Stay

Stay may refer to:

• Stays (nautical), the heavy ropes, wires, or rods on sailing vessels that run from the masts to the hull
• Guy-wire, a metal wire used to support tall structures, such as radio masts
• Bone (corsetry), one of the rigid parts of a corset (also sometimes known as stays)
• Stay (novel) (2002), a crime novel by Nicola Griffith
• Stay, a court order requiring that a party refrain from a certain action until the court has time to consider a matter
• Stay, part of a steam locomotive's firebox
• A small rigid piece used to maintain the point of a men's dress shirt collar

In music:

• "Stay" (Maurice Williams song), a 1964 single by Maurice Williams and The Zodiacs
• "Stay" (Pink Floyd song), a single from Pink Floyd's 1972 album Obscured by Clouds
• "Stay" (David Bowie song), a single from David Bowie's 1976 album Station to Station
• Stay, a single from David Guetta 2004 album Guetta Blaster
• "Stay" (Shakespears Sister song), a single from Shakespears Sister's 1992 album Hormonally Yours
• "Stay" (Ne-Yo song), a single from by Ne-Yo's 2006 album In My Own Words
• "Stay" (Sugarland song), a single from Sugarland's 2006 album Enjoy the Ride
• "Stay (Faraway, So Close!)", a single from U2's 1993 album Zooropa
• Stay (album) (2002), by Jeremy Camp
• "Stay (I Missed You)", a 1994 single by Lisa Loeb and Nine Stories
• "Stay (Wasting Time)", a single from the Dave Matthews Band 1998 album Before These Crowded Streets
• "Stay", a song from Alison Krauss and Union Station's 2002 album Live
• "Stay", a 1993 single by British R&B group Eternal
• "Stay", a 1997 single by electronic artist Sash!
• "Stay", a single by New Wave artist Oingo Boingo, from the album Dead Man's Party
• "Stay", a single by ex-Boyzone singer Stephen Gately
• "Stay", a song by Chaka Khan
• "Stay", a song by Elisa
• "Stay a song from christian artist Jeremy Camp

In film:

• Stay (2005 film), a psychological thriller directed by Marc Forster
• Sleeping Dogs Lie (2006 film) (originally titled Stay), a romantic comedy directed by Bobcat Goldthwait