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{{Infobox single
{{Infobox song
| Name = Stay
| Cover = Shakespears Sister Stay.jpg
| name = Stay
| cover = Shakespears Sister Stay.jpg
| Artist = [[Shakespears Sister]]
| border = yes
| from Album = [[Hormonally Yours]]
| alt =
| Released = {{Start date|df=yes|1992|1|13}}
| type = single
| artist = [[Shakespears Sister]]
| Format = [[CD single]], [[7" single]], [[cassette single|cassette]]
| B-side = "The Trouble with Andre"
| album = [[Hormonally Yours]]
| Recorded = 1989
| B-side = The Trouble with Andre
| released = {{Start date|df=yes|1992|1|13}}
| Genre = [[Pop music|Pop]], [[Alternative rock|Alternative]]<ref>http://thequietus.com/articles/03994-shakespears-sister-songs-from-the-red-room-album-review</ref>
| recorded =
| Length = 3:50 <small>(album version)</small><br>3:45 <small>(7" edit)</small>
| studio =
| Label = [[London Records|London]]
| genre = [[Pop music|Pop]]
| Writer = [[Siobhan Fahey]], [[Marcella Detroit]] and [[David A. Stewart]]
| length =
| Producer = Shakespears Sister, [[Alan Moulder]], [[Chris Thomas (record producer)|Chris Thomas]]
* 3:50 (album version)
| Reviews = Positive
* 3:45 (7-inch edit)
| Last single = "[[Goodbye Cruel World (Shakespears Sister song)|Goodbye Cruel World]]"<br /> (1991)
| label = [[London Records|London]]
| This single = "'''Stay'''"<br />(1992)
| writer =
| Next single = "[[I Don't Care (Shakespears Sister song)|I Don't Care]]"<br />(1992)
* [[Siobhan Fahey]]
* [[Marcella Detroit]]
* [[David A. Stewart]]
| producer =
* Shakespears Sister
* [[Alan Moulder]]
* [[Chris Thomas (record producer)|Chris Thomas]]
| prev_title = [[Goodbye Cruel World (Shakespears Sister song)|Goodbye Cruel World]]
| prev_year = 1991
| next_title = [[I Don't Care (Shakespears Sister song)|I Don't Care]]
| next_year = 1992
| misc = {{External music video|{{YouTube|YCYaALgW80c|"Stay"}}}}
}}
}}


"'''Stay'''" is a song by [[United Kingdom|UK]] based pop act [[Shakespears Sister]], released by [[London Records]] in January 1992 as the second single from their album ''[[Hormonally Yours]]''. Upon release, the single became a global smash hit becoming the duo's first and only No. 1 single in numerous territories, including the UK, where it topped the [[UK Singles Chart]] for eight consecutive weeks;<ref name="British Hit Singles & Albums">{{cite book
"'''Stay'''" is a song by UK-based pop act [[Shakespears Sister]], released in January 1992 by [[London Records]] as the second single from their second album, ''[[Hormonally Yours]]'' (1992). The single was written by [[Siobhan Fahey]], [[Marcella Detroit]], and [[Dave Stewart (Eurythmics)|Dave Stewart]] (under the pseudonym "Jean Guiot"), and became a massive hit. It is the duo's first and only number-one single in numerous territories, including the UK, where it topped the [[UK Singles Chart]] for eight consecutive weeks and was the [[1992 in British music#Best-selling singles|fourth-biggest-selling single of 1992]]. "Stay" also reached No. 1 in Sweden and in band member [[Siobhan Fahey]]'s birthplace, Ireland. It was a transatlantic hit as well, reaching No. 4 on both the US [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]] and the Canadian ''[[RPM (magazine)|RPM]]'' 100 Hit Tracks chart. Its music video was directed by [[Sophie Muller]] and drew inspirations from the 1953 film ''[[Cat-Women of the Moon]]''. At the [[List of Brit Awards ceremonies#1993|1993 Brit Awards]] "Stay" won the award for [[Brit Award for British Video of the Year|British Video of the Year]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.brits.co.uk/history/shows/1993 |title=1993 |publisher=Brits.co.uk |date=16 February 1993 |access-date=30 March 2014}}</ref>
| first= David
| last= Roberts
| year= 2006
| title= [[British Hit Singles & Albums]]
| edition= 19th
| publisher= Guinness World Records Limited
| location= London
| isbn= 1-904994-10-5
| pages= 537–9}}</ref> the longest UK No. 1 reign for any girl band, and was the [[1992 in British music#Top 50 Singles of 1992|fourth biggest selling single of 1992]]. The single also held the No. 1 position in band member Siobhan Fahey's birthplace, Ireland, for six weeks, and it was a transatlantic hit reaching No. 4 on the [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]] in the US.<ref name="uk"/>


At the [[List of BRIT Awards ceremonies#1993|1993 Brit Awards]] "Stay" won the award for Best British Video.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.brits.co.uk/history/shows/1993 |title=1993 |publisher=Brits.co.uk |date=1993-02-16 |accessdate=2014-03-30}}</ref> In November 2010, ''[[The X Factor (UK TV series)|The X Factor]]'' contestant [[Cher Lloyd]] performed the song on [[The X Factor (UK series 7)|series 7]] of the show. Following this, the original version re-entered the [[UK Singles Chart|UK]], [[Irish Singles Chart|Ireland]] and the [[European Hot 100 Singles]] charts. The song originally sold 490,000 copies in the UK by the end of 1992 which was a year that saw low single sales, as of February 2012 it had sold over 600,000 copies<ref>http://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/shakespears-sister-s-stay-turns-20-official-charts-flashback__4380/</ref> (the threshold for a Platinum certification in the UK).
In November 2010, ''[[The X Factor (UK TV series)|The X Factor]]'' contestant [[Cher Lloyd]] performed the song on [[The X Factor (UK series 7)|series 7]] of the show. Following this, the original version re-entered the [[UK Singles Chart|UK]] and [[Irish Singles Chart|Irish]] charts. As well as being used on ''The X Factor'', the song has also been featured on ''[[Britain's Got Talent]]'', ''[[Dancing on Ice]]'', ''[[Strictly Come Dancing]]'' and ''[[The Voice UK]]''. A cover version by [[Ghost (Swedish band)|Ghost]], played at the end credits of [[Insidious: The Red Door]], the fifth installment of the [[Insidious (film series)|Insidious Franchise]].


