Stay with Me (Exile song) explained

Stay with Me
Type:single
Artist:Dave & Sugar
Album:Stay with Me / Golden Tears
B-Side:"What I Feel Is You"[1]
Released:June 1979
Recorded:1978
Genre:Country
Length:2:38
Label:RCA
Producer:Jerry Bradley
Dave Rowland
Prev Title:Golden Tears
Prev Year:1979
Next Title:My World Begins and Ends with You
Next Year:1979
Stay with Me
Type:single
Artist:Family Brown
Album:Familiar Faces, Familiar Places
B-Side:Tag Along Joe
Released:June 1979
Genre:Country
Length:2:38
Label:RCA
Producer:Jack Feeney
Prev Title:The Way I Love You
Prev Year:1979
Next Title:Love Was on Our Side
Next Year:1979

"Stay with Me" is a country music song written by J.P. Pennington and originally recorded by country pop band Exile in 1978. In 1979, the song was released as a single by the different artists. The first version, recorded by Dandy, reached number 57 of the Billboard Hot Country Singles chart.[2] The song was most notably recorded by Dave and Sugar and Family Brown, who both reached the top ten of the country charts in the U.S. and Canada, respectively.

While not originally released as a single when recorded, Exile's version was later released in 1985.[2]

Chart performance

Family Brown

Chart (1979)Peak
position
Canada RPM Adult Contemporary20[3]
Canada RPM Country Tracks4[4]

Exile

Notes and References

  1. Book: Whitburn, Joel. Hot Country Songs 1944 to 2008. Record Research, Inc. 115. 2008. 978-0-89820-177-2.
  2. Book: Whitburn, Joel. Hot Country Songs 1944 to 2008. Record Research, Inc. 592. 2008. 978-0-89820-177-2.
  3. Web site: RPM Adult Contemporary for August 11, 1979. RPM.
  4. Web site: RPM Country Tracks for Stepmber 22, 1979. RPM.