Stay with Me (Sam Smith song)

In an interview with NME, Smith said that the song was written in a studio in Old Street with James Napier (Jimmy Napes) and William Phillips (also known as "Tourist").{{cite web |url= https://www.nme.com/nme-video/sam-smith-on-the-story-behind-stay-with-me/3772729551001| title= Sam Smith on the Story Behind 'Stay With Me' video |work=NME }} Phillips started playing with three chords on the piano, and Napier quickly provided a drum pattern, and according to Smith, "the song just flowed out of us so naturally," and the song was written in thirty to forty minutes. After finishing the song, Smith started to layer vocals about twenty times, singing in different parts of the studio and harmonizing. The result sounded like a gospel choir, but all from Smith's own voice, and this demo was then used in the released song.{{cite web |url=http://www.musictimes.com/articles/9838/20140908/sam-smith-stay-with-me-song-tour.htm |title=Sam Smith Talks About Creating 'Stay With Me' |work=Music Times |author=Shawn Christ |date=8 September 2014}}

According to Smith, "the song is about the moment in the morning after a one night stand, where the person you are with leaves your house, and you are left by yourself, and it's just a second, where you are just like: 'I wish, I wish'. You don't even love them, you don't really fancy them that much, it's just nice to have someone in the bed next to you." The song won the Grammy Awards for Record of the Year and Song of the Year, and in their acceptance speech for winning the Record of the Year, Smith said that "I want to thank the man who this record is about who I fell in love with last year. Thank you so much for breaking my heart because you got me four Grammys."{{cite news |url=http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2015/02/09/sam-smith-s-stay-with-me-inspiration-a-guy-that-i-fell-in-love-with-last-year.html |title=Sam Smith's 'Stay With Me' Inspiration: 'A Guy That I Fell In Love With Last Year |work=The Daily Beast |date=9 February 2015 |author=Marlow Stern}}

On 25 March 2014, the song was played for the first time on Zane Lowe's BBC Radio 1 show at 7.30 pm.{{cite web|url=http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/music/news/a560177/sam-smith-premieres-new-track-stay-with-me-listen-now.html|title=Sam Smith premieres new track – listen|last=Taylor|first=Frances|date=25 March 2014|work=Digital Spy}}{{cite tweet|user=samsmithworld|author=Sam Smith|number=447055047566712832|date=21 March 2014|title=WHO'S READY FOR MY SECOND SINGLE? ...|access-date=28 October 2014}}{{cite magazine|url=http://consequenceofsound.net/2014/03/listen-sam-smiths-beautiful-new-single-stay-with-me/|title=Listen: Sam Smith's beautiful new single "Stay with Me"|magazine=Consequence of Sound}} On 29 March, they performed the song live on NBC's Saturday Night Live in the U.S. On 16 May, they performed the song on The Graham Norton Show. In June, they returned to the U.S. as part of their tour where they performed the song on Good Morning America, at the Apollo Theater in New York with Mary J. Blige, and David Letterman.

On 22 August 2024, a new version of the song with Japanese American singer-songwriter Hikaru Utada was released to celebrate the 10th anniversary of Smith's album In The Lonely Hour.{{cite web |url=https://www.tokyohive.com/article/2024/08/sam-smith-teams-up-with-hikaru-utada-for-new-version-of-hit-single-stay-with-me |title=Sam Smith Teams Up with Hikaru Utada for New Version of Hit Single "Stay With Me" |work=Tokyohive |author=TH STAFF |date=22 August 2024}}

