"Stay" is a song by UK-based pop act Shakespears Sister, released by London Records in January 1992 as the second single from their second album, Hormonally Yours (1992). The single was written by Siobhan Fahey, Marcella Detroit, and Dave Stewart (under the pseudonym "Jean Guiot"), and became a massive hit. It is the duo's first and only number-one single in numerous territories, including the UK, where it topped the UK Singles Chart for eight consecutive weeks and was the fourth-biggest-selling single of 1992. "Stay" also reached No. 1 in Sweden and in band member Siobhan Fahey's birthplace, Ireland. It was a transatlantic hit as well, reaching No. 4 on both the US Billboard Hot 100 and the Canadian RPM Top Singles chart.
"Stay" was written by Siobhan Fahey, Marcella Detroit, and Dave Stewart. The song was inspired by the film Cat-Women of the Moon; Stewart conceived the idea of the Cat-Women singing about an earthling that she had fallen in love with, and suggested writing the song to Detroit and Fahey.[2] According to Detroit, Stewart and Fahey used to host parties where she invariably ended up performing ballads with famous guests who showed up at their parties, so Stewart suggested writing a ballad that features her on lead vocals. They rewrote the song "maybe four times."[3] Once they finished writing the song, they recorded a demo and took it to Fahey's home. There the producer Chris Thomas, who had been working with Stewart, listened to the demo and said "No.1 smash!", to which they replied "Really?"[2]
The song was produced by Alan Moulder and Chris Thomas; Thomas helped to produce the final remix when they felt the song was not working. Jennifer Maidman of Penguin Cafe Orchestra created the arrangement for synthesiser in the chorus.[3] "Stay" is the only Shakespears Sister song that features Marcella Detroit on lead chorus, with Detroit singing the verses and Fahey singing the bridge. This would cause tension with Fahey when the song was selected by the record label as the lead single as Fahey felt the song was not typical of the album.[2] Detroit sings in whistle register before the last chorus of the song, going up to a high F (F6). The piano, synth and bass guitar were performed by Ian aka Jennifer Maidman, and the drums by Steve Ferrera, both musicians whose contributions featured throughout the Hormonally Yours album.[citation needed]
Critical reception
The song received favorable reviews from most music critics. AllMusic editor Tom Demalon said in his review of Hormonally Yours, that "everything was lost in the wake of the lovely, dramatic "Stay", a global smash."[4] Christopher Kramer from American Eagle noted that the song "has lyrics that ring of their gospel interests."[5]Larry Flick from Billboard described it as a "complex modern-pop tune" and noted further that the "vocal tradeoff between Marcella Detroit and Siobhan Fahey is both intense and dramatic."[6] Clark and DeVaney from Cashbox felt it's "almost like two separate songs, representing the different influences the pair bring to their music. The first half is Marcie's reverent and angelic sounding voice, then out of the blue, comes the industrial clammer of heavy percussion and Siobhan's rough-edged bridge."[7] Dave Sholin from the Gavin Report stated, "This haunting ballad proves they haven't changed course as they deliver a melody that has true staying power."[8] The magazine's Rufer & Fell wrote that the female duo "gives a once-in-a-lifetime performance of a moody and deliberate song about staying power in a relationship."[9] Chuck Campbell from Knoxville News-Sentinel described it as a "disarmingly sweet ballad" and added that it "segues into a stern warning ("I'll go anywhere with you/I'll do anything it takes/But if you try to go it alone/Don't think I'll understand") then concludes rather sinisterly."[10]
