If You Let Me Stay Explained

If You Let Me Stay
Cover:If You Let Me Stay.jpg
Type:single
Artist:Terence Trent D'Arby
Album:Introducing the Hardline According to Terence Trent D'Arby
Released:February 16, 1987 (UK)[1]
October 1987 (US)[2]
Recorded:1987
Genre:R&B, soul
Length:3:14
Label:Columbia
Next Title:Wishing Well
Next Year:1987

"If You Let Me Stay" is the debut single by American singer Terence Trent D'Arby first released in the UK in February 1987. It was taken from his debut album, Introducing the Hardline According to Terence Trent D'Arby.

Reception

It reached #68 on the Billboard Hot 100[3] and peaked at #7 on the UK Singles Chart.[4]

It was not until the release of the second single, "Wishing Well", that D'Arby managed to crossover his success in the UK to the US.That song became one of the biggest hits of 1987 in the United States.

Charts

Year-end charts

Chart (1987)!scope="col"
Position
European Top 100 Singles (Music & Media)[5] 98
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)[6] 19
UK Singles (OCC)[7] 67

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Music Week. 13.
  2. Web site: Great Rock Discography. 200.
  3. U.S. Billboard Singles
  4. Web site: Official Charts. Official Charts. 12 November 2016.
  5. Web site: European Charts of the Year 1987: Singles. 34. Music & Media. December 26, 1987. April 6, 2022. 5. 11.
  6. Web site: END OF YEAR CHARTS 1987. Official New Zealand Music Chart. April 22, 2021.
  7. Gallup Year End Charts 1987: Singles. Record Mirror. 36. January 23, 1988. April 7, 2022.