Stand My Ground

"Stand My Ground"
Single by Within Temptation
from the album The Silent Force
B-side	"Overcome" "Towards the End" "It's the Fear" "Forsaken" "The Swan Song"
Released	17 November 2004
Recorded	2004
Genre	Symphonic metal gothic metal neoclassical metal
Length	4:26 (album version) 3:58 (single version)
Label	Roadrunner
Songwriter(s)	Robert Westerholt Sharon den Adel Martijn Spierenburg Daniel Gibson[1]
Producer(s)	Daniel Gibson
Within Temptation singles chronology
"Running Up that Hill" (2003) "Stand My Ground" (2004) "Memories" (2005)
Music video
"Stand My Ground" on YouTube

"Stand My Ground" is the first single from Dutch symphonic metal band Within Temptation's album The Silent Force. The song is also included on the US edition of the band's 2007 album The Heart of Everything. It became a top 10 hit in three countries (the Netherlands, Belgium and Finland) and became a top 40 hit in four other countries. It was also used in the trailer for the film Blood & Chocolate.^[2]

Along with their earlier singles "Ice Queen" and "Mother Earth", "Stand My Ground" has become one of the band's signature songs and is performed on their set of almost every concert since its release.