Stay with Me (Faces song)

"Stay with Me"
File:Stay with Me - Faces.jpg
Single by Faces
from the album A Nod Is As Good As a Wink... to a Blind Horse
B-side	"You're So Rude" (U.S.) "Debris" (Intl.)
Released	December 1971
Format	7"
Genre	Boogie rock, Rock and roll, glam rock, hard rock, blues rock
Length	4:37
Label	Warner Bros. Records
Writer(s)	Rod Stewart and Ronnie Wood
Faces singles chronology
"(I Know) I'm Losing You" (1971) "Stay with Me" (1971) "Cindy Incidentally" (1973)
Alternative cover International single sleeve

"Stay with Me", written by Rod Stewart and Ronnie Wood, was first recorded by their band Faces for the 1971 album A Nod Is As Good As a Wink... to a Blind Horse. The song has also appeared on various Faces compilations and on albums by both songwriters. The lyrics describe a woman named Rita with "red lips, hair and fingernails" he "found... down on the floor"; the singer proposes a one-night stand on the condition that she must be gone when he wakes up.

"Stay with Me" reached number 17 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100, and spent two weeks at number 10 on the Cash Box Top 100. The song also reached number 6 in the UK and number 4 in Canada.

Chart performance

Weekly singles charts

Chart (1971-72)	Peak position
Canada	4
UK	6
U.S. Billboard Hot 100	17
U.S. Cash Box Top 100	10
WLS-AM survey(Chicago)	4

Year-end charts

Chart (1972)	Rank
Canada	73
UK	81
U.S. (Joel Whitburn's Pop Annual)	143
WLS survey (Chicago)	51

Re-recordings

In 1993, Stewart reunited with Wood for a session of MTV Unplugged. They recorded a live version of the song which appears on the album Unplugged...and Seated (1993).

Personnel

• Rod Stewart – lead vocals
• Ronnie Wood – electric guitars
• Ian McLagan – Wurlitzer electric piano
• Ronnie Lane – bass
• Kenney Jones – drums

External links

• Stay with Me at AllMusic
• Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics