Stay

Album

Ain't That A Shame And 11 Others

Label

Vee-Jay Records

Genre

Doo-Wop

Media Type

45s

Composer(s)

Maurice Williams

Entered Chart

Feb 15, 1964

Peak Date

Apr 4, 1964

Released

December 1963

Recorded

1963

Catalog #

Vee-Jay 582

B-Side

Goodnight My Love

Original Artist

Maurice Williams

The Four Seasons' version was first released on their June 1963 album The 4 Seasons Sing Ain'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in December, but when disc jockeys started to "turn the single over" to play "Stay" on the air, the record company superseded the single with a new one with "Stay" as the A-side and "Goodnight My Love" as the new B-side.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 1964. In Canada it reached number 12

Stay, Ahhh, Just a little bit longer.
Please, please, please, please, please tell me that you're gonna.
Now, Your Daddy don't mind,
And your Mommy don't mind
If we have another dance here: just one more,

(falsetto)
One, more time,
Oh, won't you stay just a little bit longer,
Please let me stay here, please say that you will.

Say you will.
Won't you place your sweet lips on mii-i-i-i-i-i-ine.
Won't you say you love me all of the tii-i-i-i-i-i-ime.

(falsetto)
Wo, wo wo wo wo, just a little bit longer.
Please, please, please, please, please tell me that you're gonna
(Come on, come on, come on) Stay-yay, come on, come on, come on,
Stay-yay.
(Come on. come on, come on) Stay-yay, come on, come on, come on,
Stay-yay.
Oh, Ahh...