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"Stay" is a song by Zedd featuring Alessia Cara which was released as a single on February 23, 2017 through Interscope Records, and is also featured on the ... AlessiaCaraWiki Explore MainPage Discuss AllPages Community InteractiveMaps RecentBlogPosts About AlessiaCara Gallery PersonalLife DISCOGRAPHY Studioalbums Know-It-All ThePainsOfGrowing Singles Here WildThings WILD ScarsToYourBeautiful More... Community Administrators DanceGuy151 AestheticFaraz LiveChatroom Forums RecentBlogPosts FANDOM Games Anime Movies TV Video Wikis ExploreWikis CommunityCentral StartaWiki Don'thaveanaccount? Register SignIn Advertisement in: Singles,Songs,2017,Collaborations Stay Viewsource History Talk(0) Stay Generalinformation Mainartist Zedd Featuredartist AlessiaCara ReleaseDate February23,2017 Genre Dance-pop Length 3:30 Label Interscope,DefJam Songwriter(s) LinusWiklundSarahAaronsAndersFrøenAlessiaCaraccioloAntonZaslavskiJonnaliParmeniusJillianBanksJohnHillTimAnderson Producer(s) ZeddLotusIV Singleschronology ←Previous Current Next→ "HowFarI’llGo" "Stay" "1-800-273-8255" MusicVideo "Stay"isasongbyZeddfeaturingAlessiaCarawhichwasreleasedasasingleonFebruary23,2017throughInterscopeRecords,andisalsofeaturedontheJapaneseeditionofCara'ssecondstudioalbum,ThePainsOfGrowing. Contents 1Background 2Composition 3ChartPerformance 4MusicVideo 5Lyrics 6Audio 7References Background WhenheheardasongbyAlessiaCaraontheradio,Zeddbelievedshewouldbetheperfectfitfor"Stay,"sincehervoicewassimilartothedemo.TheywerethenaskedtoperformattheHaloAwardstogether.Uponmeetingher,Zeddaskedherifshewouldliketobeonthesong.Shelovedthetrack,sosheagreedtofeatureonit.Whenheplayedanalmostfinishedversionofthesong,Carawassurprisedatthefactthatit'sjusthersingingduringthechorus,withnoinstrumentals.[1] Composition "Stay"isadance-popsonginfluencedbycontemporaryR&BperformedinthekeyofFminorincommontimewithatempoof102beatsperminute.ItfollowsachordprogressionofD♭–F5–E♭,andCara'svocalsspanfromF3toD♭5.ThesongintroductioncontainasamplefromBanks's2016track"Poltergeist".[2] ChartPerformance Thesongpeakedat#7ontheBillboardHot100and#1ontheMainstreamTop40. MusicVideo ThemusicvideowasreleasedonApril18,2017,andwasdirectedbyTimMattia.Thevideoshowsmultipletimelineswheretheoutcomesareverydifferent.Inone,ZeddrunstowardsanelevatorthatCaraistaking,butdoesn'tmakeitintime.Intheother,Zeddmakesitandtheymeet,whichresultsinthemspendingtimetogetherandfallinginlove.However,thistimelineendsbadly,asitendsinZeddbeinghitbyacar,thoughitisnotrevealedwhetherhewassimplyinjuredorkilled.Thevideoshowshowsmalleventsanddifferencesintimingcangreatlychangeone'slife. Zedd,AlessiaCara-Stay(LyricVideo) Lyrics [Verse1] Waitingforthetimetopassyouby Hopethewindsofchangewillchangeyourmind Icouldgiveathousandreasonswhy AndIknowyou,andyou'vegotto [Pre-Chorus1] Makeitonyourown,butwedon'thavetogrowup Wecanstayforeveryoung Livingonmysofa,drinkingrumandcola Underneaththerisingsun Icouldgiveathousandreasonswhy Butyou'regoing,andyouknowthat [Chorus] Allyouhavetodoisstayaminute Justtakeyourtime Theclockisticking,sostay Allyouhavetodoiswaitasecond Yourhandsonmine Theclockisticking,sostay [Post-Chorus] Allyouhavetodois Allyouhavetodoisstay [Verse2] Won'tadmitwhatIalreadyknow I'veneverbeenthebestatlettinggo Idon'twannaspendthenightalone GuessIneedyou,andIneedto [Pre-Chorus2] Makeitonmyown,butIdon'twannagrowup Wecanstayforeveryoung Livingonmysofa,drinkingrumandcola Underneaththerisingsun Icouldgiveamillionreasonswhy Butyou'regoing,andyouknowthat [Chorus] Allyouhavetodoisstayaminute Justtakeyourtime Theclockisticking,sostay Allyouhavetodoiswaitasecond Yourhandsonmine Theclockisticking,sostay [Post-Chorus] Allyouhavetodois Allyouhavetodoisstay [Bridge] Allyouhavetodoisstay Sostay,yeah [Chorus] Allyouhavetodoisstayaminute Justtakeyourtime Theclockisticking,sostay Allyouhavetodoiswaitasecond Yourhandsonmine Theclockisticking,sostay Allyouhavetodoisstay Audio References ↑[https://variety.com/2017/music/news/zedd-talks-stay-grammys-alessia-cara-and-the-two-albums-hes-working-on-1202646575/#! ↑https://enfntsterribles.com/zedd-alessia-caras-stay-rip-off-banks-poltergeist/ Categories: Singles Songs 2017 Collaborations CommunitycontentisavailableunderCC-BY-SAunlessotherwisenoted. Advertisement FanFeed 1 Here 2 RiverofTears 3 ScarsToYourBeautiful UniversalConquestWiki Let'sGoLuna!Wiki Club57Wiki FollowonIG TikTok JoinFanLab