Stay (Kygo song)

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"Stay"
Stay by Kygo feat Maty Noyes.jpg
Single by Kygo featuring Maty Noyes
from the album Cloud Nine
Released4 December 2015
Recorded2015
Genre Tropical house
Length
  • 3:59(album version)
  • 3:10 (radio edit)
Label Sony
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
  • Kygo
  • William Wiik Larsen
Kygo singles chronology
"Here for You"
(2015)		"Stay"
(2015)		"Raging"
(2016)
Maty Noyes singles chronology
"Haunted"
(2015)		"Stay"
(2015)		"In My Mind"
(2016)

"Stay" is a song by Norwegian DJ and record producer Kygo, featuring American singer Maty Noyes. The song was produced by Kygo with fellow Norwegian, William Wiik Larsen, who also wrote it with Noyes. It was released as the fourth single from Kygo's debut studio album, Cloud Nine (2016). An official music video for the song was released on 18 February 2016.

Contents

Background

After writing what would eventually become "Stay", Noyes discovered Kygo through a remix he did of Marvin Gaye's 1982 single "Sexual Healing". [1] Noyes liked Kygo's remix and "figured he could do something with this song", so she talked to her manager, Phoenix Stone, [2] about the possibility of working with Kygo. Stone mentioned that an A&R executive had heard "Angel"—a track Noyes did with The Weeknd for the latter's debut album Beauty Behind the Madness (2015) [3] —and was now looking for another song for Kygo to work on. [1] According to Noyes, "We sent [the demo] to them and one of his people in his team was playing it for him in his hotel room and he said, automatically, "Send me this I want to do it right now." It worked out really quickly. He had it done within a few days and he said it was one of the fastest songs he ever finished. It was meant to be." [1]

Live performances

Kygo and Noyes gave their first live performance of the song at the Nobel Peace Prize Concert on December 11, 2015. [4]

In October 2016, Noyes missed a live gig through illness and Kygo's manager, Myles Shear, banned her from performing at the Hollywood Bowl with him as a result. [5] He later apologised. [6]

Music video

The music video was directed by Jason Beattie. [7] It follows the topsy-turvy relationship of a lesbian couple. [8]

Charts

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA) [49] Platinum70,000Double-dagger-14-plain.png
Belgium (BEA) [50] Platinum20,000Double-dagger-14-plain.png
Canada (Music Canada) [51] 2× Platinum160,000Double-dagger-14-plain.png
Denmark (IFPI Danmark) [52] Platinum90,000Double-dagger-14-plain.png
Germany (BVMI) [53] Gold200,000Double-dagger-14-plain.png
Italy (FIMI) [54] 2× Platinum100,000Double-dagger-14-plain.png
Mexico (AMPROFON) [55] 2× Platinum120,000Double-dagger-14-plain.png
New Zealand (RMNZ) [56] Gold7,500*
Poland (ZPAV) [57] Platinum20,000Double-dagger-14-plain.png
Spain (PROMUSICAE) [58] Gold20,000Double-dagger-14-plain.png
Sweden (GLF) [59] 4× Platinum160,000Double-dagger-14-plain.png
Switzerland (IFPI Switzerland) [60] Platinum20,000Double-dagger-14-plain.png
United Kingdom (BPI) [61] Platinum600,000Double-dagger-14-plain.png
United States (RIAA) [62] Gold500,000Double-dagger-14-plain.png

* Sales figures based on certification alone.
Double-dagger-14-plain.png Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

Release history

RegionDateFormatLabel
Worldwide4 December 2015 Digital download Sony

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