"I Wish You'd Stay" is the title of a song co-written and recorded by American country music

Country music

Country music is a popular American musical style that began in the rural Southern United States in the 1920s. It takes its roots from Western cowboy and folk music...

 singer Brad Paisley

Brad Paisley

Brad Douglas Paisley is an American singer-songwriter and musician. His style crosses between traditional country music and Southern rock, and his songs are frequently laced with humor and pop culture references....

. It was released in August 2002 as the fourth and final single from Paisley's album Part II

Part II (Brad Paisley album)

-Personnel:*Eddie Bayers - drums*Ron Block - banjo*Glen Duncan - fiddle*Kevin "Swine" Grantt - bass guitar, upright bass*Jim "Daddy" Heffernan - Dobro on "Two Feet of Topsoil", "Munster Rag" and "Too Country"*Bernie Herms - piano, keyboards, B3 organ...

and reached a peak of number 7 on the Billboard

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Hot Country Singles & Tracks

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 chart in early 2003. The song was originally released as the b-side to Paisley's previous single, "I'm Gonna Miss Her (The Fishin' Song)

I'm Gonna Miss Her (The Fishin' Song)

"I'm Gonna Miss Her " is a song co-written and recorded by American country music artist Brad Paisley. It was released in February 2002 as the third single from his second studio album Part II, the song reached the top of the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart that year, becoming the third...

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Content

The song is a ballad, in which the narrator states that he hopes his significant other finds love when they leave his side, but he wishes the person would stay with him.

Music video

The music video was directed by Brad Paisley and Devin Pense and premiered on November 11, 2002.

Personnel

• Eddie Bayers
  Eddie Bayers
  Eddie Bayers is an American session drummer who has played on 150 gold and platinum albums. He received the Academy of Country Music 'Drummer of the Year Award' for eight straight years, and has three times won the Nashville Music Awards 'Drummer of the Year'...
  
   - drums
• Glen Duncan - fiddle
  Fiddle
  The term fiddle may refer to any bowed string musical instrument, most often the violin. It is also a colloquial term for the instrument used by players in all genres, including classical music...
  
  
• Kevin "Swine" Grantt - bass guitar
  Bass guitar
  The bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....
  
  
• Bernie Herms - piano
  Piano
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  , keyboards
  Keyboard instrument
  A keyboard instrument is a musical instrument which is played using a musical keyboard. The most common of these is the piano. Other widely used keyboard instruments include organs of various types as well as other mechanical, electromechanical and electronic instruments...
  
  , string arrangements
• Wes Hightower - background vocals
• Mike Johnson - steel guitar
  Steel guitar
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• Mitch McMitchen - percussion
• Brad Paisley - lead vocals, lead and rhythm guitar
  Guitar
  The guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...
  
  , acoustic guitar
  Acoustic guitar
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  , 6 string tic tac
• Justin Williamson - mandolin
  Mandolin
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Strings by Carl Gorodetsky and the Nashville String Machine

Nashville String Machine

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Chart performance

"I Wish You'd Stay" debuted at number 59 on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks for the week of August 17, 2002.

Chart (2002–2003)	Peak position