Wiktionary
vb. 1 (context intransitive English) To maintain a safe distance from a hazard. 2 (context intransitive English) To abstain from participation. 3 (context intransitive cricket English) (''of a wicket-keeper'') to stand a long way behind the wicket so as to catch balls from a fast bowler
WordNet
v. stay clear of, avoid; "Keep your hands off my wife!"; "Keep your distance from this man--he is dangerous" [syn: keep one's eyes off, keep one's distance, keep one's hands off, stay away]
stand away from an object or person; "He stood back to look at her"
Wikipedia
Stand Back is the fourth studio album by Canadian rock band April Wine, released in 1975 (See 1975 in music). It became the first album by a Canadian band to achieve platinum sales in Canada. The song "Slow Poke" features lead vocals by Myles Goodwyn that were slowed down in studio.
Stand Back is the first proper album by The Arrows released in 1984, that featured three hit Canadian singles. Producer David Tyson was nominated for a Juno Award in 1984 for " Producer of the Year", for his work on this album.
"Stand Back" is a song written and recorded by American singer-songwriter Stevie Nicks from her 1983 album The Wild Heart. It was released as the first single from the album on May 19, 1983, and went to number five on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 and number two on the U.S. Top Rock Tracks chart in August of that year.
The song has been a staple in Nicks' live shows since its pre-album debut at the US Festival in May 1983, and it has also been included in Fleetwood Mac tour set lists since 1987.
The main intro of the song features an Oberheim OB-Xa synthesizer. The synth-bass is played on a Roland Jupiter 8. On the Rock a Little tour, the Oberheim is replaced with a Yamaha DX7. There were two mixes made of the song; the generally more well known album version (4:48) and the edited single version (4:18). Differences between the two are somewhat subtle, but the single mix tends to have more of a "collapsed" or "mono" sound to it and the electronic drum programs are mixed, rather dry and flattened, especially in the song's intro bars; whereas the drum tracks on the album mix are accentuated by a generous amount of reverb effect and harder compression. Acoustic drums were given a more backseat role on "Stand Back". There is a further 'polished' version of the track, with crisper percussion and louder foreground synth, featured on Nicks' 1991 best-of compilation Timespace, remixed by Chris Lord-Alge, and running at 4:59.
In the UK, the single was given Nicks' first 12-inch release, featuring a different glossy picture sleeve and the inclusion of a third track, "Wild Heart" (album version).
A 12-inch promotional single was also released to US radio stations in 1983, featuring a full-colour sleeve, but playing the standard 4:48 album version (in mono and stereo) on both sides.
" Stand Back" is a 1983 song by Stevie Nicks.
Stand Back may also refer to:
- Stand Back (April Wine album)
- Stand Back (The Arrows album)
- Stand Back! Here Comes Charley Musselwhite's Southside Band
- Stand Back: The Anthology, a compilation album by The Allman Brothers Band
- "Stand Back", a song by The Allman Brothers Band from Eat a Peach
Usage examples of "stand back".
I cautioned the pressmen to stand back under the shelter, and gave the professor the knife switch that would send the rocket on its way.
We had to stand back, and see about one quarter of our number march out and away home.
Instead, whatever combination of warlords that was in command of the army had made their men stand back, leaving maybe a thousand yards of dusty no-man's-land between attackers and defenders, putting them beyond the effective range of the majority of the city's weapons.
Dryope was there, and Captain Shaftoe had some difficulty in inducing her to stand back.
If you're looking at this as an investment, your best course is to stand back and let someone else spend the money to get there first.
But with a bunch of Mordieus, Sangdieus, and Po' Cap de Dieus, the little Gascon flung himself before my prostrate figure, and bade them in the King's name, and at their peril, to stand back.