==Composition==
"Stay" was the only Shakespears Sister song that featured [[Siobhan Fahey]] less prominently on vocals than [[Marcella Detroit]], with Detroit singing the verses and lead [[refrain|chorus]] and Fahey singing the song's dramatic [[Bridge (music)|bridge]]. Detroit is noted for singing in [[whistle register]] before the last chorus of the song, going up to a high F (F6). The piano, synth and bass guitar were performed by Ian Maidman, and the drums by Steve Ferrera, both musicians whose contributions featured throughout the 'Hormonally Yours' album.
"Stay" was written by [[Siobhan Fahey]], [[Marcella Detroit]], and [[Dave Stewart (Eurythmics)|Dave Stewart]]. The song was inspired by the film ''[[Cat-Women of the Moon]]''; Stewart conceived the idea of the Cat-Women singing about an earthling that she had fallen in love with, and suggested writing the song to Detroit and Fahey.<ref name=earls /> According to Detroit, Stewart and Fahey used to host parties where she invariably ended up performing ballads with famous guests who showed up at their parties, so Stewart suggested writing a ballad that features her on lead vocals. They rewrote the song "maybe four times."<ref name=rogers>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2022/feb/07/bored-hit-the-vodka-shakespears-sister-stay-cat-women-moon |title='I was getting bored so hit the vodka' – Shakespears Sister on how they made Stay | first=Jude |last=Rogers|date=7 February 2022|work=The Guardian}}</ref> Once they finished writing the song, they recorded a demo and took it to Fahey's home. There the producer [[Chris Thomas (record producer)|Chris Thomas]], who had been working with Stewart, listened to the demo and said "No.1 smash!", to which they replied "Really?"<ref name=earls>{{cite web |url=https://www.classicpopmag.com/2019/10/shakespears-sister-interview-sister-act-ii/ |title=Shakespears Sister Interview: 'All I wanted to do was have that conversation that had not been had for 26 years' |first= John|last= Earls |date=1 October 2019|work=classic pop }}</ref>


The song was produced by [[Alan Moulder]] and Chris Thomas; Thomas helped to produce the final remix when they felt the song was not working. [[Jennifer Maidman]] of [[Penguin Cafe Orchestra]] created the arrangement for synthesiser in the chorus.<ref name=rogers />
==Music video==
"Stay" is the only Shakespears Sister song that features [[Marcella Detroit]] on lead [[refrain|chorus]], with Detroit singing the verses and Fahey singing the [[Bridge (music)|bridge]]. This would cause tension with Fahey when the song was selected by the record label as the lead single as Fahey felt the song was not typical of the album.<ref name=earls /> Detroit sings in [[whistle register]] before the last chorus of the song, going up to a high F (F6). The piano, synth and bass guitar were performed by Ian aka [[Jennifer Maidman]], and the drums by Steve Ferrera, both musicians whose contributions featured throughout the ''[[Hormonally Yours]]'' album.{{CN|date=March 2022}}


==Critical reception==
===Background and development===
The song received favorable reviews from most music critics. [[AllMusic]] editor Tom Demalon said in his review of ''Hormonally Yours'', that "everything was lost in the wake of the lovely, dramatic "Stay", a global smash."<ref>{{cite web|first=Tom|last=Demalon|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/hormonally-yours-mw0000272821|title=Shakespear's Sister - Hormonally Yours|publisher=[[AllMusic]]|access-date=17 February 2020}}</ref> Christopher Kramer from ''American Eagle'' noted that the song "has lyrics that ring of their [[Gospel music|gospel]] interests."<ref>{{cite news|first1= Christopher |last1= Kramer |url= https://idnc.library.illinois.edu/cgi-bin/illinois?a=d&d=AUE19920224.2.84 |title= Shakespears Sister mixes R&B, rock |newspaper= American Eagle |volume= 66 |issue= 25 |date= 24 February 1992 |access-date= 15 March 2020}}</ref> [[Larry Flick]] from ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' described it as a "complex modern-pop tune" and noted further that the "vocal tradeoff between [[Marcella Detroit]] and [[Siobhan Fahey]] is both intense and dramatic."<ref>{{cite magazine|first=Larry|last=Flick|url=https://www.worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Billboard/90s/1992/Billboard-1992-05-30.pdf|title=Single Reviews|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|date=30 May 1992|access-date=12 February 2020|page=70|author-link=Larry Flick}}</ref> Clark and DeVaney from ''[[Cashbox (magazine)|Cashbox]]'' felt it's "almost like two separate songs, representing the different influences the pair bring to their music. The first half is Marcie's reverent and angelic sounding voice, then out of the blue, comes the industrial clammer of heavy percussion and Siobhan's rough-edged bridge."<ref>{{cite magazine|first1= Randy |last1= Clark |first2= Bryan |last2= DeVaney |title= Music Reviews: Singles |magazine= [[Cashbox (magazine)|Cashbox]] |date= 13 June 1992 |page= 5 |access-date= 1 November 2020 |url= https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Cash-Box/90s/1992/CB-1992-06-13.pdf}}</ref> Dave Sholin from the ''[[Gavin Report]]'' stated, "This haunting ballad proves they haven't changed course as they deliver a melody that has true staying power."<ref>{{cite magazine|first= Dave |last= Sholin |title= Personal Picks: Singles |magazine= [[Gavin Report]] |date= 22 May 1992 |page= 48 |access-date= 17 October 2020 |url= https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Gavin-Report/90/92/Gavin-1992-05-22.pdf}}</ref> Another ''Gavin Report'' editors, Rufer & Fell, wrote that the female duo "gives a once-in-a-lifetime performance of a moody and deliberate song about staying power in a relationship."<ref>{{cite magazine|first1= Diane |last1= Rufer |first2= Ron |last2= Fell |title= A/C: Reviews |magazine= [[Gavin Report]] |date= 24 July 1992 |page= 28 |access-date= 17 October 2020 |url= https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Gavin-Report/90/92/Gavin-1992-07-24.pdf}}</ref> Chuck Campbell from ''[[Knoxville News Sentinel|Knoxville News-Sentinel]]'' described it as a "disarmingly sweet ballad" and added that it "segues into a stern warning ("''I'll go anywhere with you/I'll do anything it takes/But if you try to go it alone/Don't think I'll understand''") then concludes rather sinisterly."<ref>Campbell, Chuck. (19 February 1992). "Duo's Attitude Gives Songs Fierce Teeth". ''[[Knoxville News Sentinel|Knoxville News-Sentinel]]''.</ref>
[[Sophie Muller]] directed the promo video for the single, the concept of which was inspired by the film ''[[Cat Women of the Moon]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7yGzUhaZhQI&feature=related |title=Marcy & Siobhan about STAY |publisher=YouTube |date=2008-06-07 |accessdate=2014-03-30}}</ref> The video featured Detroit and Fahey fighting over a comatose man (played by Dave Evans, former boyfriend of Fahey's [[Bananarama]] bandmate [[Keren Woodward]]).<ref>[http://www.bananaramauk.com/html/discography/singles/morethanphysical/mtpmain.html] {{wayback|url=http://www.bananaramauk.com/html/discography/singles/morethanphysical/mtpmain.html |date=20070311005758 |df=y }}</ref>