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In January 2015, it was revealed that a settlement had been reached with Tom Petty's publishing company to add Petty and Jeff Lynne as co-writers, and that they would receive a 12.5% songwriting credit. Petty's publisher contacted Smith's team after it noticed a likeness between "Stay with Me" and the melody of Petty's 1989 song "I Won't Back Down".{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-30997759|title=Sam Smith: Tom Petty given writing credit for Stay with Me|date=27 January 2015|work=BBC News}} Petty clarified that he did not believe Smith intentionally plagiarized him, saying "All my years of songwriting have shown me these things can happen. Most times, you catch it before it gets out the studio door, but in this case, it got by. Sam's people were very understanding of our predicament and we easily came to an agreement."{{cite magazine|last1=Kreps|first1=Daniel|title=Tom Petty on Sam Smith Settlement: 'No Hard Feelings. These Things Happen'|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/tom-petty-on-sam-smith-settlement-no-hard-feelings-these-things-happen-20150129|access-date=31 January 2015|magazine=Rolling Stone|date=29 January 2015}} According to Smith, they had never heard "I Won't Back Down" before writing "Stay with Me",{{cite news |url= http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/sam-smith-explains-why-he-settled-copyright-dispute-with-tom-petty-1.2948473 |title=Sam Smith explains why they settled copyright dispute with Tom Petty |date=7 February 2015 |publisher=Canadian Broadcasting Corporation }}{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/style-blog/wp/2015/02/09/the-only-person-sam-smith-didnt-thank-at-the-grammys-deserves-a-lot-of-credit/|title=The only person Sam Smith didn't thank at the Grammys deserves a lot of credit|first1=J. Freedom du|last1=Lac|date=9 February 2015|newspaper=The Washington Post}} but they acknowledged the similarity after listening to the song, and said that the likeness was "a complete coincidence".{{cite web|url=http://consequenceofsound.net/2015/01/tom-petty-awarded-songwriting-royalties-for-sam-smiths-stay-with-me/|title=Tom Petty awarded songwriting royalties for Sam Smith's "Stay With Me"|work=Consequence of Sound|last=Copland|first=Chris|date=25 January 2015|access-date=26 January 2015}}{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-30997759 |title=Sam Smith: Tom Petty given writing credit for Stay With Me|publisher= BBC|date= 27 January 2015 |access-date= 27 January 2015}} Petty and Lynne, however, were not eligible for a Grammy as the Recording Academy considered "Stay with Me" to have been interpolated from "I Won't Back Down" by Napier, Phillips and Smith; instead Petty and Lynne would be given certificates to honor their contribution to the work, as is usual for writers of sampled or interpolated work.{{cite news |url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/music/posts/la-et-ms-tom-petty-added-to-writing-credits-of-sam-smiths-hit-stay-with-me-20150126-column.html |title=Tom Petty, Jeff Lynne added to credits of Sam Smith's 'Stay With Me' |author=Randall Roberts |work=Los Angeles Times |date=26 January 2014 }}

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According to Musicnotes.com, "Stay with Me" is written in the key of C major (an accidental-free key signature) and is composed in common time, and played at a tempo of 84 beats per minute.{{cite web|title=Musicnotes.com: Unsupported Browser or Operating System|website = Musicnotes|date = 31 March 2014|url=http://musicnotes.com/sheetmusic/mtdFPE.asp?ppn=MN0133101|access-date=28 October 2014}}

"Stay with Me" was written by Smith, James Napier, William Phillips, with additional credits to Tom Petty and Jeff Lynne. According to Erine Keane of Salon, "Stay with Me" combines a "contemporary drumbeat", blue-eyed soul singing, and a refrain sung in a gospel style,{{cite web|last=Keane|first=Erin|date=5 December 2014|url=http://www.salon.com/2014/12/05/beyonce_gets_snubbed_this_mornings_bizarre_grammys_announcements/|title=Beyoncé gets snubbed: This morning's bizarre Grammys announcements|work=Salon|access-date=20 January 2015}} while Stereogum's Tom Breihan called it "a soft-focus piano-soul ballad".{{cite web|last=Breihan|first=Tom|date=22 May 2014|url=http://www.salon.com/2014/12/05/beyonce_gets_snubbed_this_mornings_bizarre_grammys_announcements/|title=Sam Smith – 'Leave Your Lover' Video|website=Stereogum|access-date=20 January 2015}} Smith described the writing process and the meaning of the song:{{Cite web |last=Zollo |first=Paul |date=19 May 2020 |title=Behind The Song: "Stay With Me" by Sam Smith |url=https://americansongwriter.com/behind-the-song-stay-with-me-by-sam-smith/ |access-date=10 October 2024 |website=American Songwriter}}{{Blockquote|text="It was Jimmy who came up with the idea of 'Stay with Me'. Immediately got me thinking of a one-night stand, and my views on that. The lyric came from us just vibing. It's about the moment in the morning after a one night stand, where the person you are with leaves your house, and you are left by yourself, and it's just a second, where you are just like: 'I wish, I wish'. You don't even love them, you don't really fancy them that much, it's just nice to have someone in the bed next to you. The whole song came out then. It happened so simply that it felt like it wasn't even us writing it. It felt like it completely came through, like something greater was happening."|title=|source=|author=}}For the tenth anniversary edition of In the Lonely Hour set to be released on 2 August 2024, Smith re-recorded the song. It includes a lyric change from "But I still need love 'cause I'm just a man" to "But I still need love, baby understand". The change, which Smith described as "really important to [them]", was made in light of their coming out as non-binary in 2019.{{cite magazine|last=Henderson|first=Taylor|date=9 July 2024|url=https://www.out.com/gay-music/sam-smith-stay-with-me-updated-lyrics|title=Sam Smith re-recorded iconic hit 'Stay With Me' & updated the 'I'm just a man' lyric|magazine=Out|access-date=10 July 2024}}

"Stay with Me" received generally positive reviews from music critics. Amy Davidson from Digital Spy called the song an "emotional crescendo" and said the chorus was "slightly over-sentimental" and felt that their "soulful voice" made the singer left in "defeat by fleeting fling". She gave the song four out of five stars.{{cite web|url=http://www.digitalspy.com/music/review/a571783/sam-smith-stay-with-me-single-review.html#~oGJQutSeDWEEF0 |title=Sam Smith 'Stay with Me' – Single review|work=Digital Spy|date=19 May 2014|access-date=9 June 2014}} Joe Gross from Rolling Stone gave the song a mixed review, awarding it three of five stars.{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/songreviews/stay-with-me-20140404 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140704185353/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/songreviews/stay-with-me-20140404 |url-status=dead |archive-date=4 July 2014 |title=Sam Smith 'Stay With Me'|magazine=Rolling Stone|date=4 April 2014|access-date=9 June 2014}} Isabel Pearson of Nouse gave the song a positive review during her album review, calling the song a "euphoric, slow building love-song that's raw and undeniably one of the best tracks on this album."{{cite web|url=http://www.nouse.co.uk/2014/06/01/album-review-sam-smith-in-the-lonely-hour/|title=Album Review: Sam Smith – In The Lonely Hour|publisher=nouse.com|date=1 June 2014|access-date=9 June 2014}} Sarah Milton of The Upcoming lauded the song, calling it "electrifying with its blunt honesty and exquisite gospel influence."{{cite web|url=http://www.theupcoming.co.uk/2014/05/31/sam-smith-in-the-lonely-hour-album-review/ |title=Sam Smith – In the Lonely Hour {{!}} Album review|publisher=theupcoming.co.uk|date=31 May 2014|access-date=9 June 2014}}

In July 2014, Billboard listed "Stay with Me" as one of the "10 Best Songs of 2014 (so far)" saying that the song is "a fragile ballad that finds its backbone when a gospel choir assists the British singer on the harrowing chorus."{{cite magazine|title=10 Best Songs of 2014 (So Far): Critics' Picks|magazine=Billboard|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/list/6150405/10-best-songs-of-2014-so-far-critics-picks|date=10 July 2014|access-date=11 July 2014}} Variance Magazine named the song its 2014 Song of Summer.{{cite web|title=Readers Select 2014 Songs of Summer|url=http://variancemagazine.com/sounds/3312-songs-of-summer-2014|date=12 August 2014|access-date=13 August 2014}} The song was placed at number twelve on Rolling Stone{{'}}s 50 Best Songs of 2014 list.{{cite magazine|title=50 Best Songs of 2014|magazine=Rolling Stone|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/lists/50-best-songs-of-2014-20141203/sam-smith-stay-with-me-20141202|date=3 December 2014|access-date=4 December 2014}} In January 2015, "Stay with Me" was ranked at number 15 on The Village Voice{{'}}s annual year-end Pazz & Jop critics' poll.

