"Stay My Baby" is a song written by

Max Martin Karl Martin Sandberg (born 26 February 1971),Max Martin
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, Tommy Tysper and

Savan Kotecha Savan Harish Kotecha (born August 28, 1978) is an American songwriter and record producer from Austin, Texas. Kotecha is of Indian ( Gujarati) descent. He was also the executive music producer of the 2020 film '' Eurovision Song Contest: The S ...

as the second single from

Amy Diamond Amy Linnéa Deasismont (born 15 April 1992), previously known under the stage name Amy Diamond, is a Swedish actress, screenwriter, director, and singer. She is known for her single " What's in It for Me". The song was a 2005 hit in Sweden, Den ...

's third studio album ''Music in Motion'' (2007). Produced by Martin and Tysper, the song was written for Diamond by special request from her management and released 21 November 2007. It reached number 4 on the Swedish Singles Top 60 chart. The song instrumental was included on the re-release of the album: ''Music in Motion/Gold Edition'' (2008).

Music video

The music video was recorded in

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city,

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, released on 1 December 2007.

Charts

Miranda Cosgrove version

A cover version of the song by ''

iCarly ''iCarly'' is an American teen sitcom created by Dan Schneider, which originally aired on Nickelodeon from September 8, 2007, to November 23, 2012. The series tells the story of Carly Shay (Miranda Cosgrove), a teenager who creates and hosts ...

'' star

Miranda Cosgrove Miranda Taylor Cosgrove (born May 14, 1993) is an American actress, singer, and producer. A teen idol of the 2000s and early 2010s, she was listed as the highest-paid child actor of 2012 by Guinness World Records and appeared on ''Forbes " 30 ...

was released as a promotional single and was included on the ''iCarly'' soundtrack. A remix version of the song was also included in her debut EP

About You Now "About You Now" is a song by British girl group Sugababes from their fifth studio album, ''Change'' (2007). Written and produced by Dr. Luke along with Cathy Dennis and Steven Wolf, it was released on 24 September 2007 by Island Records as the l ...

MIRANDA COSGROVE TALKS NEW EP, ABOUT YOU NOW
/ref> A music video was also filmed and was directed by

Jesse Dylan Jesse Byron Dylan (born January 6, 1966) is an American film director and production executive. He is the founder of the media production company Wondros and Lybba, a non-profit organization. He is also a member of the Council on Foreign Relat ...

Background

Cosgrove's musical career first began with her recording the theme song of the

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sitcom ''

'' called "

Leave It All to Me "Leave It All to Me" is the debut single by American actress and singer Miranda Cosgrove, featuring Drake Bell, from the Nickelodeon show ''iCarly''s soundtrack album of the same name (2008). The song was written by Michael Corcoran. It was rele ...

", on which Cosgrove starred as the

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on the show. The song features her former ''

Drake & Josh ''Drake & Josh'' is an American teen sitcom created by Dan Schneider for Nickelodeon. The series follows teenage stepbrothers Drake Parker (Drake Bell) and Josh Nichols (Josh Peck) as they live together despite their opposite personalities. Na ...

'' castmate

Drake Bell Jared Drake Bell (born June 27, 1986) is an American actor and musician. Born in Newport Beach, California, he began his career as a child actor in the 1990s, appearing on ''Home Improvement (TV series), Home Improvement'' (1994) and in severa ...

, and was written by Michael Corcoran, one of Bell's band members. Following the success of ''iCarly'',

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released a

soundtrack album A soundtrack album is any album that incorporates music directly recorded from the soundtrack of a particular feature film or television show. The first such album to be commercially released was Walt Disney's ''Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs ( ...

of the show on June 10, 2008. The soundtrack album included "

", "Stay My Baby", "About You Now" and "Headphones On".

Music video

The music video premiered on

and was directed by Jesse Dylan. The music video features

Nolan Gerard Funk Nolan Gerard Funk (born July 28, 1986) is a SAG award nominated Canadian actor and singer, known for portraying Hunter Clarington in the musical comedy-drama television series ''Glee'', Collin Jennings in the comedy-drama television series '' Aw ...

. In the video, Cosgrove and her love interest write a song together, calls her band, and her friends and perform the song. At the end, Cosgrove walks off with her love interest.

References

External links

* {{Miranda Cosgrove 2007 singles 2008 singles Amy Deasismont songs Miranda Cosgrove songs Music videos directed by Jesse Dylan ICarly Songs written by Savan Kotecha Songs written by Max Martin Songs written by Tommy Tysper 2007 songs Song recordings produced by Max Martin