Stay (David Bowie song)

Infobox Single
Name = Stay


Caption =
Artist = David Bowie
from Album = Station to Station
A-side = "Stay"
B-side = "Word on a Wing"
Released = July 1976
Format = 7" single
Recorded = Cherokee Studios, Hollywood; September-December 1975
Genre = Funk
Length = 6:15 (Album Version)
3:21 (Single Version)
Label = RCA
10736 (US)
Writer = David Bowie
Producer = David Bowie, Harry Maslin
Certification =
Chart position = - (US)
Last single = "Suffragette City"
1976
This single = "Stay"
1976
Next single = "Sound and Vision"
1977
Misc =
Misc = Extra tracklisting
Album = Station to Station
Type = studio
prev_track = "TVC 15"
prev_no = 4
this_track = "Stay"
track_no = 5
next_track = "Wild Is the Wind"
next_no = 6

"Stay" is a song written by David Bowie for the 1976 album "Station to Station".In July 1976 it was released as a single by RCA in the US. The length of the album version of "Stay" is 6:15.

Track listing

# "Stay" (Bowie) – 3:21
# "Word on a Wing" (Bowie)

Production credits

* Producer:
** Harry Maslin
** David Bowie

* Musicians:
** David Bowie: Vocals, Guitar, Mellotron
** Carlos Alomar, Earl Slick: Guitar
** George Murray: Bass
** Dennis Davis: Drums
** Roy Bittan: Piano on "Word on a Wing"

Live versions

* A live version recorded at Nassau Coliseum, Long Island March 23rd 1976 was released as a bonus track on the Rykodisc CD release of "Station to Station" in 1991.
* A recording from the BBC Radio Theatre, London, June 27th 2000 was released on the bonus disc following the first releases of "Bowie at the Beeb".

Other releases

* It was released as the B-side of "Suffragette City" in July 1976.
* The single version also appeared on the "Christiane F." soundtrack.

Cover versions

* Ava Cherry - 3" CD single