ILL STAND BY YOU ( Lyrics) THE PRETENDERS

I ll Stand by You is a 1994 song recorded by The Pretenders from their sixth studio album, Last of the Independents. Written by Chrissie Hynde in collaboration with the songwriting team of Tom Kelly and Billy Steinberg (who used the melody from Johann Sebastian Bach s Minuet for Loverscitation needed), it was the Pretenders most recent significant hit single, citation needed and their last successful single in North America. The song is a power ballad that pledges love and faithful assistance in times