Stay with Me (Faces song)


"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 US 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.

Re-recordings and cover versions

In 1993, Stewart reunited with Wood for MTV Unplugged, recorded a live version of the song, which appears on the 1993 album Unplugged...and Seated.
Def Leppard covered the song on Yeah! "Phil sang 'Stay with Me'," noted singer Joe Elliott. "It's his best Rod Stewart impression. I played the Fender Rhodes, he got to sing. There was a lot of instrument-swapping going on. Vivian played some great Ronnie Wood slide guitar."
The band Train covered the song on their 2004 album Alive at Last.
In 2019, Mary J. Blige covered the song for the soundtrack of The Umbrella Academy.

Personnel

Weekly charts

Year-end charts