Sally Margaret Joy from Melody Maker complimented it as a "pretty hymn about human frailty", adding, "Yes, it's got a great hook, with Marcella's voice quavering up high and tremulously."[11] Pan-European magazine Music & Media felt that Detroit's vibrato "gives the tune the ethereal ambiance of classic Marianne Faithfull material. Towards the end of the song Fahey takes over with her slightly darker voice."[12] In the review of the single, they remarked that "after a slow start backed by minimal arrangements, this serious ballad slowly acquires some bite."[13] Terry Staunton from New Musical Express opined that they "are trying a little too hard to be the Thelma & Louise of weirdo-chick-bubblegum-pop these days."[14] Lucy O'Brien from Select stated that Detroit "makes a brave stab at the anthemic ballad with "Stay", but ends up sounding suspiciously like Jennifer Rush."[15] Sian Pattenden from Smash Hits felt it "sounds like a hymn".[16] A reviewer from St. Petersburg Times deemed the song "the year's best single" and commented, "'You'd better hope and pray/That you make it safe/Back to your own world.' Just try to ignore former Bananarama B-girl Siobhan Fahey, as she growls like a master berating her slave".[17]
Retrospective response
Daily Vault's Michael R. Smith declared "Stay" as a "masterpiece", writing that the song managed to "show the world just what could be done to an otherwise mundane and ordinary ballad. It not only turned the entire pop formula on its ear, it totally blew the possibilities wide open."[18] Tom Ewing of Freaky Trigger remarked "the teetering, cracking soprano" of Detroit's lead vocal, and Fahey's "growled and throaty intervention" on the bridge. He also felt that "obviously, the switched-dynamics form of the song matches its content: a tale of two worlds, the singer's and the subject's, and the relationship between them. One is claustrophobic, intense, something to escape: the other reached by risky passage, but where safety is hardly guaranteed and worse terrors may lurk."[19] Imran Khan of PopMatters called it a "weird sci-fi ballad of gothic-gospel electronica".[20] In his review of their 2019 compilation album, Singles Party, Christopher Smith from Talk About Pop Music described it as "haunting" and "epic".[21]
Music video
Background, development, and release
British director Sophie Muller directed the promo video for the single, the concept of which was also inspired by the film Cat-Women of the Moon (1953).[22] The video featured Detroit and Fahey fighting over a comatose man (played by Dave Evans, former boyfriend of Fahey's Bananarama bandmate Keren Woodward).[23] Fahey described her looks as "unhinged Victorian heroine meets Suzi Quatro meets Labelle", an angel of death "in dark makeup coming down the stairs from another dimension". The part where Fahey walks down the stairs was inspired by Powell and Pressburger's film A Matter of Life and Death (1946).[3]
The video won Best Video at the 1993 Music Week Awards and Brit Awards, and was the subject of a spoof by comedians French & Saunders. The video was featured in the Top 100 Music Videos of all time by Channel 4.[24]
Synopsis
In some rare versions the beginning quotes a variation of the opening of William Shakespeare's Macbeth: The original quote of the play ("When shall we three meet again") is changed to "When shall we two meet again", referring to the story told in the video.[25]
The video starts with a view of a calm night sky wherein a shooting star passes over a full moon and the song begins. The camera pans back into what appears to be a hospital room showing Marcella Detroit and her lover (Evans), who is in a coma and on the verge of death. As Detroit tends to him, she sings to him not to leave her. At the bridge of the song, a portal opens and the angel of death, played by Fahey, appears at the top of a staircase, wearing a sparkling catsuit. She dances around in front of a bright light whilst mocking Detroit that she cannot save her lover and the best she can hope for is to return safely to her own world. Detroit tries her best to wake the man up, while Death slowly makes her way down the stairs to claim his soul. The two women begin fighting over the man, making it literally and figuratively a fight between life (Detroit) and death (Fahey). During their struggle, the man finally wakes up, and he and Detroit embrace while Death, having failed to seduce him into her realm, walks away in disgust and goes back up the staircase to the light, presumably being the stairway to Heaven.[26]
The characters of Jenny Joyce and Aisling impersonated the duo in the series 3 episode of Derry Girls, “The Affair”.
References
^"1993". Brits.co.uk. 16 February 1993. Retrieved 30 March 2014.
^ abcEarls, John (1 October 2019). "Shakespears Sister Interview: 'All I wanted to do was have that conversation that had not been had for 26 years'". classic pop.
^ abcRogers, Jude (7 February 2022). "'I was getting bored so hit the vodka' – Shakespears Sister on how they made Stay". The Guardian.
