Standing Next to Me

"Standing Next to Me"
Single by The Last Shadow Puppets
from the album
The Age of the Understatement
Released7 July 2008
Recorded2007
LabelDomino
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)James Ford
The Last Shadow Puppets singles chronology
"The Age of the Understatement"
(2008)
"Standing Next to Me"
(2008)
"My Mistakes Were Made for You"
(2008)
Alternative cover

"Standing Next to Me" is a song by English baroque pop band The Last Shadow Puppets. It was released on 7 July 2008 in the United Kingdom by Domino Recording Company as the second single of their debut album The Age of the Understatement. Written by co-frontmen Alex Turner and Miles Kane, the song was produced by James Ford, and recorded at Black Box studios in France in the summer of 2007. The lyrics describe a love triangle between the narrator, a woman, and another man.

Upon release, the song reached number 30 on the UK Singles Chart on 13 July 2008.