You've Got to Stand for Something (song)

"You've Got to Stand for Something"
Single by Aaron Tippin
from the album You've Got to Stand for Something
B-side"Up Against You"
ReleasedOctober 8, 1990
GenreCountry
Length3:04
LabelRCA Nashville
Songwriter(s)Aaron Tippin, Buddy Brock
Producer(s)Emory Gordy Jr.
Aaron Tippin singles chronology
"You've Got to Stand for Something"
(1990)
"I Wonder How Far It Is Over You"
(1991)

"You've Got to Stand for Something" is a song co-written and recorded by American country music singer Aaron Tippin. It was released in October 1990 as his debut single and the title track to his album You've Got to Stand for Something. It reached the top ten on the country singles chart in early 1991. Tippin wrote the song with Buddy Brock. Charley Pride later recorded the song in 1992 and released it as a single that year.