the bass, while Vinnie Colaiuta and Paulinho Da Costa handled the drums and percussion, respectively. Music and lyrics "Stand Up for Love" is a pop and R&B ballad with a length of four minutes and 46 seconds. According to the sheet music published by Peer International Corporation on the website Musicnotes.com, "Stand Up for Love" is set in common time with a slow tempo of seventy beats per minute. It is written in the key of A major, and Destiny's Child's vocals range from the low note of E3 to the high note of E5. Michael D. Clark from the Houston Chronicle compared Beyoncé's vocals with Michael Jackson and Whitney Houston "in an effort to play the weepy heartstrings". Matthew Jacobs, writing on behalf of HuffPost compared the song's sound to a movie ballad from the 1990s, taken from an "empowering" animated movie. Lyrically, the song encourages togetherness: "And I believe that in my life I will see / An end to hopelessness, or giving up, or suffering / If we all stand together this one time / Then no one will get left behind". Release and promotion "Stand Up for Love" was released as the lead single from #1's by Columbia Records and Sony Urban Music, and became the group's final single together before their disbandment. It was sent to rhythmic contemporary radio stations in the United States on September 27, 2005, and was released as a 7-inch single the same day. On October 4, it impacted contemporary hit radio in the US. The song was touted as the "2005 World Children's Day Anthem" in conjunction with Ronald McDonald House Charities. It was used to raise awareness of the day; Destiny's Child were also global ambassadors for the 2005 program. In August 2007, the Society for the Promotion of Community Standards (SPCS) requested "Stand Up for Love" to be played on radio stations in New Zealand to reflect on child abuse after the Nia Glassie abuse case received widespread media attention. Similarly, organizations Sensible Sentencing Trust, Family First, and For the Sake of Our Children Trust asked for increased airplay of the song during a three-minute silence, which was also requested by them. Critical reception "Stand Up for Love" received negative reviews from most music critics. James Blake writing for BBC Online, described "Stand Up for Love" as a "sugary ballad". Pitchfork Medias writer Jess Harvell criticized the song