^Stay (UK cassette single cassette notes). Shakespears Sister. London Records. 1992. LONCS 314, 869 624-4.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
^Stay (UK CD single liner notes). Shakespears Sister. London Records. 1992. LONCD 314, 869 625-2.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
^Stay (UK CD single liner notes). Shakespears Sister. London Records. 1992. LOCDP 314, 869 627-2.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
^Stay (US CD single liner notes). Shakespears Sister. London Records. 1992. 869 731-2.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
^Stay (US cassette single sleeve). Shakespears Sister. London Records. 1992. 869 730-4.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
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Stay is a song by UK based pop act Shakespears Sister released by London Records in January 1992 as the second single from their second album Hormonally Yours 1992 The single was written by Siobhan Fahey Marcella Detroit and Dave Stewart under the pseudonym Jean Guiot and became a massive hit It is the duo s first and only number one single in numerous territories including the UK where it topped the UK Singles Chart for eight consecutive weeks and was the fourth biggest selling single of 1992 Stay also reached No 1 in Sweden and in band member Siobhan Fahey s birthplace Ireland It was a transatlantic hit as well reaching No 4 on both the US Billboard Hot 100 and the Canadian RPM Top Singles chart Stay Single by Shakespears Sisterfrom the album Hormonally YoursB side The Trouble with Andre Released13 January 1992 1992 01 13 GenrePopLength3 50 album version 3 45 7 inch edit LabelLondonSongwriter s Siobhan Fahey Marcella Detroit David A StewartProducer s Shakespears Sister Alan Moulder Chris ThomasShakespears Sister singles chronology Goodbye Cruel World 1991 Stay 1992 I Don t Care 1992 Music video Stay on YouTubeAt the 1993 Brit Awards Stay won the award for British Video of the Year 1 In November 2010 The X Factor contestant Cher Lloyd performed the song on series 7 of the show Following this the original version re entered the UK Ireland and the European Hot 100 Singles charts As well as being used on The X Factor the song has also been featured on Britain s Got Talent Dancing on Ice Strictly Come Dancing and The Voice UK Contents 1 Composition 2 Critical reception 3 Retrospective response 4 Music video 4 1 Background development and release 4 2 Synopsis 5 Track listings 6 Charts 6 1 Weekly charts 6 2 Year end charts 7 Certifications and sales 8 In popular culture 9 ReferencesComposition Edit Stay was written by Siobhan Fahey Marcella Detroit and Dave Stewart The song was inspired by the film Cat Women of the Moon Stewart conceived the idea of the Cat Women singing about an earthling that she had fallen in love with and suggested writing the song to Detroit and Fahey 2 According to Detroit Stewart and Fahey used to host parties where she invariably ended up performing ballads with famous guests who showed up at their parties so Stewart suggested writing a ballad that features her on lead vocals They rewrote the song maybe four times 3 Once they finished writing the song they recorded a demo and took it to Fahey s home There the producer Chris Thomas who had been working with Stewart listened to the demo and said No 1 smash to which they replied Really 2 The song was produced by Alan Moulder and Chris Thomas Thomas helped to produce the final remix when they felt the song was not working Jennifer Maidman of Penguin Cafe Orchestra created the arrangement for synthesiser in the chorus 3 Stay is the only Shakespears Sister song that features Marcella Detroit on lead chorus with Detroit singing the verses and Fahey singing the bridge This would cause tension with Fahey when the song was selected by the record label as the lead single as Fahey felt the song was not typical of the album 2 Detroit sings in whistle register before the last chorus of the song going up to a high F F6 The piano synth and bass guitar were performed by Ian aka Jennifer Maidman and the drums by Steve Ferrera both musicians whose contributions featured throughout the Hormonally Yours album citation needed Critical reception EditThe song received favorable reviews from most music critics AllMusic editor Tom Demalon said in his review of Hormonally Yours that everything was lost in the wake of the lovely dramatic Stay a global smash 4 Christopher Kramer from American Eagle noted that the song has lyrics that ring of their gospel interests 5 Larry Flick from Billboard described it as a complex modern pop tune and noted further that the vocal tradeoff between Marcella Detroit and Siobhan Fahey is both intense and dramatic 6 Clark and DeVaney from Cashbox felt it s almost like two separate songs representing the different influences the pair bring to their music The first half is Marcie s reverent and angelic