" '' ' I 'll Stand by You ' '' " is a cover in 2010 by the Colombian singer Shakira as a promotional charity single for the Hope for Haiti Now campaign and was released on 23 January 2010 , in the wake of the devastating 2010 Haiti earthquake . Recorded live on the charity telethon '' Hope for Haiti Now : A Global Benefit for Earthquake Relief '' on January 22 , 2010 in New York City . She performed the song during the program , exactly before Wyclef Jean 's speech and after Reese Witherspoon 's call on the phone bank . The song is found on the charity benefit album , '' Hope for Haiti Now ''
2010 Haiti earthquake
2010 Haiti earthquake
I'll Stand by You