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( June 2010 ) `` Stay '' Single by Maurice Williams and the Zodiacs B - side `` Do You Believe '' Released August 1960 Recorded 1960 Genre Doo - wop Length 1 : 36 Label Herald Songwriter ( s ) Maurice Williams Producer ( s ) Phil Gernhard `` Stay '' Single by The Four Seasons B - side `` Goodnight My Love '' ( from the album Big Girls Do n't Cry and 12 Others ) ( second release ) Released December 1963 Recorded 1963 Genre Rock, doo - wop Length 1 : 52 Label Vee - Jay Songwriter ( s ) Maurice Williams Producer ( s ) Bob Crewe The Four Seasons singles chronology `` Dawn ( Go Away ) '' ( 1963 ) `` Stay '' ( 1963 ) `` Ronnie '' ( 1964 ) `` Dawn ( Go Away ) '' ( 1963 ) `` Stay '' ( 1964 ) `` Ronnie '' ( 1964 ) `` Stay '' Single by Jackson Browne from the album Running on Empty B - side `` Rosie '' Released 1978 Recorded Merriweather Post Pavilion, Columbia, Maryland, 1977 Length 3 : 28 Label Asylum Songwriter ( s ) Maurice Williams Producer ( s ) Jackson Browne Jackson Browne singles chronology `` Running on Empty '' ( 1978 ) `` Stay '' ( 1978 ) `` You Love the Thunder '' ( 1978 ) `` Running on Empty '' ( 1978 ) `` Stay '' ( 1978 ) `` You Love the Thunder '' ( 1978 ) `` Stay '' Single by Cyndi Lauper from the album At Last Released Genre Pop Length 3 : 15 Label Sony Songwriter ( s ) Maurice Williams Cyndi Lauper singles chronology `` Until You Come Back to Me ( That 's What I 'm Gonna Do ) '' ( 2004 ) `` Stay '' ( 2004 ) `` Time After Time '' ( 2005 ) `` Until You Come Back to Me ( That 's What I 'm Gonna Do ) '' ( 2004 ) `` Stay '' ( 2004 ) `` Time After Time '' ( 2005 ) `` Stay '' is a doo - wop song written by Maurice Williams and first recorded in 1960 by Williams with his group the Zodiacs. Commercially successful versions were later also issued by The Hollies, The Four Seasons and Jackson Browne. Contents 1 Writing and original recording 2 Other versions 3 See also 4 References Writing and original recording The song was written by Williams in 1953 when he was 15 years old. He had been trying to convince his date not to go home at 10 o'clock as she was supposed to. He lost the argument, but as he was to relate years later, `` Like a flood, the words just came to me. '' In 1960, the song was put on a demo by Williams and his band, the Zodiacs, but it attracted no interest until a ten - year - old heard it and impressed the band members with her positive reaction to the tune. The band 's producers took it along with some other demos to New York City and played them for all the major record producers that they could access. Finally, Al Silver of Herald Records became interested, but insisted that the song be re-recorded as the demo 's recording levels were too low. They also said that one line, `` Let 's have another smoke '' would have to be removed in order for the song to be played on commercial radio. After the group recorded the tune again, it was released by Herald Records and was picked up by CKLW. It entered the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 on October 9, 1960 and reached the number one spot on November 21, 1960. It was dislodged a week later by Elvis Presley 's `` Are You Lonesome Tonight ? ''. On the Herald recording, Williams sang lead and Henry Gaston sang the falsetto counter-verse. The original recording of `` Stay '' remains the shortest single ever to reach the top of the American record charts, at 1 minute 36 seconds in length. By 1990, it had sold more than 8 million copies. It received a new lease of popularity after being featured on the Dirty Dancing soundtrack. Other versions In August 1963, the song was released by the Hollies, who took it to number eight in the UK Singles Chart. The Four Seasons version was first released on their June 1963 album The 4 Seasons Sing Ai n't That a Shame and 11 Others ; it was later released as a single in December 1963. Vee Jay originally released it as the B - side of `` Peanuts '' in December, but when disc jockeys started to `` turn the single over '' to play `` Stay '' on the air, the record company superseded the single with a new one with `` Stay '' as the A-side and `` Goodnight My Love '' as the new B - side. It peaked at number 16 on the US Billboard Hot 100 in April. In 1964, the song was recorded by The Dave Clark Five on their studio album Glad All Over. The song was recorded in 1968 by Jan & Dean for release on their album Carnival of Sound but the album was not released until 2010. Singer - songwriter Andrew Gold recorded a version of `` Stay '' for his 1976 album What 's Wrong with This Picture ?. A version of the song with revised lyrics is the last track on Jackson Browne 's 1977 album Running on Empty. The song, which follows on the heels of Browne 's `` The Load - Out '' begs the audience to stay for an encore and includes an extensive playout. It includes backing contributions from David Lindley and Rosemary Butler. Browne, Butler and Lindley each contribute a similar verse in turn in ascending vocal ranges. It was released as a single and reached number 20 in the U.S. as well as number 12 in the UK. Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band recorded a version for the No Nukes album in September 1979. `` Stay '' was the third and final single from Cyndi Lauper 's 2003 album At Last. It was a promo - only single, released only in the U.S. and Australia. The video that accompanied it is rarely seen but is commercially available as a special feature on the DVD, Live at Last. In 1980, Austrian singer Georg Danzer wrote a German text to the Jackson Browne medley `` The Load Out '' / `` Stay ''. It was performed live on the album Direkt as `` Roadie Song ''. Lyrics from the song were interpolated on reggae artist Buju Banton 's song `` Hush Baby Hush '' on his 1995 album ' Til Shiloh. The recording of the song by British pop group Dreamhouse was first released as a single in 1995, then again in 1998. Italo disco duo Marx & Spencer released their version in 1983. Australian group Human Nature included the song on their 2014 album Jukebox. See also List of Billboard Hot 100 number - one singles of 1960 References Jump up ^ `` Maurice Williams & The Zodiacs - Stay / Do You Believe at Discogs ''. Discogs.com. Retrieved 2016 - 09 - 26. Jump up ^ `` Archived copy ''. Archived from the original on 2011 - 07 - 27. Retrieved 2010 - 04 - 11. Jump up ^ Tom Neely, Goldmine Price Guide to 45 RPM Records, 5th edition ( KP Books, 2005 ) ISBN 0 - 87349 - 840 - 2 Jump up ^ `` Billboard Hot 100 - April 4, 1964 ''. Retrieved September 12, 2017. Jump up ^ Whitburn, Joel ( 2004 ). The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits : Eighth Edition. Record Research. p. 238. The Four Seasons Frankie Valli Tommy DeVito Bob Gaudio Nick Massi Charles Calello Joe Long Gerry Polci Albums Sherry & 11 Others ( 1962 ) The 4 Seasons Greetings ( 1962 ) Big Girls Do n't Cry and Twelve Others ( 1963 ) The 4 Seasons Sing Ai n't That a Shame and 11 Others ( 1963 ) Golden Hits of the 4 Seasons ( 1963 ) Dawn ( 1964 ) Rag Doll ( 1964 ) Born to Wonder ( 1964 ) Stay and Other Great Hits ( 1964 ) 4 Seasons Entertain You ( 1965 ) The 4 Seasons Sing Big Hits by Burt Bacharach... Hal David... Bob Dylan ( 1965 ) Working My Way Back to You and More Great New Hits ( 1966 ) Lets Hang On ( 1966 ) On Stage with The Four Seasons ( 1965 ) New Gold Hits ( 1967 ) Edizione D'Oro ( Gold Edition ) ( 1968 ) The Genuine Imitation Life Gazette ( 1969 ) Half and Half ( 1970 ) Chameleon ( 1972 ) Who Loves You ( 1975 ) Helicon ( 1977 ) The Very Best of Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons ( 2002 ) Singles `` Bermuda '' `` Sherry '' `` Big Girls Do n't Cry '' `` Santa Claus Is Coming to Town '' `` Walk Like a Man '' `` Ai n't That a Shame '' `` Candy Girl '' `` New Mexican Rose '' `` Dawn ( Go Away ) '' `` Stay '' `` Ronnie '' `` Rag Doll '' `` Alone ( Why Must I Be Alone ) '' `` Save It for Me '' `` Sincerely '' `` Big Man in Town '' `` I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus '' `` Bye, Bye, Baby ( Baby Goodbye ) '' `` Since I Do n't Have You '' `` Girl Come Running '' `` The Sun Ai n't Gonna Shine ( Anymore ) '' `` Let 's Hang On ! '' `` Do n't Think Twice '' `` Working My Way Back to You '' `` Opus 17 ( Do n't You Worry ' bout Me ) '' `` On the Good Ship Lollipop '' `` I 've Got You Under My Skin '' `` The Proud One '' `` Tell It to the Rain '' `` Beggin ' '' `` Ca n't Take My Eyes Off You '' `` C'mon Marianne '' `` Lonesome Road '' `` Watch the Flowers Grow '' `` Will You Love Me Tomorrow '' `` My Eyes Adored You '' `` Our Day Will Come '' `` Who Loves You '' `` December, 1963 ( Oh, What a Night ) '' `` Silver Star '' `` Grease '' Related topics Discography Members Albums Songs The Four Lovers The Wonder Who ? Bob Crewe `` Ces soirées - là '' Jersey Boys : Original Broadway Cast Recording Jersey Boys ( musical ) Jersey Boys ( film ) Book : The Four Seasons The Hollies Graham Nash Allan Clarke Eric Haydock Bernie Calvert Terry Sylvester Bobby Elliott Tony Hicks Mikael Rickfors Peter Howarth Carl Wayne Ian Parker The Hollies album discography Studio albums Stay with The Hollies In The Hollies Style Hollies Would You Believe ? For Certain Because Evolution Butterfly Hollies Sing Dylan Hollies Sing Hollies Confessions of the Mind Distant Light Romany Hollies Another Night Write On Russian Roulette A Crazy Steal Five Three One - Double Seven O Four Buddy Holly What Goes Around Staying Power Then Now Always US albums Here I Go Again Hear ! Here ! Beat Group ! Bus Stop Stop ! Stop ! Stop ! Evolution Dear Eloise / King Midas In Reverse Words and Music By Bob Dylan He Ai n't Heavy, He 's My Brother Moving Finger Clarke, Hicks, Sylvester, Calvert, Elliott Extended plays The Hollies Just One Look Here I Go Again We 're Through In the Hollies Style I 'm Alive I Ca n't Let Go Live albums Hollies Live Compilations The Hollies ' Greatest Hits ( US ) Hollies ' Greatest ( UK ) Hollies ' Greatest Hits ( GER ) Hollies ' Greatest Volume 2 ( UK ) The Hollies ' Greatest Hits ( US ) The Very Best of the Hollies ( US ) The History of the Hollies ( UK ) 20 Golden Greats ( UK ) The Best of the Hollies E.P. 's ( UK ) The Other Side of the Hollies ( UK ) Hollies ' Greatest ( US version ) ( US ) All the Hits and More -- The Definitive Collection ( UK ) Rarities ( UK ) The Air That I Breathe -- The Very Best of the Hollies ( UK ) 30th Anniversary Collection 1963 - 1993 The Hollies at Abbey Road 1963 to 1966 The Hollies at Abbey Road 1966 to 1970 The Hollies at Abbey Road 1973 to 1989 Greatest Hits ( UK ) A 's B 's & EP 's On a Carousel 1963 - 1974 : The Ultimate Hollies Midas Touch : The Very Best of The Hollies Box Sets The Long Road Home - The 40th Anniversary Collection At Abbey Road 1963 - 1989 Clarke, Hicks & Nash Years : The Complete Hollies April 1963 -- October 1968 The Hollies singles discography UK and US ( All Labels ) 1963 `` Stay '' / `` Now 's the Time '' 1964 `` Just One Look '' / `` Keep Off That Friend of Mine '' `` Here I Go Again '' / `` Baby That 's All '' ( UK ) - `` Lucille '' ( US ) `` We 're Through '' / `` Come On Back '' 1965 `` Yes I Will '' / `` Nobody '' `` I 'm Alive '' / `` You Know He Did '' `` Look Through Any Window '' / `` So Lonely '' 1966 `` I Ca n't Let Go '' / `` Running Through the Night ( UK ) - `` I 've Got a Way of my Own '' ( US ) `` Bus Stop '' / `` Do n't Run and Hide '' `` After the Fox ( with Peter Sellers ) '' / `` The Fox Trot ( Gold, Gold, Who 's Got the Gold ) '' ( Burt Bacharach ) `` Stop Stop Stop '' / `` It 's You '' 1967 `` On a Carousel '' / `` All the World Is Love '' `` Carrie Anne '' / `` Signs That Will Never Change '' `` King Midas In Reverse '' / `` Everything Is Sunshine '' ( UK ) - `` Water on the Brain '' ( US ) 1968 `` Jennifer Eccles '' / `` Open Up Your Eyes '' ( UK ) - `` Try It '' ( US ) `` Listen to Me '' / `` Do the Best You Can '' ( UK ) - `` Everything is Sunshine '' ( US ) 1969 `` Sorry Suzanne '' / `` Not That Way At All '' `` He Ai n't Heavy, He 's My Brother '' / `` Cos You Like to Love Me '' 1970 `` I Ca n't Tell the Bottom from the Top '' / `` Mad Professor Blyth '' `` Gasoline Alley Bred '' / `` Dandelion Wine '' 1971 `` Hey Willy '' / `` Row the Boat Together '' 1972 `` The Baby '' / `` Oh Granny '' `` Long Cool Woman in a Black Dress '' / `` Cable Car '' ( UK ) - `` Look What We 've Got '' ( US ) `` Magic Woman Touch '' / `` Indian Girl '' ( UK ) - `` Blue in the Morning '' ( US ) 1973 `` The Day That Curly Billy Shot Down Crazy Sam McGee '' / `` Born a Man '' `` The Air That I Breathe '' / `` No More Riders '' `` I 'm Down '' / `` Hello Lady Goodbye '' ( UK ) - `` Look Out Johnny ( There 's a Monkey on Your Back ) '' ( US - 1975 ) `` Sandy ( 4th July, Asbury Park ) '' / `` Second Hand Hang - Ups '' `` Stop ! In the Name of Love '' / `` Musical Pictures '' UK only ( Parlophone ) ( Polydor ) ( EMI ) 1963 `` ( Ai n't That ) Just Like Me '' / `` Hey What 's Wrong With Me '' `` Searchin ' '' / `` Whole World Over '' 1965 `` If I Needed Someone '' / `` I 've Got a Way of My Own '' `` Son of a Rotten Gambler '' / `` Layin ' to the Music '' 1976 `` Boulder to Birmingham '' / `` Crocodile Woman ( She Bites ) '' `` Star '' / `` Love is the Thing '' `` Daddy Do n't Mind '' / `` C'Mon '' `` Wiggle That Whotsit '' / `` Corrine '' 1977 `` Hello to Romance '' / `` 48 Hour Parole '' `` Amnesty '' / `` Crossfire '' 1979 `` Something to Live For '' / `` Song of the Sun '' 1980 `` Soldier 's Song '' / `` Draggin ' My Heels '' `` Heartbeat '' / `` Take Your Time ( new version ) '' 1981 `` Holliedaze ( A Medley ) '' / `` Holliepops ( A Medley ) '' `` Take My Love and Run '' / `` Driver '' 1985 `` Too Many Hearts Get Broken '' / `` You 're All Woman '' `` This Is It '' / `` You Gave Me Strength '' `` Reunion of the Heart '' / `` Too Many Hearts Get Broken '' `` Find Me a Family '' / `` No Rules '' `` The Woman I Love '' / `` Purple Rain ( Live Version ) '' 2005 `` Hope '' / `` Shine On Me '' US only ( Imperial ) ( Epic ) ( Atlantic ) 1967 `` Pay You Back With Interest '' / `` Whatcha Gonna Do ' Bout It '' `` Just One Look '' / `` Running Through the Night '' `` Dear Eloise '' / `` When Your Light 's Turned On '' `` If I Needed Someone '' / `` Yes I Will '' 1968 `` Do the Best You Can '' / `` Elevated Observations '' 1971 `` Survival of the Fittest '' / `` Man Without a Heart '' 1972 `` Long Dark Road '' / `` Indian Girl '' 1973 `` Jesus Was a Crossmaker '' / `` I Had a Dream '' `` Slow Down '' / `` Wo n't We Feel Good '' `` Do n't Let Me Down '' / `` Layin ' to the Music '' `` Another Night '' / `` Time Machine Jive '' 1976 `` Write On '' / `` Crocodile Woman ( She Bites ) '' 1977 `` Draggin ' My Heels '' / `` I Wo n't Move Over '' 1978 `` Writing on the Wall '' / `` Burn Out '' `` If the Lights Go Out '' / `` Someone Else 's Eyes '' `` Casualty '' / `` Someone Else 's Eyes '' Italy only ( Parlophon ) 1967 `` Non Prego Per Me '' / `` Devi Avere Fiducia in Me '' `` Kill Me Quick '' / `` We 're Alive '' See also Discography Band members The Dave Clark Five ( DC5 ) Dave Clark Mike