In the UK Singles Chart it debuted at number one, making it Smith's third number one. The song became the eighth best-selling song of 2014 in the UK,{{cite web|first= Rob |last= Copsey |url= http://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/the-official-top-40-biggest-selling-singles-of-2014-3389/ |title= The Official Top 40 Biggest Selling Singles of 2014 |publisher= Official Charts Company |date= 1 January 2014 |access-date= 1 January 2015}} and the seventh overall when streaming is included.{{cite web|first= Rob |last= Copsey |url= http://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/the-official-top-100-biggest-songs-of-2014-revealed-3386/ |title= The Official Top 100 Biggest Songs of 2014 revealed |publisher= Official Charts Company |date= 31 December 2014 }} On the Billboard Hot 100, the song peaked at number two for two weeks, making it Smith's first top ten song in the US as a lead artist and their second-highest charting single after "Unholy" (2022). It was held off from the top spot by MAGIC!'s "Rude." As of the week of 2 May 2015, "Stay with Me" has spent 21 weeks in the top ten and 54 weeks on the Hot 100. The song was the tenth best-selling song of 2014 in the United States with 3.34 million copies sold in that year.{{cite web |url=https://www.yahoo.com/music/its-official-pharrell-has-2014s-best-selling-106748836876.html |title=It's Official: Pharrell Has 2014's Best-Selling Song |author=Paul Grein |date=31 December 2014 |publisher=Yahoo! Music }} As of June 2015, The song has sold 4.1 million copies in the US.{{cite magazine |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/6612876/alanis-morissette-jagged-little-pill-chart-moves |title=Billboard 200 Chart Moves: Alanis Morissette's 'Jagged Little Pill' Hits 15 Million in U.S. Sales |last=Caulfield |first=Keith |magazine=Billboard|date=26 June 2015 |access-date=26 June 2015}} In Canada, "Stay with Me" topped the Canadian Hot 100 for seven consecutive weeks. In Australia, the song debuted at number 22 on the ARIA Singles Chart on the chart dated 5 May 2014 and later peaked at number five on the chart date 16 June 2014.{{cite web|title = australian-charts.com – Sam Smith – Stay With Me|url = http://www.australian-charts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Sam+Smith&titel=Stay+With+Me&cat=s|website = australian-charts.com|access-date = 24 January 2016|first = Steffen|last = Hung}} The song also reached top 10 status in over twelve countries worldwide, becoming Smith's most successful single to date.

A music video to accompany the release of "Stay with Me" was first released onto YouTube on 27 March 2014 at a total length of three minutes and twenty-nine seconds.{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pB-5XG-DbAA|title=Sam Smith – Stay With Me|last=SamSmithWorldVEVO|date=27 March 2014|via=YouTube}} The video shows Smith coming out of a house and walking down a street in De Beauvoir Town, London, sitting in a room performing the song, and performing the song in a church with a choir. It was directed by Jamie Thraves.{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZBqYAKP86rs|title=Sam Smith – Stay With Me (Behind the Scenes Video)|date=3 April 2014 |via=YouTube|access-date=28 October 2014}} "Stay with Me" received nominations at the MTV Video Music Awards for Best Male Video and Artist to Watch.{{cite magazine|last=Gallo|first=Phil|title=Beyoncé Leads MTV VMAs With 8 Nominations|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/pop-shop/6158053/beyonce-leads-mtv-vmas-with-8-nominations|magazine=Billboard|access-date=17 July 2014|date=17 July 2014}} As of April 2025, the video has received over 1.2 billion views.

