Stay (David Bowie song)
| "Stay" | ||||
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| Single by David Bowie | ||||
| from the album Station to Station | ||||
| B-side | "Word on a Wing" | |||
| Released | July 1976 | |||
| Recorded | September – November 1975 | |||
| Studio | Cherokee, Los Angeles | |||
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| Label | RCA | |||
| Songwriter(s) | David Bowie | |||
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"Stay" is a song written and recorded by English singer-songwriter David Bowie in 1975 for the album Station to Station, released in January the following year. It was based on the funky guitar lick that dominates the track and which was invented by guitarist Earl Slick during the sessions for the album. In July 1976, the song was released as a single by RCA in the United States.
The verse and chorus structures can be traced back to "John, I'm Only Dancing (Again)", a track recorded for the Young Americans album but first released (as a single) in 1979.[2]
Track listing
All songs written by David Bowie.[3]
- "Stay" – 3:21
- "Word on a Wing" – 3:10
Production credits
- Producer:
- Musicians:
- David Bowie – lead vocals, Minimoog, Mellotron
- Warren Peace – percussion, backing vocals
- Earl Slick – electric guitar
- Carlos Alomar – electric guitar
- George Murray – bass
- Dennis Davis – drums
Live versions
- A live version recorded on an Isolar Tour concert at Nassau Coliseum, Long Island on 23 March 1976 was first released as a bonus track on the 1991 Rykodisc CD release of Station to Station. The same performance was included on the album Live Nassau Coliseum '76, which was released as part of the 2010 reissues of the Station to Station album,[4] in the 2016 collection Who Can I Be Now? (1974–1976), and as a stand–alone album in 2017.
- A concert performance recorded in spring 1978 during the Isolar II Tour was included on the 2005 and 2017 expanded reissues of the live album Stage.[4][5] A summer 1978 performance from the same tour was released on the live album Welcome to the Blackout in 2018.
- Bowie's 25 June 2000 performance of the song at the Glastonbury Festival was released in 2018 on Glastonbury 2000.
- A live recording made at the BBC Radio Theatre, London, England on 27 June 2000 was released on the bonus disc accompanying the first releases of Bowie at the Beeb.[4]
Other releases
- It was released as the B-side of "Suffragette City" in July 1976.[4]
- The single version appeared on the Christiane F. soundtrack (1981). It is also included on Re:Call 2, part of the Who Can I Be Now? (1974–1976) boxed set (2016).
- A re-recorded version from 1997 was released in early 2020 as part of the Is It Any Wonder? EP.
Cover versions
- Ava Cherry – 3" CD single
References
- ^ Mojica, Frank (4 October 2010). "David Bowie – Station to Station [Special Edition]". Consequence of Sound. Retrieved 1 June 2016.
- ^ Pegg 2011, p. 239.
- ^ "Stay" (Single liner notes). David Bowie. US: RCA Victor. 1976. PB-10736.
{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link) - ^ a b c d Pegg 2011, p. 240.
- ^ "David Bowie / Remastered 'Berlin' albums available separately next month". superdeluxeedition.com. 19 January 2018. Retrieved 4 March 2018.
Sources
- Pegg, Nicholas (2011). The Complete David Bowie (6th ed.). London: Titan Books. ISBN 9780857682901.
