"Time Stand Still" is a song by Canadian progressive rock band Rush, released in 1987 as the lead single from their twelfth studio album Hold Your Fire.

Mainstream Rock chart on November 6, 1987, and was a minor hit single in the United Kingdom, peaking at No.

[citation needed] Initially, the band had hoped to recruit Cyndi Lauper to sing the part, then later approached the Pretenders' Chrissie Hynde because, according to Lifeson, "we thought she'd be perfect.

Rush later recruited Mann[6] and paid her $2,000 to sing on the track,[7] with Lifeson saying that "her voice blends with Geddy [Lee]'s perfectly and I think it creates the right atmosphere for the song.

praised it as "glowing brilliance which deserves serious chart attention for its haunting guitar, frantic drums and intense vocals.

Zbig would give some vague direction to Rush; I would set up the effects, play the audio track and press record, causing multiple one-inch tape machines to roll up on the third floor.