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You've Got to Stand for Something is the debut album of American country music artist Aaron Tippin. The title track was Tippin's first chart entry, peaking at #6 on the Billboard country charts in 1991. Also released from this album were "I Wonder How Far It Is over You" and "She Made a Memory out of Me", which reached #40 and #54, respectively. The songs reached higher on the Radio and Records Country chart, reaching #5,[3] #26,[4] and #35,[5] respectively. "In My Wildest Dreams" would later be recorded by Kenny Chesney as the title track to his 1994 debut album In My Wildest Dreams.

You've Got to Stand for Something
Studio album by Aaron Tippin
Released	January 29, 1991
Recorded	1990-1991
Studio	Emerald Sound Studios, Masterfonics, Nightingale Recording Studio, Recording Arts, Sound Stage Studios, Nashville, TN
Genre	Country
Length	29:22
Label	RCA Nashville
Producer	Emory Gordy, Jr.
Aaron Tippin chronology
You've Got to Stand for Something (1991) Read Between the Lines (1992)
Singles from You've Got to Stand for Something
"You've Got to Stand for Something" Released: October 8, 1990 "I Wonder How Far It Is Over You" Released: April 6, 1991 "She Made a Memory Out of Me" Released: July 1991

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
Entertainment Weekly	(A) [2]

Track listing

1. "In My Wildest Dreams" (Aaron Tippin, Donny Kees) - 2:39
2. "I've Got a Good Memory" (Tippin, Buddy Brock) - 3:01
3. "You've Got to Stand for Something" (Tippin, Brock) - 3:01
4. "I Wonder How Far It Is Over You" (Tippin, Brock) - 3:30
5. "Ain't That a Hell of a Note" (Terry Brown, Tippin) - 2:34
6. "The Man That Came Between Us (Was Me)" (Tippin, Butch Curry) - 3:08
7. "She Made a Memory Out of Me" (Tippin) - 2:30
8. "Up Against You" (Tippin, Brock) - 3:07 ^A
9. "The Sky's Got the Blues" (Tippin, Ronnie Rogers) - 3:00
10. "Many, Many, Many Beers Ago" (Tippin, Phillip Douglas) - 2:53

• ^AOmitted from cassette version.

Personnel

Adapted from liner notes.[6]

• Sam Bush - fiddle (track 8)
• Glen Duncan - fiddle
• Paul Franklin - steel guitar (tracks 3, 4, 9)
• Vince Gill - background vocals
• Emory Gordy Jr. - bass guitar
• John Barlow Jarvis - keyboards
• Larrie Londin - drums, percussion
• Brent Mason - electric guitar
• Weldon Myrick - steel guitar (track 6)
• Alan O'Bryant - background vocals
• Mark O'Connor - mandolin, fiddle (tracks 2, 3, 4, 9)
• Kayton Roberts - steel guitar
• Aaron Tippin - lead vocals
• Biff Watson - acoustic guitar

Charts

References

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