Stand Tall

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English opening themes

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Stand Tall
Dub OP 19 Artist Ben Dixon and The Sad Truth Lyrics Ed Goldfarb Composer Ed Goldfarb Arrangement Ed Goldfarb and Akhil Gopal
Pokémon album Title Pokémon Movie Music Collection Catalog no. N/A

Stand Tall is the opening theme song for the English dub of the nineteenth season, Pokémon the Series: XYZ. It was used from From A to Z! to The Legend of X, Y, and Z!. The opening animation is composed of clips from the third Pokémon the Series: XY Japanese opening XY&Z. A full-length version is used as the opening song of Volcanion and the Mechanical Marvel, with guitars by Stan Cotey and mixed by Jeff Stuart Saltzman.

Lyrics

TV version

I stand tall 'cause I know I'm a winner
Knock me down, I'll just get up again
You've met your match, I'm no beginner
Pokémon,
Pokémon,
Gotta catch 'em all!

I stand tall 'cause I know I'm a winner
Pokémon,
Pokémon,
Gotta catch 'em all!

Movie version

I stand tall 'cause I know I'm a winner
You've met your match, yeah, I'm no beginner
No beginner
Gotta catch 'em all!

I stand tall 'cause I know I'm a winner
Knock me down, I'll just get up again
You've met your match, yeah, I'm no beginner
Pokémon,
Pokémon,
Gotta catch 'em all!

You've met your match, yeah, I'm no beginner
Pokémon,
Pokémon,
Gotta catch 'em all!

I've got all my friends beside me
I'm keeping my eye on the ball
With the wisdom of years to guide me,
I'm gonna catch 'em all!

Characters

• Ash
• Serena
• Clemont
• Bonnie
• Jessie
• James
• Alain
• Sawyer
• Lysandre
• Xerosic
• Aliana
• Bryony
• Celosia
• Mable

Pokémon

• Pikachu (Ash's)
• Meowth (Team Rocket)
• Wobbuffet (Jessie's)
• Dedenne (Clemont's)
• Froakie (Ash's)
• Frogadier (Ash's)
• Greninja (Ash's; Ash-Greninja)
• Talonflame (Ash's)
• Hawlucha (Ash's)
• Noibat (Ash's)
• Gourgeist (Jessie's)
• Inkay (James's; disguised as Pikachu)
• Sceptile (Sawyer's; Mega Sceptile)
• Charizard (Alain's; Mega Charizard X)
• Zygarde (Zygarde Core; Squishy)
• Zygarde (Zygarde 50%; Z2)

Opening animation spoilers

• Sawyer's Grovyle evolves into a Sceptile and is able to Mega Evolve.

Video

By Pokémon

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Trivia

• This song was uploaded to the official Cartoon Network YouTube channel on April 20, 2016.
• The opening animation wasn't updated to include Ash's Noivern.
• An instrumental version of this song was used in Party Dancecapades!, A Meeting of Two Journeys!, A Keeper for Keeps?, The Synchronicity Test!, Seeing the Forest for the Trees!, A Real Icebreaker!, A Riveting Rivalry!, Coming Apart at the Dreams!, Rocking Kalos Defenses!, and Facing the Needs of the Many!.
• This is the first English opening theme to not have the lyric "Pokémon" in the last line of the song.
• The movie version has a violin playing during the instrumental break, but it is only present in the English audio track and not in any international versions.

In other languages

Language		Title
Czech		To já vím I know that
Danish		Jeg' Stolt I'm Proud
Dutch		Ik sta sterk I stand strong
Finnish		Pelkää en I'm not afraid
European French		Je suis fier I am proud
German		Ich bin stark I am strong
Hebrew		מוכן לקרב Ready for battle
Hindi		गर्व है खुदपे Garv Hai Khudpe
Italian		Non mi arrendo I don't give up
Norwegian		Jeg er stolt I am proud
Polish		Mój dzień My day
Portuguese	Brazil	Vou à Luta I'll Go to the Fight
	Portugal	Estou no Topo I'm at the Top
Russian		Быть готовым Stand tall
Spanish	Latin America	De pie estoy I'm standing
	Spain	Soy un ganador I'm a winner
Swedish		Jag står rak I stand straight
Turkish		Dik duruyorum I stand upright

English opening themes of the Pokémon animated series OS: Pokémon Theme • Pokémon World GS: Pokémon Johto • Born to Be a Winner • Believe in Me RS: I Wanna Be a Hero • This Dream • Unbeatable • Battle Frontier DP: Diamond and Pearl • We Will Be Heroes • Battle Cry - (Stand Up!) • We Will Carry On! BW: Black and White • Rival Destinies • It's Always You and Me XY: Pokémon Theme (Version XY) • Be a Hero • Stand Tall SM: Under The Alolan Sun • Under The Alolan Moon • The Challenge of Life JN: The Journey Starts Today • Journey to Your Heart • With You • Gotta Catch Em All HZ: Becoming Me / We Go (English Ver.) Other: Side by Side • Pokérap GS / Pokémon Chronicles theme • Always Safe

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English opening themes

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