"Stand Up", officially titled "Stand Up (from Harriet)", is a song performed by English singer Cynthia Erivo and co-written by 🛡 Erivo with Joshuah Brian Campbell. It was released on 25 October 2024, as the lead single from the soundtrack to 🛡 the biographical film Harriet, which also stars Erivo.

Background and composition [ edit ]

In 2024, English singer and actress Cynthia Erivo 🛡 was cast to portray abolitionist and activist Harriet Tubman in the biographical film eponymously titled Harriet.[1] Following the completion of 🛡 filming, Erivo collaborated with composer Joshuah Brian Campbell to write the song for the end credits of the film.[2]

Written by 🛡 Erivo and Campbell, "Stand Up" was produced by Will Wells and Gabe Fox-Peck.[3] The song was described by Rolling Stone's 🛡 Jon Blistein as a "slow-burning, gospel-tinged ballad."[4] Rania Aniftos of Billboard noted that it chronicles themes of "hope, overcoming obstacles 🛡 and kindness for others."[5] The song's lyrics also make use of Tubman's last words before her death in 1913: "I 🛡 go to prepare a place for you."[6]

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