Stand and Deliver (song)
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| "Stand and Deliver" | ||
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| Single by Adam & the Ants | ||
| from the album Prince Charming | ||
| Released | Spring 1981 | |
| Format | vinyl record (7") | |
| Genre | New Wave | |
| Length | 3:08 | |
| Label | CBS Records | |
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| Adam & the Ants singles chronology | ||
| Cartrouble (1981) |
Stand and Deliver (1981) |
Prince Charming (1981) |
"Stand and Deliver" was Adam & 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 video shows Adam Ant dressed as a "dandy highwayman" and generally indulging his exhibitionist instincts. The song, itself, conveys a similarly self-indulgent message. "Stand and Deliver" was a phrase commonly used by highwaymen in England during robberies.
A long-standing memory of the song is the memorable music-video that accompanied the music. The video showed a -- at that time -- controversial scene with Adam on the gallows with a noose around his neck until saved by the Ants cutting him free and jumping free. Another memorable scene is of Adam jumping through a window onto a banquet table.
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| Preceded by "Making Your Mind Up" by Bucks Fizz |
UK number one single May 3, 1981 |
Succeeded by "Being With You" by Smokey Robinson |
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