Stay (Simply Red album)

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Stay
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Studio album by
Simply Red
Released12 March 2007 (UK)
Recorded2006–2007
StudioMick Hucknall's home studio; Metropolis Studios (London, UK)
Genre Soul
Length43:39
Label Simplyred.com
Producer
Simply Red chronology
Simplified
(2005)		Stay
(2007)		 Simply Red 25: The Greatest Hits
(2008)
Singles from Stay
  1. "Oh! What a Girl!"
    Released: September 2006 [1]
  2. "So Not Over You"
    Released: March 2007
  3. "Stay"
    Released: May 2007
  4. "The World and You Tonight"
    Released: October 2007
Professional ratings
Review scores
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Stay is the tenth studio album by British pop group Simply Red. It was released on 12 March 2007 in the UK and entered the official charts at No. 4. Stay features 10 original tracks and a cover version of "Debris" by The Faces.

Contents

Track listing

Standard version
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."The World and You Tonight"
  • Wright
  • Hucknall
3:33
2."So Not Over You"
  • Hucknall
  • Pete Woodroffe
  • Charlie Grant
  • Sarah Anne Osuji
  • Alana Hood
  • Hannah Thomson
  • Wright
  • Hucknall
  • Mark Jaimes [a]
  • Danny Saxon [a]
3:50
3."Stay"
  • Hucknall
  • Dave Clayton
  • Wright
  • Morten Schjolin
  • Wright
  • Hucknall
  • Schjolin [b]
3:04
4."They Don't Know"
  • Hucknall
  • Clayton
3:40
5."Oh! What a Girl!"
3:51
6."Good Times Have Done Me Wrong"
  • Hucknall
  • Wright
  • Wright
  • Hucknall
5:20
7."Debris" Ronnie Lane Hucknall4:52
8."Lady"
Hucknall5:00
9."Money TV"
Hucknall4:05
10."The Death of the Cool"
  • Hucknall
  • Kirkham
Hucknall3:26
11."Little Englander"
  • Hucknall
  • Kirkham
Hucknall3:06

2014 Remastered & expanded version bonus tracks

Disc 1: Radio edits
No.TitleLength
12."Oh! What a Girl" (radio version)3:48
13."Stay" (radio mix)3:07
14."So Not Over You" (single version)3:31
15."Go Now" (single version)3:27
16."Stay" (7th Heaven radio edit)4:10
17."So Not Over You" (Johnny Douglas radio mix)3:46
Disc 2: Remixes
No.TitleLength
1."Go Now" (trance vocal)3:47
2."Oh! What A Girl!" (Sweet Connection club mix)6:44
3."Stay" (7th Heaven vocal mix)7:41
4."Go Now" (Triple Dee club remix)7:09
5."Oh! What A Girl" (Tom Belton vocal mix)7:54
6."So Not Over You" (Motivo Pop-Lectro remix)4:59
7."Stay" (Grant Nelson club mix)5:51
8."Go Now" (Alex B very vocal)7:00
Disc 2: Bonus tracks
No.TitleLength
9."Beside You"3:40
10."Oh! What a Girl!" (live)4:36
11."Debris" (Sirius radio session)4:06
12."Stay" (Sirius radio session)3:25
13."So Not Over You" (Sirius radio session)3:37
DVD
Feature interview
  1. "Mark Goodier Interviews Mick Hucknall About Stay – March 2014"
Promo videos
  2. "Oh! What a Girl!"
  3. "So Not Over You"
  4. "Stay" (live)
  5. "So Not Over You" (live)
Bonus feature
  2. "Stay Album EPK"
BBC TV appearances
  2. "Oh! What a Girl!" ( Later... with Jools Holland , Broadcast on 18 May 2007)
  3. "They Don't Know" (Later... with Jools Holland, Broadcast on 18 May 2007)

Notes

Singles

Personnel

Musicians

By this point in the band's career, "Simply Red" was essentially a trade name for Mick Hucknall, who appeared to be the only permanent member of the group. The Stay album credits simply list the musicians who played on the album in alphabetical order, with no listing of what instruments they may have played, or which tracks they may have played on. Oddly, Hucknall himself does not appear on the album's list of musicians.

Credited musicians are:

Production

Charts

Certifications

Certifications and sales for Stay
RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Italy (FIMI) [20] Gold40,000*
Netherlands (NVPI) [21] Gold35,000^
Poland (ZPAV) [22] Gold10,000*
United Kingdom (BPI) [23] Gold100,000^

* Sales figures based on certification alone.
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

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