"United We Stand" is a song written by Tony Hiller and Peter Simons (writer's pseudonym for group member Johnny Goodison).
It was first released in 1970 by the Brotherhood of Man in their original, pre-Eurovision line-up, consisting of Goodison, Tony Burrows, Roger Greenaway, Sue Glover and Sunny Leslie.
[6] Reg Dwight, who would later become famous as Elton John, was an office boy at Mills Music, a Denmark Street music publishing house where Hiller worked.
[7] Hiller knew he could sing and had him record the original demo for "United We Stand.
[9] The song has often been used to promote unity and has been used as a football chant and by LGBTQ+ rights movements.