Stay (Maurice Williams song)

"Stay"
Single by Maurice Williams and the Zodiacs
B-side	"Do You Believe"
Written	1953
Released	August 1960
Recorded	1960
Genre	Doo-wop
Length	1:36
Label	Herald
Songwriter(s)	Maurice Williams
Producer(s)	Phil Gernhard

"Stay" is a 1960 song by Maurice Williams and the Zodiacs and topped the charts in the United States, number 14 in the United Kingdom and number 4 in New Zealand. It went on covered by The Dave Clark Five, The Hollies, Jackson Browne, Bruce Springsteen and Cyndi Lauper.

Jackson Browne version

"Stay"
Single by Jackson Browne
from the album Running on Empty
B-side	"Rosie"
Released	1978
Recorded	1977
Venue	Merriweather Post Pavilion, Columbia, Maryland
Genre	Soft rock
Length	3:28
Label	Asylum
Songwriter(s)	Maurice Williams
Producer(s)	Jackson Browne
Jackson Browne singles chronology
"Running on Empty" (1978) "Stay" (1978) "You Love the Thunder" (1978)

The Jackson Browne released a version for his fifth studio album Running on Empty. The song is a follow-up track to The Load-Out. It made number 20 in the United States, number 10 in New Zealand, number 12 in the United Kingdom, number 58 in Australia and number 19 in Canada.