sounding voice then out of the blue comes the industrial clammer of heavy percussion and Siobhan s rough edged bridge 7 Dave Sholin from the Gavin Report stated This haunting ballad proves they haven t changed course as they deliver a melody that has true staying power 8 The magazine s Rufer amp Fell wrote that the female duo gives a once in a lifetime performance of a moody and deliberate song about staying power in a relationship 9 Chuck Campbell from Knoxville News Sentinel described it as a disarmingly sweet ballad and added that it segues into a stern warning I ll go anywhere with you I ll do anything it takes But if you try to go it alone Don t think I ll understand then concludes rather sinisterly 10 Sally Margaret Joy from Melody Maker complimented it as a pretty hymn about human frailty adding Yes it s got a great hook with Marcella s voice quavering up high and tremulously 11 Pan European magazine Music amp Media felt that Detroit s vibrato gives the tune the ethereal ambiance of classic Marianne Faithfull material Towards the end of the song Fahey takes over with her slightly darker voice 12 In the review of the single they remarked that after a slow start backed by minimal arrangements this serious ballad slowly acquires some bite 13 Terry Staunton from New Musical Express opined that they are trying a little too hard to be the Thelma amp Louise of weirdo chick bubblegum pop these days 14 Lucy O Brien from Select stated that Detroit makes a brave stab at the anthemic ballad with Stay but ends up sounding suspiciously like Jennifer Rush 15 Sian Pattenden from Smash Hits felt it sounds like a hymn 16 A reviewer from St Petersburg Times deemed the song the year s best single and commented You d better hope and pray That you make it safe Back to your own world Just try to ignore former Bananarama B girl Siobhan Fahey as she growls like a master berating her slave 17 Retrospective response EditDaily Vault s Michael R Smith declared Stay as a masterpiece writing that the song managed to show the world just what could be done to an otherwise mundane and ordinary ballad It not only turned the entire pop formula on its ear it totally blew the possibilities wide open 18 Tom Ewing of Freaky Trigger remarked the teetering cracking soprano of Detroit s lead vocal and Fahey s growled and throaty intervention on the bridge He also felt that obviously the switched dynamics form of the song matches its content a tale of two worlds the singer s and the subject s and the relationship between them One is claustrophobic intense something to escape the other reached by risky passage but where safety is hardly guaranteed and worse terrors may lurk 19 Imran Khan of PopMatters called it a weird sci fi ballad of gothic gospel electronica 20 In his review of their 2019 compilation album Singles Party Christopher Smith from Talk About Pop Music described it as haunting and epic 21 Music video EditBackground development and release Edit British director Sophie Muller directed the promo video for the single the concept of which was also inspired by the film Cat Women of the Moon 1953 22 The video featured Detroit and Fahey fighting over a comatose man played by Dave Evans former boyfriend of Fahey s Bananarama bandmate Keren Woodward 23 Fahey described her looks as unhinged Victorian heroine meets Suzi Quatro meets Labelle an angel of death in dark makeup coming down the stairs from another dimension The part where Fahey walks down the stairs was inspired by Powell and Pressburger s film A Matter of Life and Death 1946 3 The video won Best Video at the 1993 Music Week Awards and Brit Awards and was the subject of a spoof by comedians French amp Saunders The video was featured in the Top 100 Music Videos of all time by Channel 4 24 Synopsis Edit In some rare versions the beginning quotes a variation of the opening of William Shakespeare s Macbeth The original quote of the play When shall we three meet again is changed to When shall we two meet again referring to the story told in the video 25 The video starts with a view of a calm night sky wherein a shooting star passes over a full moon and the song begins The camera pans back into what appears to be a hospital room showing Marcella Detroit and her lover Evans who is in a coma and on the verge of death As Detroit tends to him she sings to him not to leave her At the bridge of the song a portal opens and the angel of death played by Fahey appears at the top of a staircase wearing a sparkling catsuit She dances around in front of a bright light whilst mocking Detroit that she cannot save her lover and the best she can hope for is to return safely to her own world Detroit tries her best to wake the man up while Death slowly makes her way down the stairs to claim his soul The two women begin fighting over the man making it literally and figuratively a fight between life Detroit and death Fahey During their struggle the