Sally Margaret Joy from ''[[Melody Maker]]'' complimented it as a "pretty hymn about human frailty", adding, "Yes, it's got a great hook, with Marcella's voice quavering up high and tremulously."<ref>{{cite magazine|first=Sally Margaret|last=Joy|title=Singles|work=[[Melody Maker]]|date=11 January 1992|page=27|access-date=20 February 2023|url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/nothingelseon/52531445717/}}</ref> Pan-European magazine ''[[Music & Media]]'' felt that Detroit's [[vibrato]] "gives the tune the ethereal ambiance of classic [[Marianne Faithfull]] material. Towards the end of the song Fahey takes over with her slightly darker voice."<ref name="m&m">{{cite magazine|url=https://www.worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-and-Media/90s/1992/MM-1992-02-15.pdf|title=Spotlight: Shakespears Sister|magazine=[[Music & Media]]|volume=9|issue=7|page=13|date=15 February 1992|access-date=20 February 2020}}</ref> In the review of the single, they remarked that "after a slow start backed by minimal arrangements, this serious ballad slowly acquires some bite."<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.americanradiohistory.com/UK/Music-and-Media/90s/1992/MM-1992-02-08.pdf|title=New Releases: Singles|magazine=[[Music & Media]]|date=8 February 1992|page=12|access-date=20 February 2020}}</ref> Terry Staunton from ''[[New Musical Express]]'' opined that they "are trying a little too hard to be the [[Thelma & Louise]] of weirdo-chick-bubblegum-pop these days."<ref>{{cite magazine|first=Terry|last=Staunton|title=Singles|work=[[New Musical Express]]|date=18 January 1992|page=16|access-date=20 February 2023|url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/nothingelseon/52542367201/}}</ref> [[Lucy O'Brien]] from ''[[Select (magazine)|Select]]'' stated that Detroit "makes a brave stab at the anthemic ballad with "Stay", but ends up sounding suspiciously like [[Jennifer Rush]]."<ref>{{cite magazine|first=Lucy|last=O'Brien|url=http://selectmagazinescans.monkeon.co.uk/showpage.php?file=wp-content/uploads/2014/10/albums31.jpg|title=Reviews: New Albums|magazine=[[Select (magazine)|Select]]|date=1 March 1992|page=68|access-date=3 March 2020|author-link=Lucy O'Brien}}</ref> [[Siân Pattenden]] from ''[[Smash Hits]]'' felt it "sounds like a hymn".<ref>{{cite magazine|first=Siân|last=Pattenden|url= https://www.flickr.com/photos/57779449@N02/47184606702/in/album-72157676869885127/ |title= Review: Singles |magazine= [[Smash Hits]] |date= 8 January 1992 |page= 45 |access-date= 6 October 2020 |author-link= Siân Pattenden}}</ref> A reviewer from ''[[St. Petersburg Times]]'' deemed the song "the year's best single" and commented, "''You'd better hope and pray/That you make it safe/Back to your own world.'' Just try to ignore former [[Bananarama]] B-girl Siobhan Fahey, as she growls like a master berating her slave".<ref>"Hormonally Yours' finds right chemistry". ''[[St. Petersburg Times]]''. 2 October 1992.</ref>
The video won Best Video at the 1993 Music Week Awards and [[Brit Awards]], and was the subject of a spoof by comedians ''[[French & Saunders]]''. The epic promo was featured in the Top 100 Music Videos of all time by Channel 4.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.channel4.com/entertainment/tv/microsites/G/greatest/pop_videos/results.html |title=Explore |publisher=Channel 4 |date= |accessdate=2014-03-30}}</ref>


==Retrospective response==
===Synopsis===
Daily Vault's Michael R. Smith declared "Stay" as a "masterpiece", writing that the song managed to "show the world just what could be done to an otherwise mundane and ordinary [[ballad]]. It not only turned the entire pop formula on its ear, it totally blew the possibilities wide open."<ref>{{cite web|first=Michael R.|last=Smith|url=http://dailyvault.com/toc.php5?review=4989|title=Shakespear's Sister - Hormonally Yours|publisher=Daily Vault|date=26 August 2007|access-date=24 February 2020}}</ref> Tom Ewing of [[Freaky Trigger]] remarked "the teetering, cracking [[soprano]]" of Detroit's lead vocal, and Fahey's "growled and throaty intervention" on the bridge. He also felt that "obviously, the switched-dynamics form of the song matches its content: a tale of two worlds, the singer's and the subject's, and the relationship between them. One is claustrophobic, intense, something to escape: the other reached by risky passage, but where safety is hardly guaranteed and worse terrors may lurk."<ref>{{cite web|first=Tom|last=Ewing|url=http://freakytrigger.co.uk/ft/2011/06/shakespears-sister-stay/#more-21597|title=Shakespears Sister – "Stay"|publisher=[[Freaky Trigger]]|date=22 June 2011|access-date=6 March 2020}}</ref> Imran Khan of ''[[PopMatters]]'' called it a "weird sci-fi ballad of gothic-gospel electronica".<ref>{{cite magazine|author=Khan, Imran|url=https://www.popmatters.com/hormonal-rush-the-rise-and-fall-and-rise-again-of-shakespears-sister-2495397163.html|title=Hormonal Rush: The Rise and Fall (and Rise Again) of Shakespears Sister|magazine=[[PopMatters]]|date=10 April 2017|access-date=15 April 2020}}</ref> In his review of their 2019 compilation album, ''[[Singles Party]]'', Christopher Smith from Talk About Pop Music described it as "haunting" and "epic".<ref>{{cite web|author=Smith, Christopher|url=https://talkaboutpopmusic.com/2019/07/19/review-singles-party-shakespears-sister/|title=Review: 'Singles Party' – Shakespears Sister|publisher=Talk About Pop Music|date=19 July 2019|access-date=14 April 2020}}</ref>
{{Original research section|date=July 2016}}


==Music video==
In some rare versions the beginning quotes a variation of the opening of William Shakespeare's ''[[Macbeth]]'': The original quote of the play ("When shall we three meet again") is changed to "When shall we two meet again", referring to the story told in the video.<ref>{{cite web|author= |url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5pC3VJA_CB8 |title=Shakespears Sister 'Stay' |publisher=YouTube |date=2006-11-30 |accessdate=2014-05-09}}</ref>
===Background, development, and release===
The video starts with a view of a calm night sky. A shooting star passes over a full moon and the song begins. The camera pans back into a hospital room. Detroit is seen tending to her lover, played by Evans, who is in a coma and on the verge of death, while singing to him not to leave her. At the bridge of the song, a portal opens and the angel of death, played by Fahey, appears at the top of a staircase, wearing a sparkling catsuit. She dances around in front of a bright light whilst mocking Detroit with a verse that she cannot save her lover and the best she can hope for is to return safely to her own world. Detroit tries her best to wake the man up, while Death slowly makes her way down the stairs to claim his soul. The two women begin fighting over the man, making it literally and figuratively a fight between life (Detroit) and death (Fahey). During their struggle, the man finally wakes up, he and Detroit embrace while Death, having failed to seduce him into her realm, walks away in disgust and goes back up the staircase to the light, presumably being the stairway to Heaven.<ref>{{cite web|author= |url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UUr9IyIZpLM&list=UU91NDKyVf_XMQsFjo4je1LQ&index=62&feature=plcp |title=Shakespears Sister 'Stay' |publisher=YouTube |date=2009-11-11 |accessdate=2014-03-30}}</ref>
British director [[Sophie Muller]] directed the promo video for the single, the concept of which was also inspired by the film ''[[Cat-Women of the Moon]]'' (1953).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7yGzUhaZhQI |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211222/7yGzUhaZhQI |archive-date=22 December 2021 |url-status=live|title=Marcy & Siobhan about STAY|publisher=YouTube|date=7 June 2008|access-date=30 March 2014}}{{cbignore}}</ref> The video featured Detroit and Fahey fighting over a comatose man (played by Dave Evans, former boyfriend of Fahey's [[Bananarama]] bandmate [[Keren Woodward]]).<ref>[http://www.bananaramauk.com/html/discography/singles/morethanphysical/mtpmain.html] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070311005758/http://www.bananaramauk.com/html/discography/singles/morethanphysical/mtpmain.html|date=11 March 2007}}</ref> Fahey described her looks as "unhinged Victorian heroine meets Suzi Quatro meets Labelle", an angel of death "in dark makeup coming down the stairs from another dimension". The part where Fahey walks down the stairs was inspired by [[Powell and Pressburger]]'s film ''[[A Matter of Life and Death (film)|A Matter of Life and Death]]'' (1946).<ref name=rogers />


