Stand! is the name of the 1969 breakout album for the soul/rock/funk band Sly & the Family Stone. Featuring the most familiar incarnation of the band in peak form, and including landmark songs such as "Everyday People," "Sing a Simple Song," "I Want to Take You Higher," and "Don't Call Me Nigger, Whitey," Stand!, the band's fourth album, went on to sell over three million copies. It became one of the most successful albums of the 1960s, and launching Sly Stone and his bandmates into the pop music mainstream.

Stand! is considered one of the artistic high-points of the band's career, offering up-tempo, energetic songs in "Sing a Simple Song" and "I Want to Take You Higher", messages of encourage in "You Can Make It If You Try" and "Stand!", and political and social commentary tracks in "Everyday People" and "Don't Call Me Nigger, Whitey."

Personnel

• Sly Stone: vocals, organ, guitar, piano, harmonica, and more
• Freddie Stone: vocals, guitar
• Larry Graham: vocals, bass guitar
• Rose Stone: vocals, piano, keyboard
• Cynthia Robinson: trumpet, vocal ad-libs
• Jerry Martini: saxophone
• Greg Errico: drums
• Little Sister (Vet Stone, Mary McCreary, Elva Mouton): background vocals
• Engineers: Don Puluse, Brian Ross-Myring, Phil Macey

Tracklist

All songs on the LP had Sylvester "Sly Stone" Stewart credited as songwriter, producer, and arranger.

Side A

• 1. "Stand!"
• 2. "Don't Call Me Nigger, Whitey" (essentially a jam)
• 3. "I Want to Take You Higher"
• 4. "Somebody's Watching You"
• 5. "Sing a Simple Song"

Side B

• 6. "Everyday People"
• 7. "Sex Machine" (a jam)
• 8. "You Can Make It If You Try"

Samples

• Download sample of "Stand!"
• Download sample of "Don't Call Me Nigger, Whitey"
• Download sample of "I Want to Take You Higher"
• Download sample of "Sing a Simple Song"
• Download sample of "Everyday People"