Stand and Deliver (Adam and the Ants song)

"Stand and Deliver" was Adam and the Ants' most successful single. The song entered the UK Singles Chart at number one on 9 May 1981, and remained there for five weeks.[1]  It has sold 1.03 million copies in the UK.[2]

Copies of the single "Stand and Deliver" b/w "Beat My Guest" were included as a free bonus item with some vinyl copies of the US version of the album Kings of the Wild Frontier on Epic Records. Epic's cassette edition appended the two tracks to each end of either side of the tape. "Stand and Deliver" was then featured on their follow-up LP, Prince Charming, released in November 1981. The lyric "stand and deliver - your money or your life" was a phrase commonly used by highwaymen in 18th century England during robberies.



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[hide]  *1 Music video  ==Music video[ edit] == The costume, general plot arc, etc. of the video all seem based on the 1973 Monty Python sketch Dennis Moore. It 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 make-up 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. ==Cover versions[ edit] == ===No Doubt version[ edit] === <p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:20.3636360168457px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:13.63636302948px;">"Stand and Deliver'" is a cover version of the Adam and the Ants song, released by No Doubt.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-3" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-size:10.9090909957886px;">[3]  They performed the song while playing a fictional 1980s band, Snowed Out, in the Gossip Girl episode "Valley Girls," airing May 11, 2009, and also performed the song on their 2009 tour during the encore. It eventually appeared on the Deluxe edition bonus disc of the band's sixth studio album Push and Shove, released 21 September 2012 exclusively to Target.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-4" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-size:10.9090909957886px;">[4]  Being a digital download, a live performance of the song was used as a music video. ==Other media<span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] == =="Save the Gorilla"<span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] == <p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:20.3636360168457px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:13.63636302948px;">In 2003, Adam Ant embarked upon an ill-fated attempt to raise awareness of the plight of the endangered mountain gorilla in Central Africa by reworking "Stand and Deliver" into "Save the Gorilla."<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-5" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-size:10.9090909957886px;">[5]  Co-writer Marco Pirroni and EMI Records blocked its release just days before its intended release on 17 November, and it never saw the light of day.<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-6" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-size:10.9090909957886px;">[6] ==References<span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] == ==External links<span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] ==
 * 2 Cover versions
 * 2.1 No Doubt version
 * 3 Other media
 * 4 "Save the Gorilla"
 * 5 References
 * 6 External links
 * 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 funk metal band Sugar Ray on 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.
 * This song is featured in the 2008 racing game, Burnout Paradise.
 * The song appears in the 2011 video game Saints Row: The Third.
 * Adam Ant's 2007 autobiography is titled Stand and Deliver.
 * The British television show Horrible Histories featured a song about highwayman Dick Turpin that was based on "Stand and Deliver."
 * 1) <span class="cite-accessibility-label" style="top:-99999px;clip:rect(1px1px1px1px);overflow:hidden;-webkit-user-select:none;position:absolute!important;height:1px!important;width:1px!important;">Jump up ^   Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. pp. 393–4. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.
 * 2) <span class="cite-accessibility-label" style="top:-99999px;clip:rect(1px1px1px1px);overflow:hidden;-webkit-user-select:none;position:absolute!important;height:1px!important;width:1px!important;">Jump up ^   Ami Sedghi (4 November 2012). "UK's million-selling singles: the full list". Guardian. Retrieved 4 November 2012.
 * 3) <span class="cite-accessibility-label" style="top:-99999px;clip:rect(1px1px1px1px);overflow:hidden;-webkit-user-select:none;position:absolute!important;height:1px!important;width:1px!important;">Jump up ^   Daniel Kreps (April 8, 2009). "No Doubt Go New Wave With "Stand And Deliver" Cover". Rolling Stone.
 * 4) <span class="cite-accessibility-label" style="top:-99999px;clip:rect(1px1px1px1px);overflow:hidden;-webkit-user-select:none;position:absolute!important;height:1px!important;width:1px!important;">Jump up ^   "Target and No Doubt Team Up for Exclusive Deluxe Edition of "Push And Shove " ". Target.com. August 30, 2012.
 * 5) <span class="cite-accessibility-label" style="top:-99999px;clip:rect(1px1px1px1px);overflow:hidden;-webkit-user-select:none;position:absolute!important;height:1px!important;width:1px!important;">Jump up ^   "Adam Ant Save the Gorilla". Wildlight Limited. August 30, 2012.
 * 6) <span class="cite-accessibility-label" style="top:-99999px;clip:rect(1px1px1px1px);overflow:hidden;-webkit-user-select:none;position:absolute!important;height:1px!important;width:1px!important;">Jump up ^   "EMI 'blocks' Adam Ant charity CD". BBC News. 17 November 2003.
 * Stand and Deliver by Adam and the Ants on YouTube
 * Save the Gorilla by Adam Ant on YouTube
 * Dennis Moore by Monty Python on YouTube