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"Stand Up for Love" is a song recorded by American group Destiny's Child for their first greatest hits album #1's (2005). The song was written by Amy Foster Gillies and David Foster, with the latter also serving as the producer with Humberto Gatica. Musically, "Stand Up for Love" is a mid tempo contemporary R&B ballad drawing influences from pop. Inspired by poverty stricken children and families, the song was termed the "2005 World Children's Day Anthem" and used in conjunction with Ronald McDonald House Charities in order to raise awareness of the day. "Stand Up for Love" was released as the lead single from #1's on September 27, 2005, by Columbia Records and Sony Urban Music; it was the final single released before the group's disbandment in 2006. Upon its release, "Stand Up for Love" received negative reviews from music critics, who criticized its composition and inclusion on #1's. Initially, the song was the group's only single not to enter any record charts; however, it peaked at number 37 in South Korea in 2014. The accompanying music video for the song, directed by Matthew Rolston, featured the trio singing the song, both individually and together. "Stand Up for Love" was performed live by Destiny's Child in November 2005 at the Jimmy Kimmel Live! show and on World Children's Day at the Ronald McDonald House in Los Angeles. Several South Korean groups and singers have covered the song.

Canadian musician David Foster was inspired to write "Stand Up for Love" for poverty stricken children and families which receive funds from charitable organization. Destiny's Child lead singer Beyoncé acknowledged that they wanted to record the song for the people who help impoverished families. "Stand Up for Love" was composed and arranged by Foster, who also served as its co writer along with his daughter Amy Foster Gillies. Foster produced the song with Humberto Gatica, who also engineered and mixed it. The song was recorded at Chartmaker Studios and The Record Plant, and was mixed at the former. Nathan East was responsible for playing the bass, while Vinnie Colaiuta and Paulinho Da Costa handled the drums and percussion, respectively. According to the sheet music published by Peer International Corporation on the website Musicnotes. com, "Stand Up for Love" is set in common time with a slow tempo of seventy beats per minute. It is written in the key of A major, and Destiny's Child's vocals range from the low note of E3 to the high note of E5. Michael D. Clark from the Houston Chronicle compared Beyoncé's vocals with Michael Jackson and Whitney Houston "in an effort to play the weepy heartstrings".

"Stand Up for Love" was released as the lead single from #1's by Columbia Records and Sony Urban Music, and became the group's final single together before their disbandment. On October 4, it impacted contemporary hit radio in the US. It was used to raise awareness of the day; Destiny's Child were also global ambassadors for the 2005 program. Similarly, organizations Sensible Sentencing Trust, Family First, and For the Sake of Our Children Trust asked for increased airplay of the song during a three minute silence, which was also requested by them.

"Stand Up for Love" received negative reviews from most music critics. James Blake writing for BBC Online, described "Stand Up for Love" as a "sugary ballad". Fiona Mckinlay criticized the fact that the song was used as an opener for #1's and felt it wasn't "really causing any kind of reaction before they get started properly with Independent Woman Pt.1". Matthew Jacobs of The Huffington Post felt it was "great" the song was used for World's Children day but described it as a "total snoozefest". Chuck Taylor of Billboard commented that the song lacked the potential to become a chart topper. Taylor reviewed the song negatively, classifying it as a "schmaltzy" ballad aimed at adult contemporary radio, adding that it was a "disappointing nonstarter". Jim Kiest from the San Antonio Express News wrote "hopefully 'Stand Up for Love' won't be [a number one single]". Aidin Vaziri of San Francisco Chronicle, who positively reviewed #1's, concluded his review by writing: "And the less said about the very new stuff, including the single 'Stand Up for Love (2005 World Children's Day Anthem),' the sweeter the memories". Similarly, Hattie Collins of Yahoo! Music felt that "Stand Up for Love" was "stuffed full of lazy lyricisms and sloppily sentimentality" further describing it as "utterly vomitous". She felt that the song was one of the material that "let this otherwise cracking compilation down". In contrast, Lindsey Weber from Vulture put "Stand Up for Love" at number 16 on her list of the top 25 songs by Destiny's Child in 2013.

Destiny's Child performed "Stand Up for Love" for the first time on November 15, 2005, along with "Survivor", on the show Jimmy Kimmel Live!. It marked the group's final televised performance before their disbandment. The same day, they performed the song at Ronald McDonald House Charities in Los Angeles for World Children's Day.

On December 29, 2008, Girls' Generation's Taeyeon, Davichi and Wonder Girls's Sunye, performed "Stand Up for Love" in a special stage called "Diva" at SBS Gayo Daejeon. On June 3, 2011, South Korean band Rania, performed "Stand Up for Love" at MBC's radio programme Shimshimtapa. In April 2013, singer Aram, a member of the South Korean group Global Icon, uploaded a cover of "Stand Up for Love". A writer from Allkpop described it as "beautiful" and praised her for "hit[ting] every note with perfect control". At the 2014 Miss Thailand World, contestant Maeya performed "Stand Up for Love". Bangkok Post writer Pim Ungphakorn described it as a "beautiful rendition".

+ Release dates and formats for "Stand Up for Love"RegionDateFormat(s)Label(s)Ref. (Reference(s)) United Kingdom September 27, 2005 7 inch vinyl Columbia United States Columbia, Sony Urban Music, Sony Urban Rhythmic contemporary radio October 3, 2005Gospel radio October 4, 2005 Contemporary hit radio United Kingdom December 31, 2005 Digital download Columbia Canada March 17, 2006 Digital download Sony BMG