Stay the Same (Gabrielle song)

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"Stay the Same"
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Single by Gabrielle
from the album Play to Win
B-side
  • "Letting Go"
  • "Play to Win"
Released3 May 2004 (2004-05-03) [1]
Length3:49
Label Go! Beat
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
  • Richard "Biff" Stannard
  • Julian Gallagher
  • Ferdy Unger-Hamilton
Gabrielle singles chronology
"Don't Need the Sun to Shine (To Make Me Smile)"
(2001)
"Stay the Same"
(2004)
"Ten Years Time"
(2004)

"Stay the Same" is a song by British singer-songwriter Gabrielle. It was written by Gabrielle, Richard Stannard, Julian Gallagher, Ferdy Unger-Hamilton, and Dave Morgan, and produced by Stannard, Gallagher, and Unger-Hamilton for her fourth studio album Play to Win (2004). Selected as the album's lead single, it peaked at number 20 on the UK Singles Chart, number 47 on the Irish Singles Chart, and number 55 on the Romanian Top 100.

Contents

Track listings

UK CD single (986 652-9) [2]
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."Stay the Same"
  • Gallagher
  • Stannard
  • Unger-Hamilton
3:49
2."Letting Go"
  • Gabrielle
  • Jonathan Shorten
  • Shorten
4:29
European maxi-single (986 677-5) [3]
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."Stay the Same"
  • Gabrielle
  • Gallagher
  • Stannard
  • Unger-Hamilton
  • Morgan
  • Gallagher
  • Stannard
  • Unger-Hamilton
3:49
2."Letting Go"
  • Gabrielle
  • Shorten
  • Shorten
4:29
3."Play to Win"
  • Gabrielle
  • Gallagher
  • Stannard
  • Stannard
4:20

Credits and personnel

Credits are taken from the UK CD single liner notes. [2]

Charts

Chart (2004)Peak
position
Ireland (IRMA) [4] 47
Romania (Romanian Top 100) [5] 55
Scotland (OCC) [6] 24
UK Singles (OCC) [7] 20

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