Stay (Wasting Time)
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"Stay" is a song by the Dave Matthews Band
, released as the second single off their album Before These Crowded Streets
. As a single, it reached #8 on the Modern Rock Tracks chart, #33 on the Top 40 Mainstream, and #20 on the Adult 40. The song features Tawatha Agee, Cindy Myzell, and Brenda White King on background vocals.
The song has been used as a set closer or as an encore frequently in their live performances. This song is one of the few which do not differ greatly from its studio version when performed live. The only major difference that occurs during live performances is that sometimes the ending of the song features improvisation.
The song was used by the Virginia Tourism Corporation for a 2005 television commercial.
Dave Matthews Band
Dave Matthews Band, sometimes shortened to DMB, is a U.S. rock band formed in Charlottesville, Virginia in 1991. The founding members were singer-songwriter and guitarist Dave Matthews, bassist Stefan Lessard, drummer/backing vocalist Carter Beauford and saxophonist LeRoi Moore. Boyd Tinsley was...
, released as the second single off their album Before These Crowded Streets
Before These Crowded Streets
Before These Crowded Streets is the third studio album by Dave Matthews Band, released on April 28, 1998. It is the last official album by the group to be produced by longtime producer Steve Lillywhite and their first album recorded at The Plant Recording Studios in Sausalito, California...
. As a single, it reached #8 on the Modern Rock Tracks chart, #33 on the Top 40 Mainstream, and #20 on the Adult 40. The song features Tawatha Agee, Cindy Myzell, and Brenda White King on background vocals.
The song has been used as a set closer or as an encore frequently in their live performances. This song is one of the few which do not differ greatly from its studio version when performed live. The only major difference that occurs during live performances is that sometimes the ending of the song features improvisation.
The song was used by the Virginia Tourism Corporation for a 2005 television commercial.
Track listing
- "Stay (Wasting Time)" (Remix Edit) — 4:34
- "Stay (Wasting Time)" (Album Edit) — 4:34
- "Stay (Wasting Time)" (Album Version) — 5:36
Live releases
A live performance of "Stay (Wasting Time)" is featured on the following albums:- Listener Supported
- Live in Chicago 12.19.98Live in Chicago 12.19.98Live in Chicago 12.19.98 at the United Center, also known as simply Live in Chicago 12.19.98, is a live album by the Dave Matthews Band, released by RCA on October 23, 2001. It was recorded at the United Center in Chicago, Illinois...
- Live at Folsom Field, Boulder, ColoradoLive at Folsom Field, Boulder, ColoradoLive at Folsom Field, Boulder, Colorado, also known as Live at Folsom Field, is the fourth live album released by the Dave Matthews Band. It was recorded in Boulder, Colorado at Folsom Field, the football stadium of the University of Colorado at Boulder on July 11, 2001. It was released on the RCA...
- The Central Park ConcertThe Central Park ConcertThe Central Park Concert is a three disc live album and video by the Dave Matthews Band. The album was recorded on September 24, 2003 on the Great Lawn of Central Park in New York, New York in front of a crowd of 121,382, the band's largest audience to date...
- Live Trax Vol. 1Live Trax Vol. 1Live Trax Vol. 1 is the first release of the Dave Matthews Band's Live Trax series. This two-disc set was released on November 2, 2004 and features the band's live performance at the former Centrum Centre in Worcester, MA on December 8, 1998....
- Live Trax Vol. 2Live Trax Vol. 2Live Trax Vol. 2 is the second release of the Dave Matthews Band's Live Trax series. This show took place on the Polo Fields of Golden Gate Park on September 12, 2004 and was a benefit concert for Bay Area Charities. Carlos Santana sits in as a special guest for several songs, including the...
- Live Trax Vol. 6Live Trax Vol. 6Live Trax Vol. 6, unofficially known as Live at Fenway Park, is the sixth installment in the Dave Matthews Band Live Trax series. It features a four disc set of the band's two night performance at Fenway Park in Boston from July 7 and 8, 2006...
- The Best of What's Around Vol. 1
- Live Trax Vol. 9Live Trax Vol. 9Live Trax Vol. 9 is the ninth live album released in the Dave Matthews Band Live Trax series. The four-disc live album was recorded at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada over a two-night span on March 23–24, 2007. The performance was the band's first show in 2007, after not having...
- Live Trax Vol. 10Live Trax Vol. 10Live Trax Vol. 10 is a live album by Dave Matthews Band, and is the tenth volume in the band's Live Trax series. The album was recorded on May 25, 2007 at Pavilhão Atlântico in Lisbon, Portugal. Guest Tom Morello from Rage Against the Machine performed two songs at the show on electric guitar...
- Live at Piedmont ParkLive at Piedmont ParkLive at Piedmont Park is a live album and video release by the Dave Matthews Band from a 2007 benefit concert in Atlanta. The concert was held at Atlanta's Piedmont Park in front of an audience of over 80,000 people to raise over US $1 million of a US $42.5 million project to expand of...
- Live at Mile High Music FestivalLive at Mile High Music FestivalLive at Mile High Music Festival is a live album by the Dave Matthews Band from the 2008 Mile High Music Festival outside Denver, Colorado. In its first week of sales, the album debuted at #97 on the US charts...
Charts
| Chart (1998) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| U.S. Billboard Modern Rock Tracks Modern Rock Tracks Alternative Songs is a music chart in the United States that has appeared in Billboard magazine since September 10, 1988. It lists the 40 most-played songs on modern rock radio stations, most of which are alternative rock songs... |
8 |
| U.S. Billboard Adult Top 40 | 20 |
| U.S. Billboard Top 40 Mainstream | 33 |