The video won Best Video at the 1993 Music Week Awards and [[Brit Awards]], and was the subject of a spoof by comedians ''[[French & Saunders]]''. The video was featured in the Top 100 Music Videos of all time by Channel 4.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.channel4.com/entertainment/tv/microsites/G/greatest/pop_videos/results.html|title=Explore|publisher=Channel 4|access-date=30 March 2014}}</ref>
Contrary to popular belief, the video, although tends to be in favour of Detroit and her begging of Evans to Stay with her, can in some sense be seen as completely contradictory. Fahey, although seen as the angel of death, can, in some lights, be seen as the true saviour. For example, Detroit sings that when Evans dreams, he "must only think of her", and there must be no "inbetweens". That line, although sang in a sweet, beseeching manner, is ominous and signals an unrelentless desire for control on Detroit's part. it could then be theorized that Fahey's part is only meant to be seen as evil through the eyes of Detroit, and, if perhaps viewed from the perspective of Evans, or impartial onlookers, she is meant to be saving him. However, she gives up when she can see that Detroit's grasp of Evans is too great, and Evans is powerless to stop her. She sings about "your own world", being the real world, in which Evans is not present, and this music video is all but a dream to him. So she's telling him "Wake up, come back to your own world", and essentially duels with Detroit for his soul, Fahey trying to save it, Detroit wanting it all for herself.

===Synopsis===
In some rare versions the beginning quotes a variation of the opening of [[William Shakespeare]]'s ''[[Macbeth]]'': The original quote of the play ("When shall we three meet again") is changed to "When shall we two meet again", referring to the story told in the video.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5pC3VJA_CB8 |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211222/5pC3VJA_CB8 |archive-date=22 December 2021 |url-status=live|title=Shakespears Sister 'Stay'|publisher=YouTube|date=30 November 2006|access-date=9 May 2014}}{{cbignore}}</ref>


The video starts with a view of a calm night sky wherein a shooting star passes over a full moon and the song begins. The camera pans back into what appears to be a hospital room showing Marcella Detroit and her male lover (Evans), who is in a coma and on the verge of death. As Detroit tends to him, she sings to him not to leave her. At the bridge of the song, a portal opens and the angel of death, played by Fahey, appears at the top of a staircase, wearing a sparkling catsuit. She dances around in front of a bright light whilst mocking Detroit that she cannot save her lover and the best she can hope for is to return safely to her environment. Detroit tries her best to wake the man up, while Death slowly and eerily makes her way down the stairs to claim his soul. The two women begin fighting over the man, indicating literally and figuratively a fight between life (Detroit) and death (Fahey). During their struggle, the man finally wakes up, and he and Detroit embrace while Death, having failed to seduce him into her realm, walks away in disgust and goes back up the staircase and into the light.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UUr9IyIZpLM&list=UU91NDKyVf_XMQsFjo4je1LQ&index=62&feature=plcp |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211222/UUr9IyIZpLM |archive-date=22 December 2021 |url-status=live|title=Shakespears Sister 'Stay'|publisher=YouTube|date=11 November 2009|access-date=30 March 2014}}{{cbignore}}</ref>
===Video===
Whilst filming the music video, as Fahey only had a small (albeit important) part, she had to spend 12 hours waiting for her turn, during which she is rumoured to have passed the time, by drinking a full bottle of Stolichnaya vodka all to herself. Although her character was intended to be demented, and slightly unhinged, Fahey's rumoured inebriation is thought to have contributed to her acting ability in this particular role.


==Track listing==
==Track listings==
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* '''UK 7-inch and cassette single'''<ref>{{cite AV media notes|title=Stay|others=[[Shakespears Sister]]|year=1992|type=UK 7-inch single vinyl disc|publisher=[[London Records]]|id=LON 314, 869 624-7}}</ref><ref>{{cite AV media notes|title=Stay|others=Shakespears Sister|year=1992|type=UK cassette single cassette notes|publisher=London Records|id=LONCS 314, 869 624-4}}</ref>
*;UK CD single<ref name="discogs">{{cite web|url=http://www.discogs.com/Siobhan-Fahey-Bad-Blood/release/672756 |title=Siobhan Fahey - Bad Blood - Discogs|publisher=Discogs.com |date= |accessdate=2012-12-01}}</ref>
#"Stay" — 3:48
# "Stay" (radio mix) – 3:48
# "The Trouble with Andre" – 4:03
#"Stay" (LP version) — 3:50
#"The Trouble with Andre" — 4:44
#"Excerpts from Hormonally Yours" — 6:02


* '''UK CD single 1'''<ref>{{cite AV media notes|title=Stay|others=Shakespears Sister|year=1992|type=UK CD single liner notes|publisher=London Records|id=LONCD 314, 869 625-2}}</ref>
*;US CD single
#"Stay" — 3:48
# "Stay" (LP version) – 3:48
# "Dirty Mind" (E-Zee remix) – 6:25
#"Remember My Name" — 3:36
# "Run Silent" (Revolution remix) – 7:16
#"Excerpts from Hormonally Yours" — 2:33
# Excerpts from ''Hormonally Yours'' – 6:02

* '''UK CD single 2'''<ref>{{cite AV media notes|title=Stay|others=Shakespears Sister|year=1992|type=UK CD single liner notes|publisher=London Records|id=LOCDP 314, 869 627-2}}</ref>
# "Stay" – 3:48
# "Stay" (LP version) – 3:50
# "The Trouble with Andre" – 4:44
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* '''US CD single'''<ref>{{cite AV media notes|title=Stay|others=Shakespears Sister|year=1992|type=US CD single liner notes|publisher=London Records|id=869 731-2}}</ref>
# "Stay" (LP version) – 3:47
# "Remember My Name" – 3:35
# Special previews ("Catwoman"; "[[Goodbye Cruel World (Shakespears Sister song)|Goodbye Cruel World]]"; "[[I Don't Care (Shakespears Sister song)|I Don't Care]]")


* '''US cassette single'''<ref>{{cite AV media notes|title=Stay|others=Shakespears Sister|year=1992|type=US cassette single sleeve|publisher=London Records|id=869 730-4}}</ref>
*;7" Single / UK cassette single
#"Stay" — 3:48
:A1. "Stay" – 3:47
:A2. Special previews ("Catwoman"; "Goodbye Cruel World"; "I Don't Care")
#"The Trouble with Andre" — 4:44
:B1. "The Trouble with Andre" – 4:03

