Stay (Simply Red album)

Stay is the tenth studio album from British pop group Simply Red. It was released on 12 March 2007 in the UK and entered the official charts at #4. Stay features 10 original tracks and a cover version of "Debris" by The Faces. The song most popular and played on radios is "So Not Over You".

Stay
Studio album by
Simply Red
Released12 March 2007 (UK)
24 April 2007 (North America)
10 October 2007 (Japan)[1]
Recorded2006–2007
GenreSoul
Length43:39
LabelSimplyred.com
Producer
Simply Red chronology
Simplified
(2005)		 Stay
(2007)		 Simply Red 25: The Greatest Hits
(2008)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic link
The Guardian link
Uncut[2]

Track listing
  • Credits adapted from Simply Red's official website.[3]
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 LaneHucknall4:52
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
  1. "Oh! What A Girl!"
  2. "So Not Over You"
  3. "Stay (Live)"
  4. "So Not Over You (Live)"
Bonus Feature
  1. "Stay Album EPK"
BBC TV Appearances
  1. "Oh! What A Girl! (Later...With Jools Holland, Broadcast On 18th May 2007)"
  2. "They Don't Know (Later...With Jools Holland, Broadcast On 18th May 2007)"

Notes

  • ^[a] signifies a co-producer
  • ^[b] signifies an additional producer

Singles
  • "Oh! What a Girl!" (September 2006)
  • "So Not Over You" (5 March 2007)
  • "Stay" (28 May 2007) ("Stay" received popular Club Mixes from 7th Heaven.)
  • "The World and You Tonight" (November 2007)

Charts and certifications

Year-end charts
Year Country Chart Rank
2007 Germany IFPI #92

Certifications
Region CertificationCertified units/sales
Italy (FIMI)[4] Gold 40,000*
Netherlands (NVPI)[5] Gold 35,000^
Poland (ZPAV)[6] Gold 10,000*
United Kingdom (BPI)[7] Gold 100,000^

*sales figures based on certification alone
^shipments figures based on certification alone

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.

Credited musicians are:

Dave Bloor
Sarah Brown
Anthea Clarke
Dave Clayton
Gavin Goldberg
Simon Hale
Geoff Holyrode
Mark Jaimes
Dee Johnson
Jilly Johnson
John Johnson
Ian Kirkham
Pete Lewinson
Steve Lewinson
Chris De Margary
Jim McWiliam
Willie Fister
Patrick Murdock
Kevin Robinson
Danny Saxon
Morton Schjolin
Kenji Suzuki
Andy Wright
The London Session Orchestra, led by Gavyn Wright

Oddly, Hucknall does not appear on the album's list of musicians.

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References
  1. "STAY ： SIMPLY RED ： avex network". Avexnet.jp. Retrieved 12 January 2012.
  2. Adam Sweeting Uncut, May 2007, Issue 120
  3. "Stay". Simplyred.com. Retrieved 24 November 2018.
  4. "Simply Red e Ludovico Einaudi raggiungono il disco d'oro". Musica e dischi (in Italian). 11 April 2007. Archived from the original on 9 July 2012. Retrieved 9 July 2012.
  5. "Dutch album certifications – Simply Red – Stay" (in Dutch). Nederlandse Vereniging van Producenten en Importeurs van beeld- en geluidsdragers. Enter Stay in the "Artiest of titel" box.
  6. "Polish album certifications – Simply Red – Stay" (in Polish). Polish Society of the Phonographic Industry.
  7. "British album certifications – Simply Red – Stay". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 9 July 2012. Select albums in the Format field. Select Gold in the Certification field. Type Stay in the "Search BPI Awards" field and then press Enter.


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