man finally wakes up and he and Detroit embrace while Death having failed to seduce him into her realm walks away in disgust and goes back up the staircase to the light presumably being the stairway to Heaven 26 Track listings EditUK 7 inch and cassette single 27 28 Stay radio mix 3 48 The Trouble with Andre 4 03UK CD single 1 29 Stay LP version 3 48 Dirty Mind E Zee remix 6 25 Run Silent Revolution remix 7 16 Excerpts from Hormonally Yours 6 02UK CD single 2 30 Stay 3 48 Stay LP version 3 50 The Trouble with Andre 4 44 US CD single 31 Stay LP version 3 47 Remember My Name 3 35 Special previews Catwoman Goodbye Cruel World I Don t Care US cassette single 32 A1 Stay 3 47 A2 Special previews Catwoman Goodbye Cruel World I Don t Care B1 The Trouble with Andre 4 03Charts EditWeekly charts Edit Chart 1992 PeakpositionAustralia ARIA 33 3Austria O3 Austria Top 40 34 4Belgium Ultratop 50 Flanders 35 9Canada Top Singles RPM 36 4Canada Adult Contemporary RPM 37 31Europe Eurochart Hot 100 38 4France SNEP 39 40Germany Official German Charts 40 3Ireland IRMA 41 1Netherlands Dutch Top 40 42 26Netherlands Single Top 100 43 28New Zealand Recorded Music NZ 44 5Norway VG lista 45 6Sweden Sverigetopplistan 46 1Switzerland Schweizer Hitparade 47 2UK Singles OCC 48 1US Billboard Hot 100 49 4US Adult Contemporary Billboard 50 39US Mainstream Top 40 Billboard 51 18US Modern Rock Tracks Billboard 52 25US Rhythmic Billboard 53 28Chart 2010 PeakpositionIreland IRMA 54 10Scotland OCC 55 11UK Singles OCC 56 12 Year end charts Edit Chart 1992 PositionAustralia ARIA 57 21Austria O3 Austria Top 40 58 16Canada Top Singles RPM 59 49Europe Eurochart Hot 100 60 15Germany Official German Charts 61 19New Zealand Recorded Music NZ 62 42Switzerland Schweizer Hitparade 63 13UK Singles OCC 64 4US Billboard Hot 100 65 45Certifications and sales EditRegion Certification Certified units salesAustralia ARIA 57 Gold 35 000 United Kingdom BPI 67 Gold 484 500 66 United States RIAA 68 Gold 500 000 Shipments figures based on certification alone In popular culture EditThe video was partly spoofed by Mr Blobby for his 1993 Christmas number one single music video Featured in the 2000s paranormal television series Ghost Whisperer season 4 episode 13 Body of Water Sweetbox covered the song on their 2002 album Jade Cradle of Filth covered the song on their 2006 album Thornography Cher Lloyd performed the song to great acclaim on the Halloween edition of The X Factor 2010 resulting in the song re entering the UK Top 20 The song was performed during The Voice UK series 7 by Lauren Bannon The song was performed by Bananarama on their The Original Lineup Tour in 2017 with Keren Woodward and Sarah Dallin singing the verses originally sung by Marcella Detroit and Siobhan Fahey singing her original bridge Comedy duo Dawn French and Jennifer Saunders created a parody sketch of the song s music video in their TV series French and Saunders in 1993 Jake Quickenden skated to the song in the 2018 semi final of Dancing on Ice The characters of Jenny Joyce and Aisling impersonated the duo in the series 3 episode of Derry Girls The Affair References Edit 1993 Brits co uk 16 February 1993 Retrieved 30 March 2014 a b c Earls John 1 October 2019 Shakespears Sister Interview All I wanted to do was have that conversation that had not been had for 26 years classic pop a b c Rogers Jude 7 February 2022 I was getting bored so hit the vodka Shakespears Sister on how they made Stay The Guardian Demalon Tom Shakespear s Sister Hormonally Yours AllMusic Retrieved 17 February 2020 Kramer Christopher 24 February 1992 Shakespears Sister mixes R amp B rock American Eagle Vol 66 no 25 Retrieved 15 March 2020 Flick Larry 30 May 1992 Single Reviews PDF Billboard p 70 Retrieved 12 February 2020 Clark Randy DeVaney Bryan 13 June 1992 Music Reviews Singles PDF Cashbox p 5 Retrieved 1 November 2020 Sholin Dave 22 May 1992 Personal Picks Singles PDF Gavin Report p 48 Retrieved 17 October 2020 Rufer Diane Fell Ron 24 July 1992 A C Reviews PDF Gavin Report p 28 Retrieved 17 October 2020 Campbell Chuck 19 February 1992 Duo s Attitude Gives Songs Fierce Teeth Knoxville News Sentinel Joy Sally Margaret 11 January 1992 Singles Melody Maker p 27 Retrieved 20 February 2023 Spotlight Shakespears Sister PDF Music amp Media 15 February 1992 p 13 Retrieved 20 February 2020 New Releases Singles PDF Music amp Media 8 February 1992 p 12 Retrieved 20 February 2020 Staunton Terry 18 January 1992 Singles New Musical Express p 16 Retrieved 20 February 2023 O Brien Lucy 1 March 1992 Reviews New Albums Select p 68 Retrieved 3 March 2020 Pattenden Sian 8 January 1992 Review Singles Smash Hits p 45 Retrieved 6 October 2020 Hormonally Yours finds right chemistry St Petersburg Times 2 October 1992 Smith Michael R 26 August 2007 Shakespear s Sister Hormonally Yours Daily Vault Retrieved 24 February 2020 Ewing Tom 22 June 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