*;US cassette single
#"Stay" — 3:48
#"Excerpts from Hormonally Yours" — 2:34
#"The Trouble with Andre" — 4:44
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== Charts and certifications ==
==Charts==
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=== Weekly charts ===
===Weekly charts===
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!Chart (1992)
!Chart (1992)
!Peak<br />position
!Peak<br/>position
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{{single chart|Australia|3|artist=Shakespears Sister|song=Stay|rowheader=true|access-date=30 January 2020}}
|Australia ([[ARIA Charts|ARIA]])<ref name="aus">{{cite web|url=http://australian-charts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Shakespears+Sister&titel=Stay&cat=s|title=Australian Charts > Shakespears Sister - Stay|accessdate=2012-12-03|publisher=australian-charts.com}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|3
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|-
{{single chart|Austria|4|artist=Shakespears Sister|song=Stay|rowheader=true|access-date=30 January 2020}}
|Austria ([[Ö3 Austria Top 40]])<ref name="aut">{{cite web|url=http://austriancharts.at/showitem.asp?interpret=Shakespears+Sister&titel=Stay&cat=s|title=Austrian Charts > Shakespears Sister - Stay|accessdate=2012-12-03|publisher=austrian-charts.at}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|4
|-
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{{singlechart|Flanders|9|artist=Shakespears Sister|song=Stay}}
{{single chart|Flanders|9|artist=Shakespears Sister|song=Stay|rowheader=true}}
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{{single chart|Canadatopsingles|4|chartid=1949|rowheader=true|access-date=30 January 2020}}
|Canada Top Singles ([[RPM (magazine)|RPM]])<ref>[https://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?brws_s=1&file_num=nlc008388.1949&type=1&interval=24&PHPSESSID=eacndid4i3vkhl5rb3ts8cggc2 Canadian Top Singles]</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|4
|-
|-
{{single chart|Canadaadultcontemporary|31|chartid=1932|rowheader=true|access-date=30 January 2020}}
|France ([[Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique|SNEP]])<ref name="fra">{{cite web|url=http://lescharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Shakespears+Sister&titel=Stay&cat=s|title=French Charts > Shakespears Sister - Stay|accessdate=2012-12-03|publisher=lescharts.com}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|40
|-
|-
!scope="row"|Europe ([[Eurochart Hot 100]])<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-and-Media/90s/1992/MM-1992-04-04.pdf|title=Eurochart Hot 100 Singles|magazine=[[Music & Media]]|volume=9|issue=14|page=34|date=4 April 1992|access-date=30 January 2020}}</ref>
|Germany ([[Media Control Charts|Media Control AG]])<ref name=ger>{{cite web|url=http://www.officialcharts.de/suche.asp?search=Shakespears+Sister&x=0&y=0&country=de|title=GER Charts > Shakespears Sister|publisher=charts.de|accessdate=2012-12-07}}</ref>
|4
| style="text-align:center;"|3
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{{single chart|France|40|artist=Shakespears Sister|song=Stay|rowheader=true|access-date=30 January 2020}}
|Ireland ([[Irish Singles Chart|IRMA]])<ref name="ire">{{cite web|url=http://www.irishcharts.ie/search/placement|title=Rish Charts > Shakespears Sister|publisher=irishcharts.de|accessdate=2012-12-03}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|1
|-
|-
{{single chart|Germany|3|artist=Shakespears Sister|song=Stay|songid=2412|rowheader=true|access-date=30 January 2020}}
|Netherlands ([[Dutch Top 40]])<ref name="net">{{cite web|url=http://dutchcharts.nl/showitem.asp?interpret=Shakespears+Sister&titel=Stay&cat=s|title=Dutch Charts > Shakespears Sister - Stay|accessdate=2012-12-03|publisher=dutchcharts.nl}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|28
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{{single chart|Ireland2|1|artist=Shakespear's Sister|rowheader=true|access-date=17 February 2020}}
|New Zealand ([[Recording Industry Association of New Zealand|RIANZ]])<ref name="nz">{{cite web|url=http://charts.org.nz/showitem.asp?interpret=Shakespears+Sister&titel=Stay&cat=s|title=New Zealand Charts > Shakespears Sister - Stay|accessdate=2012-12-03|publisher=charts.org.nz}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|5
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{{single chart|Dutch40|26|year=1992|week=16|rowheader=true|access-date=30 January 2020}}
|Norway ([[VG-lista]])<ref name="nor">{{cite web|url=http://norwegiancharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Shakespears+Sister&titel=Stay&cat=s|title=Norwegian Charts > Shakespears Sister - Stay|accessdate=2012-12-03|publisher=norwegiancharts.com}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|6
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{{single chart|Dutch100|28|artist=Shakespears Sister|song=Stay|rowheader=true|access-date=30 January 2020}}
|Sweden ([[Sverigetopplistan]])<ref name="swe">{{cite web|url=http://swedishcharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Shakespears+Sister&titel=Stay&cat=s|title=Swedish Charts > Shakespears Sister - Stay|accessdate=2012-12-03|publisher=swedishcharts.com}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|1
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{{single chart|New Zealand|5|artist=Shakespears Sister|song=Stay|rowheader=true|access-date=30 January 2020}}
|Switzerland ([[Swiss Music Charts|Schweizer Hitparade]])<ref name="swi">{{cite web|url=http://hitparade.ch/showitem.asp?interpret=Shakespears+Sister&titel=Stay&cat=s|title=Swiss Charts > Shakespears Sister - Stay|accessdate=2012-12-03|publisher=hitparade.ch}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|2
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{{single chart|Norway|6|artist=Shakespears Sister|song=Stay|rowheader=true|access-date=30 January 2020}}
|UK Singles ([[UK Singles Chart|Official Charts Company]])<ref name="uk">{{cite web|url=http://www.chartstats.com/artistinfo.php?id=5522|title=Charstats - Shakespear's Sister|accessdate=2012-12-03|publisher=chartstats.com|archiveurl=http://archive.is/ODkAl|archivedate=2013-01-10}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|1
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{{single chart|Sweden|1|artist=Shakespears Sister|song=Stay|rowheader=true|access-date=30 January 2020}}
|US ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' [[Billboard Hot 100|Hot 100]]<ref name="allmusic">{{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/shakespears-sister-mn0000156876/awards|title=Shakespear's Siter - Allmusic discography|accessdate=2012-12-03|publisher=allmusic}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|4
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{{single chart|Switzerland|2|artist=Shakespears Sister|song=Stay|rowheader=true|access-date=30 January 2020}}
|US [[Alternative Songs|Modern Rock Tracks]] (''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'')<ref name="allmusic"/>
| style="text-align:center;"|25
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|-
{{single chart|UK|1|date=19920222|rowheader=true|access-date=30 January 2020}}
|US [[Rhythmic (chart)|Rhythmic Top 40]] (''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'')<ref name="allmusic"/>
| style="text-align:center;"|28
|-
|-
!scope="row"|US [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]]<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-100/1992-09-19/|title=Billboard Hot 100|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|date=19 September 1992|access-date=30 March 2023}}</ref>
|US [[Mainstream Top 40 (Pop Songs)|Top 40 Mainstream]] (''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'')<ref name="allmusic"/>
|4
| style="text-align:center;"|18
|-
|-
!scope="row"|US [[Adult Contemporary (chart)|Adult Contemporary]] (''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'')<ref>{{cite magazine|title=Hot Adult Contemporary|magazine=Billboard|volume=104|issue=37|page=75|date=12 September 1992}}</ref>
!Chart (2010)
|39
!Peak<br />position
|-
|-
|[[European Hot 100 Singles]]<ref name="billboard">{{cite web|url=http://www.billboard.com/#/charts/european-hot-100?begin=1&order=position|title=European Hot 100|accessdate=2012-12-03|publisher=billboard}}</ref>
!scope="row"|US [[Modern Rock Tracks]] (''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'')<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/alternative-airplay/1992-08-22/|title=Alternative Airplay|magazine=Billboard|date=22 August 1992|url-access=subscription|access-date=30 March 2023}}</ref>
|25
| style="text-align:center;"|38
|-
|-
!scope="row"|US [[Mainstream Top 40|Top 40/Mainstream]] (''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'')<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/pop-songs/1992-10-03/|title=Pop Airplay|magazine=Billboard|date=3 October 1992|url-access=subscription|access-date=30 March 2023}}</ref>
{{singlechart|Ireland|10|artist=Shakespears Sister|song=Stay|week=43|year=2010}}
|18
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|-
!scope="row"|US [[Rhythmic (chart)|Top 40/Rhythm-Crossover]] (''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'')<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/rhythmic-40/1992-10-10/|title=Rhythmic Airplay|magazine=Billboard|date=10 October 1992|url-access=subscription|access-date=30 March 2023}}</ref>
{{singlechart|Scotland|11|artist=Shakespears Sister|song=Stay|date=2010-11-13}}
|28
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!Chart (2010)
!Peak<br/>position
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|-
{{singlechart|UK|12|artist=Shakespears Sister|song=Stay|date=2010-11-13}}
{{single chart|Ireland2|10|artist=Shakespears Sister|rowheader=true|access-date=17 February 2020|refname="ire2010"}}
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|-
{{single chart|Scotland|11|date=20101113|rowheader=true}}
|[[UK Official Download Chart|UK Digital]] ([[UK Singles Chart|Official Charts Company]])<ref name="down">{{cite web|url=http://www.theofficialcharts.com/archive-chart/_/6/2010-11-13/|title=13th November 2010 UK Singles Download Chart|accessdate=2012-12-03|publisher=billboard}}</ref>
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| style="text-align:center;"|12
{{single chart|UK|12|date=20101113|rowheader=true|refname="uk2010"}}
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=== Year-end charts ===
===Year-end charts===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
{|class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
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!Chart (1992)
!Chart (1992)
!Position
!Position
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|-
!scope="row"|Australia (ARIA)<ref name="ausye">{{cite web|url=https://www.aria.com.au/charts/1992/singles-chart|title=ARIA Top 50 Singles for 1992|publisher=[[Australian Recording Industry Association|ARIA]]|access-date=30 January 2020}}</ref>
|Australia ([[ARIA Charts|ARIA]])<ref name=ryan/>
|21
| style="text-align:center;"|21
|-
|-
!scope="row"|Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://austriancharts.at/year.asp?cat=s&id=1992|title=Jahreshitparade Singles 1992|language=de|access-date=30 January 2020}}</ref>
|[[UK Singles Chart]]{{citation needed|date=October 2013}}
|16
| style="text-align:center;"|4
|-
|-
|US [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://longboredsurfer.com/charts.php?year=1992|title=Billboard Top 100 - 1992|accessdate=2010-07-30}}</ref>
!scope="row"|Canada Top Singles (''RPM'')<ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://rpmimages.3345.ca/pdfs/Volume%2056-No.%2025-December%2019,%201992.pdf|title=The RPM Top 100 Hit Tracks of 1992|magazine=[[RPM (magazine)|RPM]]|volume=56|issue=25|page=8|date=19 December 1992|access-date=30 January 2020}}</ref>
|49
| style="text-align:center;"|45
|-
!scope="row"|Europe (Eurochart Hot 100)<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-and-Media/90s/1992/MM-1992-12-19.pdf|title=1992 Year-End Sales Charts|magazine=[[Music & Media]]|volume=9|issue=51/52|page=17|date=19 December 1992|access-date=30 January 2020}}</ref>
|15
|-
!scope="row"|Germany (Official German Charts)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.offiziellecharts.de/charts/single-jahr/for-date-1992|title=Top 100 Singles–Jahrescharts 1992|publisher=[[GfK Entertainment]]|language=de|access-date=30 January 2020}}</ref>
|19
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!scope="row"|New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://aotearoamusiccharts.co.nz/archive/annual-singles/1992-12-31|title=End of Year Charts 1992|publisher=[[Recorded Music NZ]]|access-date=30 January 2020}}</ref>
|42
|-
!scope="row"|Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.swisscharts.com/charts/jahreshitparade/1992|title=Swiss Year-End Charts 1992|language=de|access-date=30 January 2020}}</ref>
|13
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!scope="row"|UK Singles (OCC)<ref>{{cite magazine|title=Year End Charts: Top Singles|magazine=[[Music Week]]|page=8|date=16 January 1993}}</ref>
|4
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!scope="row"|US ''Billboard'' Hot 100<ref>{{cite web|url=http://longboredsurfer.com/charts.php?year=1992|title=Billboard Top 100 – 1992|access-date=30 July 2010|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090708050630/http://longboredsurfer.com/charts.php?year=1992|archive-date=8 July 2009}}</ref>
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=== Certifications ===
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{{certification Table Entry|type=single|region=Australia|artist=Shakespears Sister|title=Stay|award=Gold|certyear=1992|certref=<ref name=ryan>{{cite book|last=Ryan|first=Gavin|title=Australia's Music Charts 1988-2010|year=2011|publisher=Moonlight Publishing|location=Mt. Martha, VIC, Australia}}</ref>|relyear=1992}}

