Stand up - Howard Jones

For the first time since 1998, Howard Jones has released a single on 7" vinyl! The single came out last week and landed in my mailbox on Saturday. 'Stand up' is a short track but with a very long intro. As usual, the song comes with an uplifting message from its writer.

'Stand up' draws from Rev. Jesse Jackson’s 1972 poem 'Stand up, black man', which Jones read after Jackson passed away in February. 'I wasn’t familiar with the poem', he explained in a recent interview, 'so I looked it up online and was very inspired to write something along those lines: "Stand up. You are somebody. Don’t let no one put you down".'

My collection: 7" single no. 8321
Found: Cherry Red website, received 11 July 2026
Tracks: 'Stand up' / 'The prisoner (live)'