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"Don't You Wanna Stay"
Song

"Don't You Wanna Stay" is a song performed by American country singer Jason Aldean featuring Kelly Clarkson from Aldean's 2010 album, My Kinda Party. It was written by Andy Gibson, Paul Jenkins and Jason Sellers. After both Aldean and Clarkson performed the song on the 44th annual Country Music Association Awards on November 10, 2010, it was released as the second single due to strong demands of radio stations on the following day. The song contains element of country pop and its lyrics speak of the difficulties of finding and maintaining love.

"Don't You Wanna Stay" was met with generally favorable reviews by critics who considered the song as "a classic power ballad". Critics also lauded the interesting combination between Aldean's and Clarkson's voice. The song enjoyed commercial success in United States, peaking at number one on the Billboard Hot Country Songs and at number 31 on the Billboard Hot 100. It became Aldean's fifth number one single and Clarkson's first number one single on the Billboard Hot Country Songs and was certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). Both Aldean and Clarkson performed the song in several occasions. Footage from the Country Music Association award performance were used to comprise a music video for "Don't You Wanna Stay", directed by Paul Miller. The song was nominated for "Best Country Duo/Group Performance" at the 54th Grammy Awards.

Background and release

"Don't You Wanna Stay" was written by Andy Gibson, Paul Jenkins and Jason Sellers. According to Sellers, they were at Jenkins' house when they started composing the song. He explained, "We just wanted to write a love song. We had an idea of what we were targeting. We didn’t write it as a duet. We wrote it, and Andy thought about recording it. After we got the song written, we played it for Jason. Jason Aldean's idea for it was to make it a duet."[1] The song is the first duet that Aldean has recorded.[2] In an interview with Nashville.com, Aldean revealed that the song was not originally presented to him as a duet. Nevertheless, he and producer Michael Knox thought the lyrics would work for two people if he could find a female artist as a duet partner.[3][4] Aldean considered a number of female vocalists to record the song with, especially Kelly Clarkson and Carrie Underwood.[4] However, Clarkson remained as his first choice.[3] He explained,

"We had the song pitched to us and originally it wasn’t a duet. The more I was listening to the thing and learning the song, I realized it set itself up to be a duet if we wanted to go that route. When I called my producer about it he asked who I wanted to sing it with me and I said Kelly Clarkson, but I didn’t think we’d be able to get her. I’ve always been a big fan of hers. I love her voice and I love her style. Long story short, we got her a copy of the song and she loved it. As soon as she started singing, it became obvious it was going to be great."[5]

On November 10, 2010, "Don't You Wanna Stay" was performed live for the first time by Aldean with Clarkson on the 44th Country Music Association Awards.[6] The performance triggered an overwhelming demand from radio stations across the country. As a result, Aldean’s label, Broken Bow Records, made the song available on PLAY MPE.[7] Carson James, the label's Senior Vice President for Promotion responded,

"If there’s one thing I’ve learned in my years in the record business, it is always give radio what they want [...] Our entire promotion staff has spent all night fielding calls and returning texts about getting this song, so we decided it best to release it on Play MPE first thing this morning."[7]

The song was later included on the deluxe edition of Clarkson's fifth studio album, Stronger, in 2011.

Composition

"Don't You Wanna Stay" (2010)
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"Don't You Wanna Stay" is a country pop song with a length of four minutes and sixteen seconds.[8] It incorporates melancholic guitar riff which is accompanied by classical elements such as violin.[9] John Hill of About.com considered the song as a "classic power ballad", writing "whether you want to call the song country, pop, or something in between doesn't matter because the chorus is so catchy that it doesn't matter if you use an electric guitar or a steel guitar."[10] It is set in common time and has a steady tempo of 72 beats per minute. It is written in the key of G-sharp minor and both Aldean and Clarkson's vocals span two octaves, from A♯3 to G♯5.[11] It follows the chord progression G♯m–E–B.[11] Bob Peacock of Roughstock thought that the structure of the song was interesting with its brief four-line verses and "don't you wanna stay's throughout the chorus.[12] As the chorus of the song starts in, the sound of electric and slide guitars are prominent as Aldean and Clarkson sing, "Don't you wanna hold each other tight / Don't you wanna fall asleep with me tonight?"[13]

Lyrically, the song narrates the difficulties of finding and maintaining love. Cristin Maher of Taste of Country contended that the song exemplifies the desire some people have when they want to make the move from a physical relationship to an emotional relationship, which is represented by the song lyrics "Let’s take it slow, I don’t want to move too fast / I don’t wanna just make love, I wanna make love last."[9] Gibson, one of the writers of the song, stated that the song does not contain a lot of flowery lyrics or sentiment. He added, "It’s just straight up what somebody would say to somebody they’d want to be with."[1]

