Top Ten Songs Sharing Titles With a Poison Song: Stand (#5)

Tweet

Hollow Happyween, or something like that. By the way, this time next week it won’t be this time next week. (Not applicable in Arizona or Hawaii, two states with the common sense to NOT observe daylight savings time.). As for the countdown, we sail into the top five with a terrific song! It just so happens that it has the same title as a song by the 80s hair band Poison. #5: Stand - R.E.M. Ah-ha! Now my motives become obvious! No, not really, but I was happy to see a song called “Stand” on the Poison discography list. That means I can whip this out (back, Sheriff Bart! ) and let you enjoy it! Remember, this isn’t about Poison, it was just inspired by a joke about them. So you get to hear an R.E.M. big hit classic! Speaking of jokes, that’s pretty much what this song is. Michael Stipe said they were discussing the 60s Saturday morning cartoon theme songs, and Stipe took it as a challenge to “out-bubblegum” them. Peter Buck said it’s “the stupidest song we’ve ever written…that’s not necessarily a bad thing, though.” True. And I always like how Michael Stipe gets a lot of mileage our of the D in the last word of the song. Stand Written by Bill Berry, Peter Buck, Mike Mills, and Michael Stipe Recorded by R.E.M. From Green, 1989 Your feet are going to be on the ground: