Say You'll Stay Until Tomorrow
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"Say You'll Stay Until Tomorrow" is a 1976 single by Tom Jones
. The song was Jones's first and highest-charting country music
hit. Spending ten weeks within the Top 40 of the Billboard
Hot Country Singles (now Hot Country Songs
) chart, "Say You'll Stay Until Tomorrow" went to number one for one week on 26 February 1977. The song also peaked at number fifteen on the Billboard Hot 100
, and would be Jones's last single to reach the top 40 until 1988. It was also a Number One hit in Canada, reaching the top of the RPM
country and easy-listening charts.
Tom Jones (singer)
Sir Thomas John Woodward, OBE , known by his stage name Tom Jones, is a Welsh singer.Since the mid 1960s, Jones has sung many styles of popular music – pop, rock, R&B, show tunes, country, dance, techno, soul and gospel – and sold over 100 million records...
. The song was Jones's first and highest-charting 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...
hit. Spending ten weeks within the Top 40 of the Billboard
Billboard (magazine)
Billboard is a weekly American magazine devoted to the music industry, and is one of the oldest trade magazines in the world. It maintains several internationally recognized music charts that track the most popular songs and albums in various categories on a weekly basis...
Hot Country Singles (now Hot Country Songs
Hot Country Songs
Hot Country Songs is a chart published weekly by Billboard magazine in the United States.This 60-position chart lists the most popular country music songs, calculated weekly mostly by airplay and occasionally commercial sales...
) chart, "Say You'll Stay Until Tomorrow" went to number one for one week on 26 February 1977. The song also peaked at number fifteen on the Billboard Hot 100
Billboard Hot 100
The Billboard Hot 100 is the United States music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine. Chart rankings are based on radio play and sales; the tracking-week for sales begins on Monday and ends on Sunday, while the radio play tracking-week runs from Wednesday...
, and would be Jones's last single to reach the top 40 until 1988. It was also a Number One hit in Canada, reaching the top of the RPM
RPM (magazine)
RPM was a Canadian music industry publication that featured song and album charts for Canada. The publication was founded by Walt Grealis in February 1964, supported through its existence by record label owner Stan Klees. RPM ceased publication in November 2000.RPM stood for "Records, Promotion,...
country and easy-listening charts.
Charts
| Chart (1977) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Canadian RPM Adult Contemporary | 1 |
| Canadian RPM Country Tracks | 1 |
| Canadian RPM Top Singles | 12 |
| U.K. Singles Chart | 40 |
| U.S. Billboard Easy Listening | 3 |
| U.S. Billboard Hot 100 | 15 |
| U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles | 1 |
| Australian Singles Chart Kent Music Report The Kent Music Report was a weekly record chart of Australian music singles and albums which was compiled by music enthusiast David Kent from May 1974 through to 1998... |
15 |