Smith Lenny Davidson Rick Huxley Denis Payton Songs `` I Knew It All the Time '' `` Do You Love Me '' `` Glad All Over '' `` Bits and Pieces '' `` Stay '' `` Ca n't You See That She 's Mine '' `` Any Way You Want It '' `` Because '' `` I Like It Like That '' `` Catch Us If You Can '' `` Over and Over '' `` You Got What It Takes '' `` You Must Have Been a Beautiful Baby '' UK albums A Session with The Dave Clark Five Catch Us If You Can Everybody Knows 5 by 5 = GO ! If Somebody Loves You Good Old Rock n ' Roll Dave Clark and Friends US albums Glad All Over The Dave Clark Five Return ! American Tour Coast to Coast Weekend in London Having a Wild Weekend I Like It Like That Try Too Hard Satisfied with You 5 by 5 You Got What It Takes Everybody Knows UK compilations Greatest Hits The Best of the Dave Clark Five 25 Thumping Great Hits Glad All Over Again The Hits US compilations The Dave Clark Five The Dave Clark Five 's Greatest Hits More Greatest Hits History of The Dave Clark Five Related articles Discography Catch Us If You Can Book : The Dave Clark Five Jan and Dean Jan Berry Dean Torrence Albums Carnival of Sound ( 2010 ) Singles `` Baby Talk '' `` Clementine '' `` Gee '' `` Heart and Soul '' `` A Sunday Kind of Love '' `` Who Put the Bomp '' `` Frosty the Snowman '' `` She 's Still Talkin ' Baby Talk '' `` Linda '' `` Surf City '' `` Honolulu Lulu '' `` Drag City '' `` Dead Man 's Curve '' `` The New Girl In School '' `` The Little Old Lady ( from Pasadena ) '' `` Ride the Wild Surf '' `` Sidewalk Surfin ' '' `` I Found a Girl '' `` Norwegian Wood '' `` Batman ! '' `` Popsicle '' `` School Days '' `` Louisiana Man '' `` Yellow Balloon '' `` Tijuana '' `` Vegetables '' `` In the Still of the Night '' `` Gonna Hustle You '' `` Blue Moon '' `` Oh What a Beautiful Morning '' Songs `` Stay '' Related topics Discography Deadman 's Curve `` Barbara Ann '' Andrew Gold Studio albums Andrew Gold ( 1975 ) What 's Wrong with This Picture ? ( 1976 ) All This and Heaven Too ( 1978 ) An Interview with Andrew Gold ( Promo - only interview & music LP ) ( 1978 ) Whirlwind ( 1980 ) Home is Where the Heart Is ( 1991 )... Since 1951 ( 1996 ) Halloween Howls ( as Andrew Gold & Friends ) ( 1996 ) Greetings from Planet Love ( as The Fraternal Order of the All ) ( 1996 ) Thank You for Being a Friend : The Best of Andrew Gold ( 1997 ) Leftovers ( 1998 ) Warm Breezes ( 1998 ) The Spence Manor Suite ( 2000 ) Intermission ( 2002 ) Copy Cat ( 2008 ) With Wax Common Knowledge ( 1984 ) Magnetic Heaven ( 1986 ) American English ( 1987 ) A Hundred Thousand in Fresh Notes ( 1989 ) The Wax Files ( ' Best of ' compilation ) ( 1997 ) Wax Bikini ( Compilation of outtakes, demos, etc. ) ( 2000 ) Singles `` Of All the Little Girls '' ( UK release - recorded as duo of ' Villiers & Gold ' ) ( 1968 ) `` Woke Up This Morning '' ( with the band ' Bryndle ' ) ( 1970 ) `` Heartaches in Heartaches '' ( 1975 ) `` That Is Why I Love You '' ( 1975 ) `` Stay '' ( 1976 ) `` Do Wah Diddy '' ( 1976 ) `` One of Them Is Me '' ( 1976 ) `` Lonely Boy '' ( 1977 ) `` Go Back Home Again '' ( 1977 ) `` How Can This Be Love '' ( 1978 ) `` I 'm on My Way '' ( 1978 ) `` Thank You for Being a Friend '' ( 1978 ) `` Never Let Her Slip Away '' ( 1978 ) `` Kiss This One Goodbye '' ( 1979 ) `` Stranded on the Edge '' ( 1979 ) `` Nine to Five '' ( 1979 ) With Graham Gouldman as Wax `` Do n't Break My Heart '' ( UK - Released under the band 's initial name of World In Action ) ( 1984 ) `` Do n't Break My Heart '' ( UK - Re-released under the band 's subsequent name of Common Knowledge ) ( 1984 ) `` Victoria '' ( UK - Released under the band name of Common Knowledge ) ( 1985 ) `` Right Between The Eyes '' ( 1986 ) `` Ball & Chain '' ( 1986 ) `` Shadows of Love '' ( 1986 ) `` Systematic '' ( 