| "Stand Proud" | ||||
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Cover of "Stand Proud" featuring Stardust Crusaders protagonist Jotaro Kujo (right) and his Stand Star Platinum (left) | ||||
| Single by Jin Hashimoto | ||||
| Released | April 23, 2014 (2014-04-23) | |||
| Genre | Heavy metal, power metal | |||
| Length | 4:38 | |||
| Label | Warner Home Video | |||
| Songwriters | Shoko Fujibayashi, Takatugu Wakabayashi, ZENTA | |||
| JoJo's Bizarre Adventure theme song singles chronology | ||||
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"Stand Proud" (stylized as "STAND PROUD") is a song by Jin Hashimoto, with lyrics by Shoko Fujibayashi, composition by Takatuku Wakabayashi, and arrangement (and guitars) by ZENTA. It is the first opening theme song for JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Stardust Crusaders; a single was released on April 23, 2014.[1][2] The edit for the television series' broadcasts was made available for purchase exclusively through Dwango's animelo service on April 12, 2014, as a preview,[3] and the full length on the Chaku Uta Full service on April 18.[2]
All lyrics are written by Shoko Fujibayashi; all music is composed by Takatugu Wakabayashi.
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Stand Proud" | 4:38 |
| 2. | "Stand Proud" (Original Karaoke) | 4:37 |
| Total length: | 9:14 | |
Fantôme Iris, a fictional visual kei band from multimedia franchise Argonavis from BanG Dream! covered the song on their live Fantôme Iris Concept Live -Gekkoukyouen- held on September 23, 2021.
On the Oricon's Weekly Singles Charts, "Stand Proud" peaked at number 13 after being on the charts for 2 weeks.[4] On Billboard's Japan Hot 100, the song debuted and peaked at 11.[5] On Billboard's other charts in Japan, the song also performed well: number 3 on the Hot Animation [6] and Top Independent Albums and Singles charts,[7] and 2 on the Hot Singles Sales charts.[8]