"Stay with Me" is a

country music Country (also called country and western) is a genre of popular music that originated in the Southern and Southwestern United States in the early 1920s. It primarily derives from blues, church music such as Southern gospel and spirituals, o ...

song written by J.P. Pennington and originally recorded by country pop band Exile in 1978. In 1979, the song was released as a single by the different artists. The first version, recorded by Dandy, reached number 57 of the ''

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chart. The song was most notably recorded by

Dave and Sugar Dave & Sugar was a pop-styled American country music Country (also called country and western) is a genre of popular music that originated in the Southern and Southwestern United States in the early 1920s. It primarily derives from blues, ...

and

Family Brown Family Brown was a Canadian country music band founded in 1967 by Joe Brown (vocals, bass guitar), along with his son Barry (vocals, guitar) and daughters Lawanda and Tracey (vocals), as well as Dave Dennison (guitar) and Ron Sparling (drums). Betw ...

, who both reached the top ten of the country charts in the U.S. and Canada, respectively. While not originally released as a single when recorded, Exile's version was later released in 1985.

Chart performance

Dandy

Dave & Sugar

Family Brown

Exile

References

{{Exile 1979 singles 1985 singles Dave & Sugar songs Exile (American band) songs Family Brown songs RCA Records singles Songs written by J.P. Pennington 1978 songs