1986 ) `` Bridge to Your Heart '' ( 1987 ) `` In Some Other World '' ( 1987 ) `` American English '' ( 1987 ) `` Anchors Aweigh '' ( 1989 ) `` Wherever You Are '' ( 1989 ) Songs `` Stay '' ( 1976 ) Related articles Bryndle Wax Jackson Browne Studio albums Jackson Browne For Everyman Late for the Sky The Pretender Hold Out Lawyers in Love Lives in the Balance World in Motion I 'm Alive Looking East The Naked Ride Home Time the Conqueror Standing in the Breach Live albums Running on Empty Solo Acoustic, Vol. 1 Solo Acoustic, Vol. 2 Love Is Strange : En Vivo Con Tino Compilations The Next Voice You Hear : The Best of Jackson Browne The Very Best of Jackson Browne Singles `` Doctor My Eyes '' `` Rock Me on the Water '' `` Redneck Friend '' `` Take It Easy '' `` Walking Slow '' `` Fountain of Sorrow '' `` Here Come Those Tears Again '' `` The Pretender '' `` Running on Empty '' `` The Load - Out / Stay '' `` You Love the Thunder `` Boulevard '' `` That Girl Could Sing '' `` Hold On Hold Out '' `` Somebody 's Baby '' `` Lawyers in Love '' `` Tender Is the Night '' `` For a Rocker '' `` You 're a Friend of Mine '' `` For America '' `` In the Shape of a Heart '' `` Lives in the Balance '' `` I 'm Alive '' Related articles Discography Groove Masters Studios `` Song for Adam '' `` The Birds of St. Marks '' `` Jamaica Say You Will '' `` These Days '' `` For Everyman '' Looking Into You : A Tribute to Jackson Browne Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band Bruce Springsteen Garry Tallent Roy Bittan Max Weinberg Steven Van Zandt Nils Lofgren Patti Scialfa Jake Clemons Charles Giordano Soozie Tyrell Former members Ernest Carter Clarence Clemons Danny Federici Vini Lopez David Sancious Former touring musicians Everett Bradley Barry Danielian Clark Gayton Curtis King Suki Lahav Ed Manion The Miami Horns Cindy Mizelle Michelle Moore Tom Morello Curt Ramm Jay Weinberg Studio albums Greetings from Asbury Park, N.J. ( 1973 ) The Wild, the Innocent & the E Street Shuffle ( 1973 ) Born to Run ( 1975 ) Darkness on the Edge of Town ( 1978 ) The River ( 1980 ) Nebraska ( 1982 ) Born in the U.S.A. ( 1984 ) Tunnel of Love ( 1987 ) Human Touch ( 1992 ) Lucky Town ( 1992 ) The Ghost of Tom Joad ( 1995 ) The Rising ( 2002 ) Devils & Dust ( 2005 ) We Shall Overcome : The Seeger Sessions ( 2006 ) Magic ( 2007 ) Working on a Dream ( 2009 ) Wrecking Ball ( 2012 ) High Hopes ( 2014 ) Live albums & Bruce Springsteen Archives Live 1975 -- 85 ( 1986 ) In Concert / MTV Plugged ( 1993 ) Live in New York City ( 2001 ) Hammersmith Odeon London ' 75 ( 2006 ) Live in Dublin ( 2007 ) Live from the Carousel ( 2011 ) Apollo Theater 3 / 09 / 12 ( 2014 ) The Agora, Cleveland 1978 ( 2015 ) Tower Theater, Philadelphia 1975 ( 2015 ) Nassau Coliseum, New York 1980 ( 2015 ) Brendan Byrne Arena, New Jersey 1984 ( 2015 ) LA Sports Arena, California 1988 ( 2015 ) Schottenstein Center, Ohio 2005 ( 2015 ) Ippodromo delle Capannelle, Rome 2013 ( 2015 ) Arizona State University, Tempe 1980 ( 2015 ) The Christic Shows 1990 ( 2016 ) HSBC Arena, Buffalo, NY, 11 / 22 / 09 ( 2016 ) Scottrade Center, St. Louis, MO, 8 / 23 / 08 ( 2017 ) Olympiastadion, Helsinki, July 31, 2012 ( 2017 ) Wachovia Spectrum, Philadelphia, PA 10 / 20 / 09 ( 2017 ) Palace Theatre, Albany 1977 ( 2017 ) Auditorium Theatre, Rochester, NY 1977 ( 2017 ) King 's Hall, Belfast March 19, 1996 ( 2017 ) The Summit, Houston, TX December 8, 1978 ( 2017 ) Compilations Greatest Hits ( 1995 ) 18 Tracks ( 1999 ) The Essential Bruce Springsteen ( 2003 ) Greatest Hits ( 2009 ) The Promise ( 2010 ) Collection : 1973 -- 2012 ( 2013 ) Chapter and Verse ( 2016 ) Box sets The Born in the U.S.A. 12 '' Single Collection ( 1985 ) Tracks ( 1998 ) The Collection ( 2004 ) Born to Run : 30th Anniversary Edition ( 2005 ) The Collection 1973 -- 1984 ( 2010 ) The Promise : The Darkness on the Edge of Town Story ( 2010 ) The Album Collection Vol. 1 1973 -- 1984 ( 2014 ) The Ties That Bind : The River Collection ( 2015 ) EPs Live Collection ( 1987 ) Chimes of Freedom ( 1988 ) Blood Brothers ( 1996 ) PBS Exclusive ( 2007 ) Magic Tour Highlights ( 2008 ) American Beauty ( 2014 ) Singles `` Blinded by the Light '' ( 1973 ) `` Spirit in the Night '' ( 1973 ) `` 4th of July, Asbury Park ( Sandy ) '' ( 1974 ) `` Born to Run '' ( 1975 ) `` Tenth Avenue Freeze - Out '' ( 1976 ) `` Prove It All Night '' ( 1978 ) `` Badlands '' ( 1978 ) `` The Promised Land '' ( 1978 ) `` Rosalita ( Come Out Tonight ) '' ( 1979 ) `` Hungry Heart '' ( 1980 ) `` Fade Away '' ( 1981 ) `` Sherry Darling '' ( 1981 ) `` The River '' ( 1981 ) `` Cadillac Ranch '' ( 1981 ) `` Point Blank '' ( 1981 ) `` Atlantic City '' ( 1982 ) `` Open All Night '' ( 1982 ) `` Dancing in the Dark '' ( 1984 ) `` Cover Me '' ( 1984 ) `` Born in the U.S.A. '' ( 1984 ) `` I 'm on Fire '' ( 1985 ) `` Glory Days '' ( 1985 ) `` I 'm Goin ' Down '' ( 1985 ) `` My Hometown '' ( 1985 ) `` Santa Claus Is Comin ' to Town '' ( 1985 ) `` War '' ( 1986 ) `` Fire '' ( 1987 ) `` Brilliant Disguise '' ( 1987 ) `` Tunnel of Love '' ( 1987 ) `` One Step Up '' ( 1988 ) `` Tougher Than the Rest '' ( 1988 ) `` Spare Parts '' ( 1988 ) `` Human Touch '' ( 1992 ) `` 57 Channels ( And Nothin ' On ) '' ( 1992 ) `` Better Days '' ( 1992 ) `` Streets of Philadelphia '' ( 1994 ) `` Secret Garden '' ( 1995 ) `` The Ghost of Tom Joad '' ( 1996 ) `` Sad Eyes '' ( 1999 ) `` The Rising '' ( 2002 ) `` Lonesome Day '' ( 2002 ) `` Waitin ' on a Sunny Day '' ( 2003 ) `` Devils & Dust '' ( 2005 ) `` All The Way Home '' ( 2005 ) `` Radio Nowhere '' ( 2007 ) `` Girls in Their Summer Clothes '' ( 2008 ) `` Working on a Dream '' ( 2008 ) `` My Lucky Day '' ( 2008 ) `` The Wrestler '' ( 2009 ) `` We Take Care of Our Own '' ( 2012 ) `` Death to My Hometown '' ( 2012 ) `` High Hopes '' ( 2013 ) `` Just Like Fire Would '' ( 2014 ) Charting songs `` Be True '' ( 1981 ) `` Ramrod '' ( 1981 ) `` Nebraska '' ( 1982 ) `` Johnny 99 '' ( 1982 ) `` No Surrender '' ( 1984 ) `` Stand on It '' ( 1985 ) `` Trapped '' ( live ) ( 1985 ) `` Because the Night '' ( live ) ( 1986 ) `` Chimes of Freedom '' ( live ) ( 1988 ) `` Youngstown '' ( 1995 ) `` American Skin ( 41 Shots ) '' ( 2001 ) `` Pay Me My Money Down '' ( 2006 ) `` Long Walk Home '' ( 2006 ) `` My City of Ruins '' ( 2011 ) `` Rocky Ground '' ( 2012 ) Other notable songs `` Growin ' Up '' ( 1973 ) `` For You '' ( 1973 ) `` Incident on 57th Street '' ( 1973 ) `` The Fever '' ( 1973 ) `` Thunder Road '' ( 1975 ) `` Night '' ( 1975 ) `` Backstreets '' ( 1975 ) `` She 's the One '' ( 1975 ) `` Meeting Across the River '' ( 1975 ) `` Jungleland '' ( 1975 ) `` Adam Raised a Cain '' ( 1978 ) `` Racing in the Street '' ( 1978 ) `` Darkness on the Edge of Town '' ( 1978 ) `` Stay '' ( 1979 ) `` The Ties That Bind '' ( 1980 ) `` Independence Day '' ( 1980 ) `` Out in the Street '' ( 1980 ) `` Stolen Car '' ( 1980 ) `` Wreck on the Highway '' ( 1980 ) `` Highway Patrolman '' ( 1982 ) `` Darlington County '' ( 1984 ) `` Working on the Highway '' ( 1984 ) `` Downbound Train '' ( 1984 ) `` Bobby Jean '' ( 1984 ) `` Pink Cadillac '' ( 1984 ) `` Jersey Girl '' ( 1986 ) `` Light of Day '' ( 1993 ) `` The New Timer '' ( 1995 ) `` Land of Hope and Dreams '' ( 2012 ) `` Hunter of Invisible Game '' ( 2014 ) Video releases Video Anthology / 1978 -- 88 ( 1989 ) In Concert / MTV Plugged ( 1992 ) Blood Brothers ( 1996 ) The Complete Video Anthology / 1978 -- 2000 ( 2001 ) Live in New York City ( 2001 ) Live in Barcelona ( 2003 ) VH1 Storytellers ( 2005 ) Wings For Wheels ( 2005 ) Hammersmith Odeon London ' 75 ( 2005 ) Live in Dublin ( 2007 ) Magic Tour Highlights ( 2008 ) London Calling : Live in Hyde Park ( 2010 ) The Promise : The Making of Darkness on the Edge of Town ( 2010 ) Springsteen & I ( 2013 ) Born in the U.S.A. Live : London 2013 ( 2014 ) A MusiCares Tribute to Bruce Springsteen ( 2014 ) Bruce Springsteen 's High Hopes ( 2014 ) High Hopes in South Africa ( 2014 ) Hunter of Invisible Game ( 2014 ) Tours Born to Run tours ( 1974 -- 77 ) Darkness Tour ( 1978 ) The River Tour ( 1980 -- 81 ) Born in the U.S.A. Tour ( 1984 -- 85 ) Tunnel of Love Express ( 1988 ) Human Rights Now ! ( 1988 ) Bruce Springsteen 1992 -- 1993 World Tour ( 1992 -- 93 ) Ghost of Tom Joad Tour ( 1995 -- 97 ) Reunion Tour ( 1999 -- 2000 ) Rising Tour ( 2002 -- 03 ) Vote for Change ( 2004 ) Devils & Dust Tour ( 2005 ) Seeger Sessions Band Tour ( 2006 ) Magic Tour ( 2007 -- 08 ) Working on a Dream Tour ( 2009 ) Wrecking Ball Tour ( 2012 - 13 ) High Hopes Tour ( 2014 ) The River Tour 2016 ( 2016 ) Summer ' 17 ( 2017 ) Springsteen on Broadway ( 2017 - 18 ) Related Discography E Street Band Steel Mill The Sessions Band The Miami Horns Born to Run autobiography E Street Radio Little Steven 's Underground Garage Outlaw Pete Mike Appel Jon Landau Brendan O'Brien Bob Clearmountain The Max Weinberg 7 Southside Johnny Joe Grushecky Badlands : A Tribute to Bruce Springsteen 's Nebraska Greetings from E Street Book Cyndi Lauper singles She 's So Unusual `` Girls Just Want to Have Fun '' `` Time After Time '' `` She Bop '' `` All Through the Night '' `` Money Changes Everything '' `` When You Were Mine '' True Colors `` True Colors '' `` Change of Heart '' `` What 's Going On '' `` Boy Blue '' `` Maybe He 'll Know '' A Night to Remember `` I Drove All Night '' `` My First Night Without You '' `` A Night to Remember '' `` Heading West '' `` Primitive '' `` Unconditional Love '' Hat Full of Stars `` Who Let In the Rain '' `` That 's What I Think '' `` Sally 's Pigeons '' `` Hat Full of Stars '' Twelve Deadly Cyns... and Then Some `` Hey Now ( Girls Just Want to Have Fun ) '' `` I 'm Gonna Be Strong '' `` Come on Home '' Sisters of Avalon `` You Do n't Know '' `` Sisters of Avalon '' `` Ballad of Cleo and Joe '' Merry Christmas... Have a Nice Life `` Early Christmas Morning '' Shine `` Shine '' At Last `` At Last '' `` Walk On By '' The Body Acoustic `` Time After Time '' Bring Ya to the Brink `` Set Your Heart '' `` Same Ol ' Story '' `` Into the Nightlife '' Memphis Blues `` Just Your Fool '' Detour `` Hard Candy Christmas '' `` Funnel of Love '' Other singles `` You Make Loving Fun '' `` We Are the World '' `` The Goonies ' R ' Good Enough '' `` Hole in My Heart ( All the Way to China ) '' `` Another Brick in the Wall '' `` The World Is Stone '' `` Disco Inferno '' `` A Christmas Duel '' `` Girls Just Wanna Set Your Heart '' Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Stay_(Maurice_Williams_song)&oldid=826606818 '' Categories : 1960 singles 1964 singles 1978 singles Maurice Williams and the Zodiacs songs The Hollies songs The Four Seasons ( band ) songs Jackson Browne songs Cyndi Lauper songs Jan and Dean songs Billboard Hot 100 number - one singles Vee - Jay Records singles Asylum Records singles Sony Music Entertainment singles Song recordings produced by Bob Crewe 1953 songs Hidden categories : Articles needing additional references from June 2010 All articles needing additional references Articles with hAudio microformats All articles with unsourced statements Articles with unsourced statements from February 2007 Talk Contents About Wikipedia Deutsch Español Edit links This page was last edited on 20 February 2018, at 01 : 47. 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Question: who wrote stay just a little bit longer
Answer: Maurice Williams