Stay with Me (Exile song)

"Stay with Me"
Single by Dave & Sugar
from the album Stay with Me / Golden Tears
B-side "What I Feel Is You"[1]
Released 1979
Genre Country
Length 2:38
Label RCA Records
Writer(s) J.P. Pennington
Producer(s) Jerry Bradley
Dave Rowland
Dave & Sugar singles chronology
"Golden Tears"
(1979)
"Stay with Me"
(1979)
"My World Begins and Ends with You"
(1979)
"Stay with Me"
Single by Family Brown
from the album Familiar Faces, Familiar Places
Released 1979
Genre Country
Length 2:38
Label RCA Records
Writer(s) J.P. Pennington
Family Brown singles chronology
"The Way I Love You"
(1979)
"Stay with Me"
(1979)
"Love Was on Our Side"
(1979)

"Stay with Me" is the title of 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

Dandy

Chart (1979) Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles 57[2]

Dave & Sugar

Chart (1979) Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles 6[2]

Family Brown

Chart (1979) Peak
position
Canada RPM Adult Contemporary 20[3]
Canada RPM Country Tracks 4[4]

Exile

Chart (1985) Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles 86[2]

References

  1. Whitburn, Joel (2008). Hot Country Songs 1944 to 2008. Record Research, Inc. p. 115. ISBN 0-89820-177-2.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 Whitburn, Joel (2008). Hot Country Songs 1944 to 2008. Record Research, Inc. p. 592. ISBN 0-89820-177-2.
  3. "RPM Adult Contemporary for August 11, 1979". RPM.
  4. "RPM Country Tracks for Stepmber 22, 1979". RPM.
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