Lay with You
{{Short description|2010 single by El Debarge featuring Faith Evans}}
{{Infobox song
| name = Lay with You
| cover = El DeBarge Lay with You.jpg
| alt =
| type = single
| artist = El Debarge featuring Faith Evans
| album = Second Chance
| released = October 25, 2010
| recorded =
| studio =
| genre = R&B
| length = 3:41
| label = Geffen
| writer =
- E.J. Coulter
- Michael Flowers
| producer = Michael "Mike City" Flowers
| chronology = El DeBarge
| prev_title = Second Chance
| prev_year = 2010
| next_title = Good Time
| next_year = 2010
| misc = {{Extra chronology
| artist = Faith Evans singles
| type = single
| prev_title = Gone Already
| prev_year = 2010
| title = Lay with You
| year = 2010
| next_title = Believe It
| next_year = 2011
}}
}}
"Lay with You" is the second single by American R&B singer El DeBarge, featuring R&B singer Faith Evans, from his fifth studio album, Second Chance (2010). The single was released on October 25, 2010, by Geffen Records.{{cite web|title=Lay With You [feat. Faith Evans] El Debarge|url=https://www.amazon.com/Lay-You-feat-Faith-Evans/dp/B0047B5W4M/|website=Amazon (U.S. Store)|publisher=Amazon|date=November 22, 2016}} It was written by E.J. Coulter and Michael Flowers and produced by Michael "Mike City" Flowers. The music video was released on November 8, 2010 on El DeBarge's VEVO account.{{cite web|title=El DeBarge - Lay With You ft. Faith Evans|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qr2ItWYzbSw|via=YouTube|date=November 22, 2016}}
Chart performance
On March 12, 2011, the song reached its peak at number two on the Adult R&B Songs chart in its seventeenth week, and number 80 on the Hot 100 Airplay chart.{{cite web|title=Billboard Adult R&B Songs Chart March 12, 2011|url=http://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-adult-r-and-b-airplay/2011-03-12|website=Billboard|date=November 22, 2016}}{{cite web|title=El DeBarge - Chart History: Radio Songs|url=http://www.billboard.com/artist/301529/el-debarge/chart?f=350|website=Billboard|date=November 22, 2016}} On February 19, the song reached its peak at number nineteen on the R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay chart in its fourteenth week and number twenty on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart in its fifteenth week.{{cite web|title=Billboard R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay Chart February 19, 2011|url=http://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-r-and-b-hip-hop-airplay/2011-02-19|website=Billboard|date=November 22, 2016}}{{cite web|title=Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs Chart February 19, 2011|url=http://www.billboard.com/charts/r-b-hip-hop-songs/2011-02-19|website=Billboard|date=November 22, 2016}}
Charts
=Weekly charts=
| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" |
| scope="col"| Chart (2010–2011)
! scope="col"| Peak |
|---|
| scope="row"| South Korea International (Circle){{cite web|url=https://circlechart.kr/page_chart/onoff.circle?nationGbn=E&serviceGbn=ALL&targetTime=51&hitYear=2010&termGbn=week&yearTime=3|title=Digital Chart: 2010 Weeks 51 |publisher=Circle |accessdate=March 9, 2025 }}
| align="center"| 37 |
| {{single chart|Billboardbubbling100|12|artist=El DeBarge|rowheader=true|accessdate=February 6, 2021}} |
| {{single chart|Billboardadultrandbsongs|2|artist=El DeBarge|rowheader=true|accessdate=February 6, 2021}} |
| {{single chart|Billboardrandbhiphop|20|artist=El DeBarge|rowheader=true|accessdate=February 6, 2021}} |
=Year-end charts=
| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" |
| scope="col"| Chart (2011)
! scope="col"| Position |
|---|
| scope="row"| US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs (Billboard){{cite web|url=http://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2011/hot-r-and-and-b-hip-hop-songs|title=Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs – Year-End 2011|work=Billboard|accessdate=February 6, 2021}}
| 57 |
References
{{Reflist}}
{{El DeBarge}}
{{Faith Evans songs}}
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Category:Geffen Records singles
Category:Songs written by Mike City
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