"Standing in the Dark" is the third single by British pop rock band Lawson, from their debut studio album, Chapman Square.

The song was released in the United Kingdom on 14 October 2012, via Polydor Records.

In an interview with Capital FM, Lawson frontman Andy Brown revealed that "Standing in the Dark" is about his ex-girlfriend, the Saturdays member Mollie King and that he wrote the song with bandmate Ryan Fletcher after seeing photographs of her with someone else.

"[1] On 2 September 2012, a lyric video for the song was released via the band's Vevo channel on YouTube.

Directed by Nick Bartleet, the official video was released on 24 September, at a total length of three minutes and forty-eight seconds.