Stand Proud Explained

Stand Proud
Cover:STAND PROUD.jpg
Caption:Cover of "Stand Proud" featuring Stardust Crusaders protagonist Jotaro Kujo (right) and his Stand Star Platinum (left)
Type:single
Artist:Jin Hashimoto
Genre:Heavy metal, power metal
Label:Warner Home Video
Chronology:JoJo's Bizarre Adventure theme song
Prev Title:Bloody Stream
Prev Year:2013
Next Title:JoJo Sono Chi no Kioku ~end of THE WORLD~
Next Year:2015

"Stand Proud" (stylized as "STAND PROUD") is a song by Jin Hashimoto, with lyrics by Shoko Fujibayashi, composition by Takatuku Wakabayashi, and arrangement (and guitars) by ZENTA. It is the first opening theme song for ; a single was released on April 23, 2014.[1] [2] The edit for the television series' broadcasts was made available for purchase exclusively through Dwango's animelo service on April 12, 2014, as a preview,[3] and the full length on the Chaku Uta Full service on April 18.

Covers

Fantôme Iris, a fictional visual kei band from multimedia franchise Argonavis from BanG Dream! covered the song on their live Fantôme Iris Concept Live -Gekkoukyouen- held on September 23, 2021.

Chart performance

On the Oricon's Weekly Singles Charts, "Stand Proud" peaked at number 13 after being on the charts for 2 weeks.[4] On Billboards Japan Hot 100, the song debuted and peaked at 11.[5] On Billboards other charts in Japan, the song also performed well: number 3 on the Hot Animation [6] and Top Independent Albums and Singles charts,[7] and 2 on the Hot Singles Sales charts.[8]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 【AnimeJapan2014】REDステージに「ジョジョの奇妙な冒険 スターダストクルセイダーズ」の主要キャスト5人が登壇! | トーキョーアニメニュース – TOKYO ANIME NEWS . Tokyo-anime-news.jp . 2014-04-20.
  2. Web site: 『ジョジョの奇妙な冒険 スターダストクルセイダース』編BD/DVD発売決定ィィィィ!! OP/EDのCDも発売だぜェェェ!! - Ameba News [アメーバニュース] |language=ja |publisher=News.ameba.jp |date=2014-04-19 |accessdate=2014-04-20].
  3. Web site: 「STAND PROUD」/ 橋本仁 着うた・着信音 | animelo mix . Pc.animelo.jp . 2014-04-20.
  4. Web site: 「STAND PROUD」 橋本仁│オリコン芸能人事典-ORICON STYLE . Oricon.co.jp . 2014-05-08.
  5. Web site: Billboard Japan Hot 100│Charts│Billboard JAPAN . Billboard-japan.com . 2014-05-05 . 2014-05-08.
  6. Web site: Billboard Japan Hot Animation│Charts│Billboard JAPAN . Billboard-japan.com . 2014-05-05 . 2014-05-08.
  7. Web site: Billboard Japan Top Independent Albums and Singles│Charts│Billboard JAPAN . Billboard-japan.com . 2014-05-05 . 2014-05-08.
  8. Web site: Billboard Japan Hot Singles Sales│Charts│Billboard JAPAN . Billboard-japan.com . 2014-05-05 . 2014-05-08.