Stick to Your Vision

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"Stick to Your Vision"
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Single by Maestro
from the album Built to Last
Released1998
Recorded1998 at Metalworks Studios in Mississauga, Ontario
Genre Canadian hip hop
Length4:48
Label Attic Records
Songwriter(s) W. Williams, R. Bachman, B. Cummings
Producer(s) 2Rude
Maestro singles chronology
"Death Ministry"
(1996)
"Stick to Your Vision"
(1998)
"416/905 (T.O. Party Anthem)"
(1999)

"Stick to Your Vision" is the first single from Maestro's fifth album, Built to Last , released in 1998. Produced by 2Rude, the song contains a sample of "These Eyes" by The Guess Who. It became his first song to appear on Canadian charts since "Conductin' Thangs" in 1991. [1]

Contents

Music video

The music video was directed by Little X. Most of the video was shot in Toronto's St. James Town neighbourhood, also featuring scenes in a hydro field.

Track listing

12" single

A-side

  1. "Stick to Your Vision" (Radio Edit)
  2. "Stick to Your Vision" (Extended Vision)

B-side

  1. "Stick to Your Vision" (The Rudimental Remix) (featuring Glenn Lewis)
  2. "Stick to Your Vision" (Acappella)

Chart positions

Chart (1998–1999)Peak
position
Canadian RPM Singles Chart [2] 32
Canadian Singles Chart [3] 13

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