{{certification Table Entry|type=single|region=United Kingdom|artist=Shakespears Sister|title=Stay|award=Gold|certyear=1992|salesref=<ref name="BPI">{{cite web|url=http://www.bpi.co.uk/certifiedawards/search.aspx|title=BPI Awards Search|accessdate=2012-12-03}}</ref>|relyear=1992}}

{{certification Table Entry|type=single|region=United States|artist=Shakespears Sister|title=Stay|award=Gold|certyear=1992|salesref=<ref name="RIAA">{{cite web|url=http://www.riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.php?table=SEARCH|publisher=[[Recording Industry Association of America]]|title=SEARCHRIAA – Gold & Platinum: Shakespears Sister|accessdate=2012-12-03}}</ref>|relyear=1992}}

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==Certifications and sales==
== Appearances in other media ==
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*The song was covered by Emma Whitney & Julie Richards on series 5 of ''[[Stars In Their Eyes]]'' in 1994.
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Australia|type=single|award=Gold|relyear=1992|certyear=1992|certref=<ref name="ausye"/>|access-date=30 January 2020}}
*Cher Lloyd performed the song on the Halloween episode of ''[[The X Factor]]'' series 7 in 2010, the Shakespears Sister original made the UK and Ireland iTunes Top 10 and re-entered the Official UK Chart at No.12 and the Irish Chart at No.10.
{{Certification Table Entry|region=United Kingdom|type=single|artist=Shakespears Sister|title=Stay|award=Gold|relyear=1992|certyear=1992|id=6264-1360-1|salesamount=484,500|salesref=<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/official-top-40-best-selling-songs-of-1992__33244/|publisher=[[Official Charts]]|title=Official Top 40 best-selling songs of 1992|author=Rob Copsey|date=28 May 2021|access-date=10 July 2021}}</ref>}}
*The song was used in the closing scenes of the season 4 episode of ''[[Ghost Whisperer]]'', "Body of Water".
{{Certification Table Entry|region=United States|type=single|artist=Shakespear's Sister|title=Stay|award=Gold|relyear=1992|certyear=1992|access-date=30 January 2020}}
*[[Sharron Davies]] used the song for her dance routine on the seventh week of ''[[Dancing On Ice]]'' in 2010.
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*Kiera Byrne sang the song on week 3 of the 2012 series of ''[[The Voice of Ireland]]''
*[[Abbey Clancy]] used the song for her dance routine on the Halloween episode of ''[[Strictly Come Dancing]]'' series 11 in 2013.
*Henrietta Adewole performed the song on the 2014 live finals of ''[[Britain's Got Talent]]''
*Steve Broad sang the song on week 4 of the 2015 series of ''[[The X Factor New Zealand]]''


