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While the song was climbing the charts, Casey Kasem reported on American Top 40 that shortly following Cummings' departure from The Guess Who to pursue a solo career, his girlfriend of nine years left him for another man. "Stand Tall" was born from him taking his frustration, challenges and despondency to the piano and forging the melody there.
The Dirty Heads have toured the U.S. frequently with bands such as O.A.R., 311, Pepper, Kottonmouth Kings, Unwritten Law, Matisyahu, and Sublime with Rome. The band has also been featured in marketing campaigns for Etnies, [11] Rag Dynasty Shirts, and Vestal Watches. The Dirty Heads were among the first bands featured on YouTube's "RAWsession".
The Dirty Heads performed the song on Jimmy Kimmel Live! on May 13. [7] In late 2023, for the 35th anniversary of Alternative Songs (which by then had been renamed to Alternative Airplay), [8] Billboard published a list of the top 100 most successful songs in the chart's history; "Lay Me Down" was ranked at number 39. [9]
Stand Tall" was also featured in the 2007 movie "Surf's Up" before the album came out. Billy Preston plays keyboards on multiple tracks on the album, in what would be one of the final sessions he recorded before his death. [1] [2] "Lay Me Down" was released as a single from this album. It peaked at No. 1 on the Billboard Alternative Songs chart.
List of studio albums with selected chart positions Title Details Peak chart positions US [1]US Alt. [2]US Rock [3]CAN [4]Any Port in a Storm: Released: September 23, 2008
Swim Team is the sixth studio album by American reggae rock band Dirty Heads. Released on October 13, 2017, the album was published by Five Seven Music. [1] The ensemble completed their tour for the album with Tyrone's Jacket and The Unlikely Candidates. [2] The special edition of the album was released on October 19, 2018 to include a single ...
The lyrics are a tongue-in-cheek narrative where to save face, the singer claims he will say his girlfriend died in a variety of outlandish ways rather than admit she dumped him. The song had some inspiration from Paul Simon's "50 Ways to Leave Your Lover" and was originally going to be titled "50 Ways to Kill Your Lover". That title was tossed ...
The melody and lyrics of the chorus are also quoted by Liz Phair in "Slave," the fourth song from the Sooty tape of her self-produced Girly-Sound tapes. "Head On" appeared in the Superman & Lois episode of the same name when Kyle requests the song at the Valentine's Day dance.