In June 2014, Ed Sheeran covered "Stay with Me" at BBC Radio 1's Live Lounge. He explained his choice saying "It's my favourite song of the last year. I think it's an instant classic."{{cite web|last1=Daw|first1=Robbie|title=Ed Sheeran Covers Sam Smith's "Stay With Me" & Performs "Sing" For BBC Radio 1 Live Lounge: Watch|url=http://www.idolator.com/7521394/ed-sheeran-cover-sam-smith-stay-with-me-sing-bbc|website=Idolator|access-date=24 July 2014|date=5 June 2014}} Florence and the Machine covered it at the Orange Warsaw Festival.{{cite web|last1=Graves|first1=Shahlin|title=FLORENCE + THE MACHINE covering Sam Smith's 'Stay With Me'.|url=http://www.coupdemainmagazine.com/tidbits/florence-machine-covering-sam-smith%E2%80%99s-stay-me|website=Coupdemainmagazine|access-date=31 July 2014|date=17 June 2014|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140808054031/http://www.coupdemainmagazine.com/tidbits/florence-machine-covering-sam-smith%E2%80%99s-stay-me|archive-date=8 August 2014}} In July, Vin Diesel sang it during an interview with Capital FM.{{cite web|title=Sam Smith Reacts! See What He Thought of Vin Diesel's Exclusive 'Stay With Me' Cover|url=http://www.capitalfm.com/artists/sam-smith/news/vin-diesel-cover/|website=Capital FM|access-date=31 July 2014|date=31 July 2014}} In August, Chris Brown posted a video on Instagram in which he sings the song with lyric changes.{{cite web|last1=Platon|first1=Adelle|title=Watch: Chris Brown Gives Sam Smith's 'Stay With Me' A Lyrical Twist|url=http://www.vibe.com/article/watch-chris-brown-sam-smith-stay-with-me-cover|website=Vibe|access-date=16 August 2014|date=14 August 2014}} Eventual winner Josh Kaufman covered the song for his top 12 performance on the sixth season of The Voice US. Reigan Derry performed the song for "Top 10 Hits" themed week on the sixth series of The X Factor Australia, and her performance debuted at number 20 on the ARIA Singles Chart.{{cite web|first=Gavin|last=Ryan|url=http://www.noise11.com/news/taylor-swift-shake-it-off-still-no-1-aria-singles-20140906|title=Taylor Swift's Shake It Off Still Number 1 on ARIA Singles Chart|work=Noise11|publisher=Noise Network|date=6 September 2014|access-date=6 September 2014}} In September 2014, FKA twigs also covered it at BBC Radio 1's Live Lounge.{{cite web|url=https://pitchfork.com/news/56587-fka-twigs-covers-sam-smiths-stay-with-me/|title=FKA twigs Covers Sam Smith's "Stay With Me"|work=Pitchfork|date=6 September 2014|access-date=28 October 2014}} Also in September, Charli XCX covered it at Live 95.5's Bing Lounge.{{cite web|url=http://www.thefourohfive.com/news/article/watch-charli-xcx-cover-sam-smith-s-stay-with-me-141|title=Charli XCX – 'Stay With Me' (Sam Smith cover) – New Music|work=The 405|access-date=28 October 2014|archive-date=13 October 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141013141951/http://www.thefourohfive.com/news/article/watch-charli-xcx-cover-sam-smith-s-stay-with-me-141|url-status=dead}} Luke James also covered the song, which appeared on his 2014 self-titled album.{{cite web|url=https://soundcloud.com/the-luke-james/stay-with-me-luke-james-vocal-cover|title=Stay With Me (Luke James vocal cover)|work=SoundCloud|access-date=28 October 2014}} Kelly Clarkson covered the song at her free concert in honor of the new Microsoft store at the SouthPark Mall in Charlotte, North Carolina.{{cite web|url=http://www.eonline.com/news/590116/kelly-clarkson-covers-sam-smith-s-stay-with-me-at-first-solo-concert-since-giving-birth|title=Kelly Clarkson Covers Sam Smith's Stay With Me at First Solo Concert Since Giving Birth – E!|date=20 October 2014|publisher=E!|access-date=28 October 2014}} Singer Patti LaBelle performed it in November 2014 on her concert tour.{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p4QqCsho_mU|title=Patti LaBelle covers Sam Smith's Grammy Award Winning, "Stay With Me" (Record/Song of the Year)|last=Joey Mannarino|date=29 November 2014|via=YouTube}} Romain Virgo did a reggae cover.{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QiWYmjBzx7s |title=Romain Virgo – Stay With Me (Reggae Cover) |date=9 August 2014 |via=YouTube}} In September 2017, Pink covered "Stay with Me" at BBC Radio 1's Live Lounge.

