Still Standing (song)

Infobox Single
Name = Still Standing
Artist = Monica featuring Ludacris


from Album = Still Standing
Format = 12" single
Released = August 2008
Recorded = 2008; Atlanta, Georgia
Genre = R&B, hip hop, ballad
Length = 4:18
Label = J
Writer = Christopher Bridges, Bryan Michael Cox, Adonis Stropshire
Producer = Bryan Michael Cox
Certification =
Misc = Extra chronology
Artist = Monica
Type = singles
Last single = "Hell No (Leave Home)"
(2007)
This single = "Still Standing"
(2008)
Next single = . . . Extra chronology
Artist = Ludacris singles
Last single = "What Them Girls Like" (2008)
This single = "Still Standing"
(2008)
Next single = . . .

"Still Standing" is a song by American R&B singer Monica, written by Christopher Bridges and Adonis Stropshire for her upcoming sixth studio album, "Still Standing" (2008). Produced by Bryan Michael Cox, it features guest vocals by her cousin and rapper Ludacris.

The record was originally intended be released as the album's lead single, with its production and release being tracked by a single episode of the reality television show format "Monica: The Single" on Peachtree TV.cite web|title="Behind the Scenes - Monica: The Single"|work=SandraRose|url=http://sandrarose.com/2008/06/21/behind-the-scenes-monica-the-single/|accessdate=2008-06-25] cite web|title="To My Fans"|work=SayNow|url=http://www.saynow.com/monicamusic|accessdate=2008-08-04] However, as the label and the singer were not in agreement with the album's title track becoming the first single no track has been picked yet.cite web|title="To my Fans"|work=SayNow|url=http://www.saynow.com/monicamusic|accessdate=2008-08-04] cite web|title="JD signs Monica's fiancé Rocko to Island Urban"|work=SandraRose|url=http://sandrarosenews.blogspot.com/2007/11/jd-signs-monicas-fianc-rocko-to-island.html|accessdate=2007-11-23]

Released as a promotional single though, the song entered the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart at number 78 in the week of August 21, 2008 based on airplay only, before sliding down the charts. In its fourth week, it rebounded from number 89 to number 74 while still only having been released as a promo single. [ [http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/esearch/chart_display.jsp?cfi=367&cfgn=Singles&cfn=Hot+R%26amp%3BB%2FHip-Hop+Songs&ci=3099609&cdi=9910911&cid=09%2F20%2F2008 "Billboard" Hot R&B] ]

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