Stay with Me (Faces song)
{{short description|Song by the band Faces}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2014}}
{{Use British English|date=August 2014}}
{{Infobox song
| name = Stay with Me
| cover = Stay_with_Me_-_Faces.jpg
| caption =
| alt =
| type = single
| artist = Faces
| album = A Nod Is As Good As a Wink... to a Blind Horse
| B-side = {{ubl|"You're So Rude" (US)|"Debris" (Intl.)}}
| released = December 1971;
November 2019 (Rod Stewart version)
| recorded =
| studio =
| venue =
| genre = * Rock and roll{{cite web |last1=Janovitz |first1=Bill |title=Stay With Me by Faces - Track Info {{!}} AllMusic |website=AllMusic |url=https://www.allmusic.com/song/stay-with-me-mt0010703917 |access-date=28 January 2023 |language=en}}
- boogie rock{{Cite podcast|url=https://slate.com/podcasts/hit-parade/2021/09/music-of-1971-hit-parade-50th-episode|title= Spirit of '71 Edition|website=Hit Parade {{!}} Music History and Music Trivia|publisher=Slate|last=Molanphy|first=Chris|date= September 10, 2021|access-date= March 2, 2024}}
| length = 4:37
| label = Warner Bros.
| writer = Rod Stewart, Ronnie Wood
| producer = Faces, Glyn Johns
| prev_title = (I Know) I'm Losing You
| prev_year = 1971
| next_title = Cindy Incidentally
| next_year = 1973
| misc = {{Extra album cover
| header = Alternative cover
| type = single
| cover = Faces_-_Stay_With_Me.jpg
| border =
| alt =
| caption = International single sleeve}}
{{External music video|header=Audio|{{YouTube|f514cAZucCg|"Stay with Me"}}}}
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"Stay with Me" is a song by English rock band Faces, written jointly by lead singer Rod Stewart and guitarist Ronnie Wood. Released from the band's third studio album A Nod Is As Good As a Wink... to a Blind Horse (1971), it became their only major hit in the United States, although they had a further three Top 20 singles in the UK chart. The song has also appeared on various Faces compilations and on albums by both songwriters. The lyrics describe a woman named Rita, who has a face that she has "nothing to laugh about", and with whom the singer proposes a one-night stand, on the condition that she be gone when he wakes up.
"Stay with Me" reached number 17 on the US Billboard Hot 100 and spent two weeks at number 10 on the Cash Box Top 100.{{Cite web|url=http://cashboxmagazine.com/archives/70s_files/19720226.html|title=Cash Box Top 100 2/26/72|website=Cashboxmagazine.com|access-date=1 June 2021}} The song also reached number 6 in the UK Singles Chart{{Cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/search/singles/stay-with-me/|title=stay with me | full Official Chart History | Official Charts Company|website=Officialcharts.com|access-date=1 June 2021}} and number 4 in Canada.{{cite web|url=http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/obj/028020/f2/nlc008388.7509.pdf| title=RPM Top 100 Singles - February 26, 1972}}
Re-recordings and cover versions
In 1993 Stewart, reunited with Wood for MTV Unplugged, recorded a live version of the song, which appears on the 1993 album Unplugged...and Seated (1993).{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/unpluggedand-seated-mw0000618972|title=Unplugged....And Seated - Rod Stewart | Songs, Reviews, Credits |publisher=AllMusic}}
Def Leppard covered the song on Yeah! "Phil [Collen, guitarist] sang 'Stay with Me'," noted singer Joe Elliott. "It's his best Rod Stewart impression. I played the Fender Rhodes, he got to sing. There was a lot of instrument-swapping going on. Vivian [Campbell, guitarist] played some great Ronnie Wood slide guitar."{{cite magazine|first=Dave|last=Ling|title=The dirt: Joe Elliott|magazine=Classic Rock #94|date=July 2006|page=38}}
The band Train covered the song on their 2004 album Alive at Last.{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/alive-at-last-mw0000261774|title=Alive at Last - Train | Songs, Reviews, Credits |website=AllMusic|access-date=1 June 2021}}
In 2007, the song was covered by McFly as a b-side to their single "Do Ya" which was released for Children in Need.
In 2019, Mary J. Blige covered the song for the soundtrack of The Umbrella Academy.{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=89nnYSPkHaQ |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211212/89nnYSPkHaQ| archive-date=2021-12-12 |url-status=live|title=The Umbrella Academy | Mary J. Blige Recording 'Stay With Me'|via=YouTube}}{{cbignore}}
Personnel
- Rod Stewart – lead vocals
- Ronnie Wood – guitar, slide guitar
- Ian McLagan – Wurlitzer electronic piano
- Ronnie Lane – bass
- Kenney Jones – drums
Charts
=Weekly charts=
=Year-end charts=
| class="wikitable sortable" |
| Chart (1972)
!Rank |
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| Canada
| style="text-align:center;"|73 |
| Netherlands{{Cite web|url=https://dutchcharts.nl/jaaroverzichten.asp?year=1972&cat=s|title=Dutch Charts|website=Dutchcharts.nl|access-date=1 June 2021}}
| style="text-align:center;"|47 |
| UK
| style="text-align:center;"|81 |
Certifications
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{{Certification Table Entry|region=United Kingdom|type=single|artist=Faces|title=Stay with Me|award=Silver|relyear=2004|certyear=2022|id=9033-1956-1|access-date=18 November 2022}}
{{Certification Table Bottom|nosales=true|noshipments=true|streaming=true}}
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- {{AllMusic|class=song|id=t2740723|title=Stay with Me}}
{{Faces (band)}}
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Category:Songs written by Rod Stewart
Category:Song recordings produced by Glyn Johns
Category:Song recordings produced by Rod Stewart