==Cover versions==
==Release history==
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* In 1999, Italian pop stars [[Mina (singer)|Mina]] and [[Piero Pelù]] recorded a bilingual duet cover of the song as "Stay With Me (Stay)" in for Mina's album ''[[Olio (Mina album)|Olio]]''.
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* In 2001, a [[hi-NRG]]/[[eurodance]] cover of the song by Déjà Vu featuring Tasmin was released through [[Almighty Records]]. An audio sample can be heard on the Almighty Records website.<ref>http://www.almightyrecords.com/product/ALMY167/</ref>
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* In 2002, pop band [[Sweetbox]] covered the song "Stay" with [[Jade Villalon]] on vocals, for their album ''[[Jade (Sweetbox album)|Jade]]''.
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* In 2004, German [[dark wave]] group [[Blutengel]] (Blood Angel) recorded a version on their ''[[Demon Kiss]]'' album.
!scope="col"|Label(s)
* In 2005, German [[goth metal]] band [[Mandrake (band)|Mandrake]] covered the song for their album ''The Balance of Blue''.
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* In 2006, British [[extreme metal]] band [[Cradle of Filth]] covered the song. The song was included on their 2008 special edition release of ''[[Thornography]]''.
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* In 2011, German singer [[Thomas Anders]] (formerly of [[Modern Talking]]) and musician [[Jörn-Uwe Fahrenkrog-Petersen]] covered the song for their collaborative album ''Two''.
!scope="row"|United Kingdom
* British pop singer [[Cher Lloyd]] performed a live version of the song during Week 4, [[The X Factor (UK series 7)|Series 7]] of ''[[The X Factor (UK TV series)|The X Factor]]'', with [[Simon Cowell]] regarding it as the best performance of the series. She performed it again in Week 7 when she was in the final showdown and the judges saved her. A studio recording features as a bonus track on some editions of her debut album, ''[[Sticks + Stones (Cher Lloyd album)|Sticks + Stones]]'' from 2011.
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* In 2011, "Stay" was covered by the operatic pop group [[Il Divo]] on their album ''[[Wicked Game (Il Divo album)|Wicked Game]]'' in Spanish as "Stay (Ven a Mi)".
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* In 2013, former Shakespears Sister band member [[Marcella Detroit]] covered the song on her 2013 album, ''[[The Vehicle]]''. The cover was later released in November 2015 as a two-part maxi single.
|rowspan="2"|[[London Records|London]]
* In 2014, Australian singer [[Delta Goodrem]] covered the song as a B-side to her single, "[[Love... Thy Will Be Done#Delta Goodrem version|Love... Thy Will Be Done]]".
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|10 April 1992
|Mini-CD
|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.oricon.co.jp/prof/75518/products/203966/1/|title=ステイ {{!}} シェイクスピアズ・シスター|trans-title=Stay {{!}} Shakespears Sister|publisher=[[Oricon]]|language=ja|access-date=8 December 2023}}</ref>
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==In popular culture==
==Parodies==
*The video was partly spoofed by [[Mr. Blobby]] for his 1993 Christmas number one single music video
* [[French and Saunders]] did a parody of the song and video in their sketch-show in the early nineties called "Dickens' Daughter". The sketch also parodied other videos by the band, including "I Don't Care" and "Goodbye Cruel World".
*In 1994 two contestants on the UK TV show [[Stars In Their Eyes]] sang the song, dressed like Siobhan and Marcella from the video
* [[Newman and Baddiel]] also sent up the song on the 1992 comedy sketch show ''[[The Mary Whitehouse Experience]]''. David Baddiel played Marcella Detroit and Rob Newman lampooned Siobhan Fahey; when she opens her mouth to sing the more uptempo bridge of the song the sound of a ship's foghorn is heard instead.
*Featured in the 2000s paranormal television series ''[[Ghost Whisperer]]'', season 4, episode 13 ("Body of Water").
* In 1993 a parody of the video featured in the video to [[Mr Blobby (song)|Mr Blobby]] where it is [[Mr Blobby]] not the man lying on the bed which he then falls off.
*[[Sweetbox]] covered the song on their 2002 album, ''[[Jade (Sweetbox album)|Jade]]''.
*[[Cradle of Filth]] covered the song on their 2006 album [[Thornography]]
*[[Cher Lloyd]] performed the song to great acclaim on the Halloween edition of [[The X Factor 2010]] resulting in the song re-entering the UK Top 20.
*The song was performed during [[The Voice UK (series 7)]] by Lauren Bannon.
*The song was performed by [[Bananarama]] on their The Original Lineup Tour in 2017, with [[Keren Woodward]] and [[Sarah Dallin]] singing the verses originally sung by [[Marcella Detroit]], and [[Siobhan Fahey]] singing her original bridge.
*Comedy duo [[Dawn French]] and [[Jennifer Saunders]] created a parody sketch of the song's music video in their TV series [[French and Saunders]] in 1993.
*In a [[YouTube]] video published in 2011 [[Lady Gaga]] listed it as one of her favourite music videos.
*[[Jake Quickenden]] skated to the song in the 2018 semi-final of [[Dancing on Ice]]
*The characters of Jenny Joyce and Aisling impersonated the duo in the series 3 episode of [[Derry Girls]], “The Affair”.
*[[Ghost (Swedish band)|Ghost]] covered the song for the 2023 film ''[[Insidious: The Red Door]]'', featuring lead actor and director [[Patrick Wilson]] on vocals.
*In the 16 August 2023 episode of [[Coronation Street]] the characters of Hope and Ruby sang the song for a talent show with Hope dressed like Siobhan from the video.
*Dero Goi covered the song in his 2024 double album, “1984.”


==References==
==References==
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==External links==
* {{MetroLyrics song|shakespears-sister|stay}}<!-- Licensed lyrics provider -->

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| years = 22 February 1992<br/>(eight weeks)
| after = "[[Deeply Dippy]]" by [[Right Said Fred]]
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Latest revision as of 07:04, 31 December 2024

"Stay"
Single by Shakespears Sister
from the album Hormonally Yours
B-side"The Trouble with Andre"
Released13 January 1992 (1992-01-13)
GenrePop
Length
  • 3:50 (album version)
  • 3:45 (7-inch edit)
LabelLondon
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
Shakespears Sister singles chronology
"Goodbye Cruel World"
(1991) 		"Stay"
(1992) 		"I Don't Care"
(1992)
Music video
"Stay" on YouTube

"Stay" is a song by UK-based pop act Shakespears Sister, released in January 1992 by London Records as the second single from their second album, Hormonally Yours (1992). The single was written by Siobhan Fahey, Marcella Detroit, and Dave Stewart (under the pseudonym "Jean Guiot"), and became a massive hit. It is the duo's first and only number-one single in numerous territories, including the UK, where it topped the UK Singles Chart for eight consecutive weeks and was the fourth-biggest-selling single of 1992. "Stay" also reached No. 1 in Sweden and in band member Siobhan Fahey's birthplace, Ireland. It was a transatlantic hit as well, reaching No. 4 on both the US Billboard Hot 100 and the Canadian RPM 100 Hit Tracks chart. Its music video was directed by Sophie Muller and drew inspirations from the 1953 film Cat-Women of the Moon. At the 1993 Brit Awards "Stay" won the award for British Video of the Year.[1]

In November 2010, The X Factor contestant Cher Lloyd performed the song on series 7 of the show. Following this, the original version re-entered the UK and Irish charts. As well as being used on The X Factor, the song has also been featured on Britain's Got Talent, Dancing on Ice, Strictly Come Dancing and The Voice UK. A cover version by Ghost, played at the end credits of Insidious: The Red Door, the fifth installment of the Insidious Franchise.