In January 2015, Angus & Julia Stone released a cover of the song titled "Stay With Me - Live From Spotify Berlin" as part of their EP Spotify Sessions. The song was certified Platinum by the Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) in 2024.

In November 2017, US country singer Coffey Anderson released it as part of his Sad Love Songs series accompanied by a music video directed by Terry W.{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BvLbjPBRV8A|title=Sad Love Songs – Stay With Me – Coffey Anderson |via=YouTube |date=29 November 2017 |access-date=19 December 2017}}

The song is sampled in the track "Freak" from Avicii's posthumous album Tim, which it was released on 6 June 2019.{{cite web|url=https://twitter.com/dancingastro/status/1126635443515219979|title=The official tracklist for Avicii's 'TIM', which will drop on June 6th (via iTunes Japan and r/avicii)|via=Twitter|date=9 May 2019|access-date=10 May 2019}}{{Primary source inline|date=August 2019}}

In 2018, American R&B group The Temptations covered the song in their 2018 album, "All The Time". English folk group Bear’s Den covered the song for the Sunday Sessions.

T-Pain recorded a cover of "Stay with Me" for his 2023 covers album On Top of the Covers.{{cite web |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/cmalone/2023/03/17/t-pain-covers-frank-sinatra-journey-and-more-on-new-album/ |title=T-Pain Covers Frank Sinatra, Journey and More On New Album |last=Malone Méndez |first=Chris |date=March 17, 2023 |work=Forbes |publisher= |access-date=March 20, 2023}}

• Smith debuted the song live as the musical guest on Saturday Night Live on 29 March 2014.{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2n8k_bdOe94|title=Sam Smith - Stay With Me (Live on SNL)|date=April 2014 |via=YouTube|access-date=26 October 2022}}
• Smith performed the song at the 2014 MTV Video Music Awards on 24 August 2014 at The Forum in Inglewood, California.{{cite magazine|title=Sam Smith Stuns VMAs With Gorgeous, No Frills Performance|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/events/vma/6229188/sam-smith-mtv-vmas-2014/|magazine=Billboard|date=25 August 2014|access-date=26 August 2014}}
• US R&B artist Mary J. Blige performed alongside Smith in a live version of the song also in Los Angeles at the 57th Annual Grammy Awards. Blige provided her vocals in the second verse in place of Smith. The performance is on the artist's Vevo channel.{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NqqOZbMWesI|title=Sam Smith – Stay With Me (Live) ft. Mary J. Blige|date=2 June 2014 |via=YouTube|access-date=28 October 2014}}

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The song is featured in the television series Mistresses, Girlfriends' Guide to Divorce, Bad Education, and The Mindy Project.

Actor Marlon Wayans lip-synced this song on Spike's Lip Sync Battle.

The song is played in the emotional scene where Mary, Queen of Scots (Adelaide Kane) and a dying Francis II of France (Toby Regbo) dance together in the television series Reign.

In the 2016 animated film Sing, Johnny (voiced by Taron Egerton) sings this song as his audition for the singing competition.

The song is also used as the background music for the Inspiron 17 5000 commercial, with Liev Schreiber and Chris Pratt.

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