Stay (Simply Red album)

Stay
Studio album by
Simply Red
Released 12 March 2007 (UK)
Recorded 2006–2007
Studio Mick Hucknall's home studio; Metropolis Studios (London, UK)
Genre Soul
Length 43:39
Label Simplyred.com
Producer
Simply Red chronology
Simplified
(2005) 		Stay
(2007) 		Simply Red 25: The Greatest Hits
(2008)
Singles from Stay
  1. "Oh! What a Girl!"
    Released: September 2006
  2. "So Not Over You"
    Released: March 2007
  3. "Stay"
    Released: May 2007
  4. "The World and You Tonight"
    Released: October 2007
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Stay is the tenth studio album by British pop group Simply Red. It was released on 12 March 2007 in the UK and entered the official charts at No. 4. Stay features 10 original tracks and a cover version of "Debris" by The Faces.

Track listing

  • Credits adapted from Simply Red's official website.
Standard version
No. Title Writer(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
  • Danny Saxon
3:50
3. "Stay"
  • Hucknall
  • Dave Clayton
  • Wright
  • Morten Schjolin
  • Wright
  • Hucknall
  • Schjolin
3:04
4. "They Don't Know"
  • Hucknall
  • Clayton
  • Wright
  • Jaimes
  • Saxon
3:40
5. "Oh! What a Girl!"
  • Wright
  • Jaimes
  • Saxon
3:51
6. "Good Times Have Done Me Wrong"
  • Hucknall
  • Wright
  • Wright
  • Hucknall
 5:20
7. "Debris" Ronnie Lane Hucknall 4:52
8. "Lady"
Hucknall 5:00
9. "Money TV"
Hucknall 4:05
10. "The Death of the Cool"
  • Hucknall
  • Kirkham
 Hucknall 3:26
11. "Little Englander"
  • Hucknall
  • Kirkham
 Hucknall 3:06

2014 Remastered & expanded version bonus tracks

Disc 1: Radio edits
No. Title Length
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. Title Length
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. Title Length
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 18 May 2007)
  2. "They Don't Know" (Later... with Jools Holland, Broadcast on 18 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" (October 2007)

Personnel

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

Credited musicians are:

  • Dave Bloor – percussion programming (1, 5)
  • 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

Production

  • Andy Scade – recording
  • Alan Douglas – recording (1, 3, 6)
  • Gavin Goldberg – recording (1, 2, 4, 5)
  • Dave Bloor – recording (2, 4, 5)
  • Michael Zimmerling – recording (2, 4, 5, 7–11)
  • Johnny Wow – mixing
  • Pete Craigie – additional mix engineer (1, 3)
  • Kevin Metcalfe – mastering at The Soundmasters (London, UK)
  • Peacock Design – art direction, design
  • Hamish Brown – photography

Charts

Certifications

Certifications and sales for Stay
Region Certification Certified units/sales
Italy (FIMI) Gold 40,000*
Netherlands (NVPI) Gold 35,000^
Poland (ZPAV) Gold 10,000*
United Kingdom (BPI) Gold 100,000^

* Sales figures based on certification alone.
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.