Critical reception

The song has received generally positive reviews. Allison Stewart of The Washington Post called the song "great and gooey", saying that it sounded like "Bryan Adams teaming with Heart in 1984 for a contribution to some alternate universe Footloose soundtrack."[14] Blake Boldt of The 9513 gave the song a thumbs-up, calling the song as "a dramatic affair that demonstrates how pop and country can intersect with each other and offer decent results." He concluded his review by writing, ""Don't You Wanna Stay" would be a suitable fit for a Foreigner or Whitesnake album, and, though nowhere near a classic, it’s an instant entrant into the "guilty pleasure" category."[15] Reviewing the album for Billboard, Gary Graff described the song as being part of an "array of such bittersweet, emotionally ambivalent goodbye songs".[16] Bobby Peacock of Roughstock gave the song three-and-a-half stars out of five and praised both Aldean and Clarkson's fine voice, "making for an interesting combination: Jason's rough, slightly nasal voice against Kelly's cleaner, forceful tone."[12] In a different perspective, Kevin John Coyne of Country Universe graded the production of the song as "C", lambasting the song for its musical element, writing "the sheer volume of noise that invades the track with the first chorus takes us straight into Monster Ballads territory." He concluded his review by emphasizing that "this isn’t country music. It just isn’t."[17]

Awards and nomination

At the 2011 CMT Music Awards, "Don't You Wanna Stay" was nominated for "Collaborative Video of the Year," but lost to Justin Bieber's "That Should Be Me" featuring Rascal Flatts (2010).[18] "Don't You Wanna Stay" received nominations for two awards at the 45th Country Music Association Awards. The song received a nomination for the "Musical Event of the Year" and won the award; it was also nominated for the "Single of the Year" but lost to The Band Perry's "If I Die Young" (2010).[19] At the 54th Grammy Awards, the song received a nomination for "Best Country Duo/Group Performance."[20] "Don't You Wanna Stay" won two awards of "Single by a Vocal Collaboration" and "Music Video by a Duo/Group/Collaboration" at the 2011 American Country Awards.[21]

Commercial performance

Following the album release of My Kinda Party, "Don't You Wanna Stay" debuted at number 59 on the Billboard Hot Country Songs[22] as well as at number 93 on the Billboard Hot 100 on the week ending November 20, 2010.[23] On its second week on Billboard Hot 100, the song jumped to number 56 after Aldean and Clarkson performed the song at the Country Music Association awards.[24] The song reached a new peak of number 31 in its 24th week on the chart after Aldean and Clarkson performed the song on American Idol.[25] On the week ending July 21, 2011, the song re-entered Billboard Hot 100 at number 48 in its 27th week on the chart after impacting Adult Contemporary and Adult Pop Songs charts.[26]

On the week ending February 27, 2011, "Don't You Wanna Stay" moved to number one on Billboard Hot Country Songs and consequently became Aldean's fifth number one hit and Clarkson's first number one hit on the chart.[27] The accomplishment also made Clarkson as the third American Idol contestant to score a number one hit on the Billboard Hot Country Songs. The feat was first accomplished by Josh Gracin and followed by Carrie Underwood.[28][29] The song also debuted at number 17 on the Adult Contemporary on the week ending June 25, 2011.[30] The song has sold 1,802,000 digital downloads as of December 7, 2011,[31] and it is the best-selling country collaboration in digital history.[32]

Live performances

On November 10, 2010, Aldean performed the song with Clarkson for the first time at the 44th annual Country Music Association Awards at Bridgestone Arena in Nashville, Tennessee.[6] Despite receiving a standing ovation,[3] their performance of the song in that event was graded as a "D" in the Los Angeles Times, noting that the song is "a ballad that turned into some oddly orchestrated '80s hair metal tune. It’s an easy slam, but this is "American Idol" bombast."[33] Aldean and Clarkson also performed the song on several other occasions. They sang the song on The Ellen DeGeneres Show on February 22, 2011.[34] On April 14, 2011, they performed the song live on the tenth season of American Idol during the Top 8 results show.[35] They later performed the song live during Country Music Association festival in Nashville, Tennessee on June 9, 2011.[36] Aldean also performed the song on all venues of his concert tour, the My Kinda Party Tour, which started on January 21, 2011. During each performance, Clarkson is seen on a big screen behind Aldean, singing her part of the duet.[37] He explained,

"We decided to go in and film her doing her thing [...] so even though she wasn't at the show, she could still be a part of the show. As big as that song is getting for us right now, it was definitely a song that we thought we had to have in the show. She cut a thing for us to use, and I cut a thing for her to use in her show if she wants to do that. It's a cool way to have her be a part of the show even though she's not going to be there every night."[38]

The song has been made into a music video, comprising the live footage from the Country Music Association awards, directed by Paul Miller.[39]

Track listing

  • U.S. Digital download[40]
  1. "Don't You Wanna Stay" (with Kelly Clarkson) – 4:16

Charts, certifications and succession

Chart procession and succession

Preceded by Billboard Hot Country Songs
number-one single
March 12-March 26, 2011 		Succeeded by

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