy O. Williams of the Plasmatics and Lemmy from Motörhead released the song as a 7 '' EP. In 1994, Lisa Brokop covered the song for the soundtrack to the film Harmony Cats. It was released as a single and peaked at number 88 on the RPM Country Tracks chart. References Jump up ^ Whitburn, Joel ( 2004 ). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits : 1944 - 2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 399. Jump up ^ Whitburn, Joel ( 2004 ). The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits : Eighth Edition. Record Research. p. 690. ^ Jump up to : Roberts, David ( 2006 ). British Hit Singles & Albums ( 19th ed. ). London : Guinness World Records Limited. pp. 313 -- 4. ISBN 1 - 904994 - 10 - 5. Jump up ^ `` The National Recording Registry 2010 ''. Library of Congress. Retrieved April 10, 2011. Jump up ^ Roy Shuker. Understanding Popular Music. Books.google.co.uk. p. 102. Retrieved 2016 - 10 - 02. Jump up ^ `` Sesame Street : Stand By Your Can ''. YouTube. Retrieved 2014 - 03 - 27. Jump up ^ `` Go - Set Australian charts - 16 April 1969 ''. Poparchives.com.au. 1969 - 04 - 16. Retrieved 2014 - 03 - 27. ^ Jump up to : Steffen Hung. `` Tammy Wynette - Stand By Your Man ''. swedishcharts.com. Retrieved 2014 - 03 - 27. Jump up ^ Whitburn, Joel ( 2013 ). Hot Country Songs 1944 -- 2012. Record Research, Inc. p. 383. ISBN 978 - 0 - 89820 - 203 - 8. Jump up ^ ( 1 ) Jump up ^ `` Top 100 1975 - UK Music Charts ''. Uk-charts.top-source.info. Retrieved 2016 - 10 - 02. Jump up ^ `` Candi Staton Discography ''. The Soul of the Net. www.melingo.com. Retrieved 2010 - 10 - 11. Jump up ^ ( 2 ) Jump up ^ `` RPM Country Tracks ''. RPM. January 24, 1994. Retrieved September 8, 2013. Preceded by `` I Walk Alone '' by Marty Robbins Billboard Hot Country Singles number - one single November 23, 1968 - December 7, 1968 Succeeded by `` Born to Be with You '' by Sonny James Preceded by `` Where Love Used to Live '' by David Houston RPM Country Tracks number - one single December 9, 1968 Succeeded by `` Little Arrows '' by Leapy Lee Preceded by `` Oh Boy '' by Mud UK number - one single May 17 - May 31, 1975 Succeeded by `` Whispering Grass '' by Windsor Davies and Don Estelle Tammy Wynette Studio albums Your Good Girl 's Gonna Go Bad ( 1967 ) Take Me to Your World / I Do n't Wanna Play House ( 1968 ) D-I-V-O-R-C-E ( 1968 ) Stand by Your Man ( 1969 ) Inspiration ( 1969 ) The Ways to Love a Man ( 1970 ) Tammy 's Touch ( 1970 ) The First Lady ( 1970 ) We Sure Can Love Each Other ( 1971 ) Bedtime Story ( 1972 ) My Man ( 1972 ) Another Lonely Song ( 1974 ) Woman to Woman ( 1974 ) I Still Believe in Fairy Tales ( 1975 ) ' Til I Can Make It on My Own ( 1976 ) You and Me ( 1976 ) Higher Ground ( 1987 ) Next to You ( 1989 ) Heart Over Mind ( 1990 ) Without Walls ( 1994 ) Collaboration albums We Go Together Me and the First Lady We Love to Sing About Jesus Let 's Build a World Together We 're Gonna Hold On George & Tammy & Tina Golden Ring Together Again Honky Tonk Angels ( 1993 ) George and Tammy Super Hits ( 1995 ) One ( 1995 ) Singles `` I Do n't Wanna Play House '' `` Take Me to Your World '' `` D-I-V-O-R-C-E '' `` Stand by Your Man '' `` Singing My Song '' `` The Ways to Love a Man '' `` He Loves Me All the Way '' `` Run, Woman, Run '' `` We Sure Can Love Each Other '' `` Good Lovin ' ( Makes It Right ) '' `` Bedtime Story '' `` Reach Out Your Hand ( And Touch Somebody ) '' `` My Man ( Understands ) '' `` ' Til I Get It Right '' `` Kids Say the Darndest Things '' `` Another Lonely Song '' `` Woman to Woman '' `` ' Til I Can Make It on My Own '' `` You and Me '' `` Womanhood '' `` Crying in the Rain '' `` Sometimes When We Touch '' Collaboration singles `` My Elusive Dreams '' `` We 're Gonna Hold On '' `` Golden Ring '' `` Near You '' `` Two Story House '' `` Silver Threads and Golden Needles '' `` It Was n't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels '' Related articles Discography Discography with George Jones `` Justified & Ancient '' David Allan Coe Studio albums Penitentiary Blues Requiem for a Harlequin The Mysterious Rhinestone Cowboy Once Upon a Rhyme Longhaired Redneck Rides Again Texas Moon Tattoo Buckstone County Prison Family Album Nothing Sacred Human Emotions Compass Point Spectrum VII I 've Got Something to Say Encore Invictus ( Means ) Unconquered Tennessee Whiskey DAC Rough Rider Underground Album Castles in the Sand Hello in There Just Divorced Darlin ', Darlin ' Unchained Son of the South A Matter of Life and Death I Love Country Crazy Daddy 1990 Songs for Sale Standing Too Close to the Flames Johnny Cash Is a Friend of Mine Recommended for Airplay Long Haired Country Boy Songwriter of the Tear Country and Western Sings Merle Haggard Whoopsy Daisy Sings Johnny Cash 's Biggest Hits All I 'll Ever Be Rebel Meets Rebel DAC 's Back Live albums Live : If That Ai n't Country... 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Question: who sang the song stand by your man
Answer: Tammy Wynette