I Wish You'd Stay

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"I Wish You'd Stay"
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Single by Brad Paisley
from the album Part II
ReleasedAugust 12, 2002
Genre Country
Length
  • 6:17 (album version)
  • 4:37 (music video version)
  • 3:57 (single edit 1)
  • 5:20 (single edit 2)
Label Arista Nashville
Songwriter(s) Brad Paisley
Chris DuBois
Producer(s) Frank Rogers
Brad Paisley singles chronology
"I'm Gonna Miss Her (The Fishin' Song)"
(2002)
"I Wish You'd Stay"
(2002)
"Celebrity"
(2003)

"I Wish You'd Stay" is a song co-written and recorded by American country music singer Brad Paisley. It was released in August 2002 as the fourth and final single from Paisley's album Part II and reached a peak of number 7 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart in early 2003. [1] The song was originally released as the b-side to Paisley's previous single, "I'm Gonna Miss Her (The Fishin' Song)." [1] Paisley wrote this song with Chris DuBois.

Contents

Content

The song is a ballad, in which the narrator states that he hopes his significant other finds love when they leave his side, but he wishes the person would stay with him. [2]

Music video

The music video was directed by Brad Paisley and Devin Pense and premiered on November 11, 2002 on CMT.

Personnel

Strings by Carl Gorodetsky and the Nashville String Machine

Chart performance

"I Wish You'd Stay" debuted at number 59 on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks for the week of August 17, 2002.

Chart (2002–2003)Peak
position
US Billboard Hot 100 [3] 57
US Hot Country Songs ( Billboard ) [4] 7

Year-end charts

Chart (2003)Position
US Country Songs ( Billboard ) [5] 47

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