| Stand Up | |
| Cover: | Ludacris Stand Up.jpg |
| Type: | single |
| Artist: | Ludacris featuring Shawnna |
| Album: | Chicken-n-Beer |
| Released: | August 19, 2003 |
| Recorded: | 2003 |
| Genre: | Hip hop |
| Length: | 3:33 |
| Chronology: | Ludacris |
| Prev Title: | P-Poppin |
| Prev Year: | 2003 |
| Next Title: | Blow It Out |
| Next Year: | 2003 |
"Stand Up" is a song by Ludacris, released as the second single from his fourth album, Chicken-n-Beer on August 19, 2003. It became his first song to peak atop the Billboard Hot 100—remaining on the chart for 28 weeks—on the week dated December 6 of that year. It contains a guest appearance from American rapper Shawnna, who provides a call and response dichotomy with Ludacris for the song's chorus. Production was handled by then-unknown Roc-A-Fella Records producer Kanye West, while co-production was helmed by Ludacris himself, both of whom wrote the song.
"Stand Up" topped the R&B/Hip-Hop singles for four weeks, and received a Grammy Award nomination for Best Rap Solo Performance. The song appeared in a commercial for the all-new 2019 Mercedes-Benz A Class Sedan that appeared during Super Bowl LIII on February 3, 2019. The commercial featured Ludacris himself performing the song at an opera, and also featured Wile E. Coyote and the Road Runner and Free Willy.[1]
A music video was made for the song, directed by Dave Meyers. Ludacris raps at a night club with many bizarre elements, such as a huge beer bottle, which he drinks from, a giant sneaker that he later wears, disabled people in wheelchairs dancing, a woman whose behind grows to a humungous proportion after kissing Luda, Luda and another woman as toddlers, and much more, with scenes mostly alluding to the song's lyrics. Chingy, Katt Williams, 2 Chainz, Scooter Braun, Kanye West (the song's producer), Tyra Banks & Lauren London made cameo appearances on the video.
| Chart (2003) | Position | |
|---|---|---|
| UK Urban (Music Week)[3] | 29 | |
| US Billboard Hot 100[4] | 51 |
An official remix was also recorded, in which Ludacris' third verse was removed and replaced with a verse from Kanye West. The remix appeared on the Akademiks: JeaniusLevelMusikKanye West Vol. 2 & Kon The Louis Vuitton Don mixtapes.
Richard Cheese and Lounge Against the Machine covered the song as a lounge-style version on his 2004 album I'd Like a Virgin.
Ludacris also made a remix of the song for the Atlanta Falcons.
Ludacris used this song to mix it with "Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)" in a faster tone in some club radio stations.