Stand and Deliver (Adam and the Ants song)

"Stand and Deliver" is a song by British new wave band Adam and the Ants, released as the lead single from their third studio album, Prince Charming (1981).

The costume and general plot of the video show a strong influence from the 1973 Monty Python sketch "Dennis Moore", although the highwayman scenario had also recently formed the basis for the Dick Turpin series on UK television, starring Richard O'Sullivan in the title role.

It features Adam Ant dressed as a "dandy highwayman" who threatens his victims with the mirror image of their unfashionable selves and who is captured and escapes being hanged from the gallows with help from his accomplices (his band members).

"Beat My Guest" was the first song Adam and the Ants played at their official debut gig at the Institute of Contemporary Arts restaurant on 10 May 1977.

[16] The version on the B-side of this single was recorded in August 1980 during sessions for the Kings of the Wild Frontier album and featured the band's previous bass player Kevin Mooney.

It was eventually included on the deluxe edition bonus disc of the band's sixth studio album, Push and Shove, released on 21 September 2012.

[22] One EP track, a cover of "Jungle Rock", eventually surfaced on collaborator Boz Boorer's 2008 solo album Miss Pearl.