"Stand By Me" is of profound significance beyond what the Duke and Duchess of Sussex requested to be performed at their wedding ceremony.
"Stand By Me" is religiously driven with inspiration from a spiritual (Christian songs created by African Americans) and citations from the Bible.
"Stand By Me" Honors -
- $22.8 million in royalties (as of 2012)
- 6th highest earning song (as of 2012)
- Inducted into the National Recording Registry by the Library of Congress (2015)
- "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant" (Library of Congress)
- No. 1 on R&B Charts
- Top Ten hit on U.S. charts twice
- No. 4 on U.S. Billboard Hot 100
- No. 27 on UK Singles Chart
- 112nd on Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Songs of All Time
...of profound significance.
(Wikipedia source)
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