Composition

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"Stay" was written by Siobhan Fahey, Marcella Detroit, and Dave Stewart. The song was inspired by the film Cat-Women of the Moon; Stewart conceived the idea of the Cat-Women singing about an earthling that she had fallen in love with, and suggested writing the song to Detroit and Fahey.[2] According to Detroit, Stewart and Fahey used to host parties where she invariably ended up performing ballads with famous guests who showed up at their parties, so Stewart suggested writing a ballad that features her on lead vocals. They rewrote the song "maybe four times."[3] Once they finished writing the song, they recorded a demo and took it to Fahey's home. There the producer Chris Thomas, who had been working with Stewart, listened to the demo and said "No.1 smash!", to which they replied "Really?"[2]

The song was produced by Alan Moulder and Chris Thomas; Thomas helped to produce the final remix when they felt the song was not working. Jennifer Maidman of Penguin Cafe Orchestra created the arrangement for synthesiser in the chorus.[3] "Stay" is the only Shakespears Sister song that features Marcella Detroit on lead chorus, with Detroit singing the verses and Fahey singing the bridge. This would cause tension with Fahey when the song was selected by the record label as the lead single as Fahey felt the song was not typical of the album.[2] Detroit sings in whistle register before the last chorus of the song, going up to a high F (F6). The piano, synth and bass guitar were performed by Ian aka Jennifer Maidman, and the drums by Steve Ferrera, both musicians whose contributions featured throughout the Hormonally Yours album.[citation needed]

Critical reception

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The song received favorable reviews from most music critics. AllMusic editor Tom Demalon said in his review of Hormonally Yours, that "everything was lost in the wake of the lovely, dramatic "Stay", a global smash."[4] Christopher Kramer from American Eagle noted that the song "has lyrics that ring of their gospel interests."[5] Larry Flick from Billboard described it as a "complex modern-pop tune" and noted further that the "vocal tradeoff between Marcella Detroit and Siobhan Fahey is both intense and dramatic."[6] Clark and DeVaney from Cashbox felt it's "almost like two separate songs, representing the different influences the pair bring to their music. The first half is Marcie's reverent and angelic sounding voice, then out of the blue, comes the industrial clammer of heavy percussion and Siobhan's rough-edged bridge."[7] Dave Sholin from the Gavin Report stated, "This haunting ballad proves they haven't changed course as they deliver a melody that has true staying power."[8] Another Gavin Report editors, Rufer & Fell, wrote that the female duo "gives a once-in-a-lifetime performance of a moody and deliberate song about staying power in a relationship."[9] Chuck Campbell from Knoxville News-Sentinel described it as a "disarmingly sweet ballad" and added that it "segues into a stern warning ("I'll go anywhere with you/I'll do anything it takes/But if you try to go it alone/Don't think I'll understand") then concludes rather sinisterly."[10]

Sally Margaret Joy from Melody Maker complimented it as a "pretty hymn about human frailty", adding, "Yes, it's got a great hook, with Marcella's voice quavering up high and tremulously."[11] Pan-European magazine Music & Media felt that Detroit's vibrato "gives the tune the ethereal ambiance of classic Marianne Faithfull material. Towards the end of the song Fahey takes over with her slightly darker voice."[12] In the review of the single, they remarked that "after a slow start backed by minimal arrangements, this serious ballad slowly acquires some bite."[13] Terry Staunton from New Musical Express opined that they "are trying a little too hard to be the Thelma & Louise of weirdo-chick-bubblegum-pop these days."[14] Lucy O'Brien from Select stated that Detroit "makes a brave stab at the anthemic ballad with "Stay", but ends up sounding suspiciously like Jennifer Rush."[15] Siân Pattenden from Smash Hits felt it "sounds like a hymn".[16] A reviewer from St. Petersburg Times deemed the song "the year's best single" and commented, "You'd better hope and pray/That you make it safe/Back to your own world. Just try to ignore former Bananarama B-girl Siobhan Fahey, as she growls like a master berating her slave".[17]

Retrospective response

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Daily Vault's Michael R. Smith declared "Stay" as a "masterpiece", writing that the song managed to "show the world just what could be done to an otherwise mundane and ordinary ballad. It not only turned the entire pop formula on its ear, it totally blew the possibilities wide open."[18] Tom Ewing of Freaky Trigger remarked "the teetering, cracking soprano" of Detroit's lead vocal, and Fahey's "growled and throaty intervention" on the bridge. He also felt that "obviously, the switched-dynamics form of the song matches its content: a tale of two worlds, the singer's and the subject's, and the relationship between them. One is claustrophobic, intense, something to escape: the other reached by risky passage, but where safety is hardly guaranteed and worse terrors may lurk."[19] Imran Khan of PopMatters called it a "weird sci-fi ballad of gothic-gospel electronica".[20] In his review of their 2019 compilation album, Singles Party, Christopher Smith from Talk About Pop Music described it as "haunting" and "epic".[21]

Music video

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Background, development, and release

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British director Sophie Muller directed the promo video for the single, the concept of which was also inspired by the film Cat-Women of the Moon (1953).[22] The video featured Detroit and Fahey fighting over a comatose man (played by Dave Evans, former boyfriend of Fahey's Bananarama bandmate Keren Woodward).[23] Fahey described her looks as "unhinged Victorian heroine meets Suzi Quatro meets Labelle", an angel of death "in dark makeup coming down the stairs from another dimension". The part where Fahey walks down the stairs was inspired by Powell and Pressburger's film A Matter of Life and Death (1946).[3]

The video won Best Video at the 1993 Music Week Awards and Brit Awards, and was the subject of a spoof by comedians French & Saunders. The video was featured in the Top 100 Music Videos of all time by Channel 4.[24]

Synopsis

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In some rare versions the beginning quotes a variation of the opening of William Shakespeare's Macbeth: The original quote of the play ("When shall we three meet again") is changed to "When shall we two meet again", referring to the story told in the video.[25]

The video starts with a view of a calm night sky wherein a shooting star passes over a full moon and the song begins. The camera pans back into what appears to be a hospital room showing Marcella Detroit and her male lover (Evans), who is in a coma and on the verge of death. As Detroit tends to him, she sings to him not to leave her. At the bridge of the song, a portal opens and the angel of death, played by Fahey, appears at the top of a staircase, wearing a sparkling catsuit. She dances around in front of a bright light whilst mocking Detroit that she cannot save her lover and the best she can hope for is to return safely to her environment. Detroit tries her best to wake the man up, while Death slowly and eerily makes her way down the stairs to claim his soul. The two women begin fighting over the man, indicating literally and figuratively a fight between life (Detroit) and death (Fahey). During their struggle, the man finally wakes up, and he and Detroit embrace while Death, having failed to seduce him into her realm, walks away in disgust and goes back up the staircase and into the light.[26]

Track listings

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Charts

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Certifications and sales

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Region Certification Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA)[57] Gold 35,000^
United Kingdom (BPI)[67] Gold 484,500[66]
United States (RIAA)[68] Gold 500,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

Release history

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Region Date Format(s) Label(s) Ref.
United Kingdom 13 January 1992
  • 7-inch vinyl
  • CD
  • cassette
 London [12]
Japan 10 April 1992 Mini-CD [69]
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