Stay Awhile (Dusty Springfield song)
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| cover = Stay_Awhile_-_Dusty_Springfield.jpg
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| type = single
| artist = Dusty Springfield
| album = Stay Awhile/I Only Want to Be with You
| B-side = Something Special
| released = March 1964 (US)
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| label = Philips
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| prev_title = I Only Want to Be with You
| prev_year = 1964
| next_title = Wishin' and Hopin'
| next_year = 1964
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{{Infobox song
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| cover = Stay_Awhile_-_Continental_Miniatures.jpg
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| type = single
| artist = Continental Miniatures
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| B-side = Glad All Over
| released = May 1978 (US)
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"Stay Awhile" is a song originally recorded by British singer Dusty Springfield in 1964. It was released in March by London Records as the second single from her first album to be released in the US, Stay Awhile/I Only Want to Be with You (1964). The song became a top 20 hit in the United Kingdom,{{cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/search/singles/stay%20awhile/ |title=Official Charts Company |website=Officialcharts.com |date=1964-02-26 |accessdate=2019-05-03}} and reached the top 40 in Australia and the US.
Charts
;Dusty Springfield
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| Chart (1964)
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| Australia (Kent Music Report)
| style="text-align:center;"|27 |
| UK Singles (OCC){{cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/search/singles/stay%20awhile/ |title=Official Charts Company |website=Officialcharts.com |date=1964-02-26 |accessdate=2019-05-03}}
| style="text-align:center;"|13 |
| US Billboard Hot 100Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955–1990 - {{ISBN|0-89820-089-X}}
| style="text-align:center;"|38 |
| US Cash Box Top 100
|align="center"|42 |
;Continental Miniatures
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| Canada Top Singles (RPM){{cite web|url=https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/films-videos-sound-recordings/rpm/Pages/image.aspx?Image=nlc008388.4565b&URLjpg=http%3a%2f%2fwww.collectionscanada.gc.ca%2fobj%2f028020%2ff4%2fnlc008388.4565b.gif&Ecopy=nlc008388.4565b|title=Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada |website=Collectionscanada.gc.ca |date=1978-06-17 |accessdate=2019-05-03}}
| style="text-align:center;"|75 |
| US Billboard Hot 100Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955–1990 - {{ISBN|0-89820-089-X}}
| style="text-align:center;"|90 |
| US Cash Box Top 100[http://tropicalglen.com/Archives/80s_files/19780527.html Cash Box Top 100 Singles, 1978]
|align="center"|74 |
Cover versions
References
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External links
- {{YouTube|pGB3WljqzmE|Listen to "Stay Awhile"}} (Dusty Springfield)
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Category:Dusty Springfield songs
Category:London Records singles
Category:Philips Records singles
Category:Songs written by Mike Hawker (songwriter)