"Stay Too Long" is the first single from British musician Plan B's second album ''

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''. The single was released on 8 January 2010.

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also produced a remix, their first in three years, which was used as runway-soundtrack for the 2010

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. The Pendulum remix was also used on the video game Need For Speed: Hot Pursuit, and a short version is used on the video game The Sims 3: Pets trailer. The song was also used in part of episode two of the sixth series of

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. The song was also used in

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Music video

The music video for "Stay Too Long" was directed by Daniel Wolfe and shows the soul singer Strickland Banks on the night after one of his concerts. It was first aired online and on music channels in December 2009. British actress

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plays the lead female role in the video. The video also includes the British actor

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who is involved in a fight scene with Plan B.

Performances

Plan B performed the remix of the song alongside Pendulum at the

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during the backstage show.

Chart performance

On 17 January 2010, "Stay Too Long" entered the

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at number 9, which currently marks Plan B's second most successful single. The following week, the single fell to number 18, meaning it only spent one week within the top 10. On its third week in the chart, the single fell to number 19 and then to number 23 on its fourth week. On 14 February 2010, the single fell 9 places to number 32, before falling out of the Top 40 to number 45 the following week. Following the release of the album, ''

'', the single rocketed back into the Top 40 on 26 April 2010 to number 37 for one week, bringing the total of weeks spent in the Top 40 to six. The single also managed to debut at number 2 on the

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, being beaten only by

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". The song has sold over 190,000 sales in the UK.

Track listing

* UK CD single # "Stay Too Long" - 3:44 # "Stay Too Long" (

Remix) - 7:06 * UK Promotional CD single # "Stay Too Long" (Radio Edit) - 3:22 # "Stay Too Long" - 3:44 * UK Promotional DVD single # "Stay Too Long" (Music Video) - 3:45 * 12" vinyl # "Stay Too Long" - 3:44 # "Spend My Money" - 4:06 * Digital download # "Stay Too Long" - 3:44 * Digital download - Remix # "Stay Too Long" (

Remix) - 7:06 * Digital single # "Stay Too Long" - 3:44 # "Spend My Money" - 4:06

Personnel

* Plan B – vocals ;Production * Paul Epworth – producer * Mark "Top" Rankin – engineer, mixing ;Additional musicians * Tom Wright-Goss – guitar * Eric Appapoulay – bass * Richard Cassell – drums * Aleysha Gordon – backing vocals * Hannah Kemoh – backing vocals * Jennifer Dawodu – backing vocals * Marvin Cottrell – backing vocals

Charts

Certifications

Release history

References

External links

* * * {{Authority control 2010 singles 679 Artists singles Atlantic Records UK singles Plan B (musician) songs Songs about alcohol Song recordings produced by Paul Epworth Songs written by Plan B (musician) 2009 songs