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"Stand Up"
Single by The Triffids
A-side	"Stand Up"
B-side	"Farmers Never Visit Nightclubs"
Released	July 1981
Recorded	February 1981 Shelter Studios, Perth, Western Australia
Genre	Indie rock, folk rock
Length	4:15
Label	Shake Some Action
Songwriter(s)	David McComb
Producer(s)	Peter Simpson
The Triffids singles chronology
"Stand Up" (1981) "Spanish Blue" (1982)

"Stand Up" is the debut single released by Australian rock group, The Triffids in July 1981. The production by Peter Simpson for the Shake Some Action label was the prize for the band winning a song competition in late 1980. The competition was sponsored by the Western Australian Institute of Technology (now Curtin University) Student Guild's radio show on 6NR (now Curtin FM).

The lyrics of the chorus exemplify a tone that singer-songwriter, David McComb, would pursue throughout his work.

McComb later said, "Most people preferred 'Farmers'. I guess people find that sort of thing zany. To this day we get people screaming out for that song when we play live."

Track listing

All tracks written by David McComb.

1. "Stand Up" – 1:41
2. "Farmers Never Visit Nightclubs" – 2:34

Personnel

• Robert McComb – guitar, vocals
• David McComb – lead vocals, guitar
• Will Akers – bass, vocals
• Mark Peters – drums
• Margaret Gillard – piano, organ, vocals

References

1. ^ McFarlane, Ian (1999). "Encyclopedia entry for 'The Triffids'". Encyclopedia of Australian Rock and Pop. St Leonards, NSW: Allen & Unwin. ISBN 1-86508-072-1. Archived from the original on 17 April 2004. Retrieved 19 May 2014.
2. Holmgren, Magnus; Skjefte, Morten; Warnqvist, Stefan; Simonetti, Vince. "The Triffids". Passagen.se. Australian Rock Database (Magnus Holmgren). Archived from the original on 28 July 2002. Retrieved 19 May 2014.
3. "Blackeyed Susans website – David McComb Obituary". Archived from the original on 2007-12-21. Retrieved 2007-12-20.
4. Tracee Hutchison (1992). Your Name's On The Door. Sydney: ABC Enterprises. p. 19. ISBN 0-7333-0115-0.
5. "Australasian Performing Right Association". APRA. Retrieved 2007-12-13.

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