Stay with Me (DeBarge song)
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"Stay With Me" is a song performed by popular Motown recording group DeBarge
issued on their popular 1983 album, In a Special Way
.
and sister Bunny
, the song talks of a man wanting a lover of his to stay with him despite her worries about their relationship. The man makes his case near the end of the song chanting "don't go, don't go/I love you so". The song was led by El DeBarge mixing tenor and falsetto with his siblings' harmonic backgrounds backing him up.
single in hip-hop and R&B. By 1995, rappers like Big L
and The Notorious B.I.G.
have used the ending instrumental vamp of the song - which featured El's keyboard playing - for their hit songs, "MVP" and "One More Chance" respectively. Mary J. Blige
and Faith Evans
sung parts of the verses on "One More Chance" and later interpolated the ending vamp of the song for her track, "Don't Go", off her heralded My Life
album. Nearly a decade later, R&B singer Ashanti
sampled the song for her hit "Foolish" on her Self-titled debut album
(2002). R&B singer Mariah Carey
sampled the group's chorus for her 2008 single, "I'll Be Lovin' U Long Time
" on her E=MC² album. Ne-Yo
also used the song to sample for his song "Stay
" on his debut album In My Own Words
(2006).
DeBarge
DeBarge was a sibling music group of American origin whose repertoire included R&B, soul, funk, and later gospel. Active as a professional recording group from 1979 and 1989, the group was one of the few recording acts to bring success to the Motown label during the 1980s.-Background:Hailing from...
issued on their popular 1983 album, In a Special Way
In a Special Way
In a Special Way is the third studio album released by family singing group DeBarge released on the Gordy label on September of 1983.-Reception:...
.
Song information
Written by brother MartyMark DeBarge
Mark "Marty" DeBarge is an American R&B/soul singer-songwriter, trumpeter and flugelhorn player best known for his work as member of 1980s Motown singing family group DeBarge...
and sister Bunny
Bunny Debarge
Etterlene "Bunny" DeBarge is an American soul singer-songwriter, best known as the lone female sibling of the Motown family group DeBarge...
, the song talks of a man wanting a lover of his to stay with him despite her worries about their relationship. The man makes his case near the end of the song chanting "don't go, don't go/I love you so". The song was led by El DeBarge mixing tenor and falsetto with his siblings' harmonic backgrounds backing him up.
Hip-hop samples
Issued on the group's second album, In a Special Way, the song wasn't officially released as a single but it would gain leverage as an oft-sampledSampling (music)
In music, sampling is the act of taking a portion, or sample, of one sound recording and reusing it as an instrument or a different sound recording of a song or piece. Sampling was originally developed by experimental musicians working with musique concrète and electroacoustic music, who physically...
single in hip-hop and R&B. By 1995, rappers like Big L
Big L
Big L may refer to:* Lamont Coleman , better know by Big L, American hip-hop artist.Or a number of British radio stations:*Big L 1395, a British radio station.*Radio Luxembourg's English-language progammes ....
and The Notorious B.I.G.
The Notorious B.I.G.
Christopher George Latore Wallace , best known as The Notorious B.I.G., was an American rapper. He was also known as Biggie Smalls , Big Poppa, and The Black Frank White .Wallace was raised in the Brooklyn borough...
have used the ending instrumental vamp of the song - which featured El's keyboard playing - for their hit songs, "MVP" and "One More Chance" respectively. Mary J. Blige
Mary J. Blige
Mary Jane Blige is an American singer-songwriter, record producer and occasional actress. She is a recipient of nine Grammy Awards and four American Music Awards, and has recorded eight multi-platinum albums. She is the only artist with Grammy Award wins in Pop, Rap, Gospel, and R&B. Blige has...
and Faith Evans
Faith Evans
Faith Renée Evans is an American singer-songwriter, recording artist, record producer, actress and author. Born in Florida and raised in New Jersey, Evans relocated to Los Angeles during 1993 for a career with the music business. After working as a backing vocalist for Al B...
sung parts of the verses on "One More Chance" and later interpolated the ending vamp of the song for her track, "Don't Go", off her heralded My Life
My Life (Mary J. Blige album)
My Life is the second studio album from American R&B and soul singer Mary J. Blige, Released by Uptown/MCA Records on November 29, 1994. Recording sessions for the album began in fall of 1993 and ended almost one year later. Many of the topics on My Life deal with clinical depression, Blige's...
album. Nearly a decade later, R&B singer Ashanti
Ashanti (singer)
Ashanti Shequoiya Douglas is an American singer-songwriter, record producer, dancer, actress, and model. She rose to fame in the early 2000s. Ashanti is most famous for her eponymous debut album, which featured the hit song "Foolish", and sold over 503,000 copies in its first week of release...
sampled the song for her hit "Foolish" on her Self-titled debut album
Ashanti (album)
Ashanti is the self-titled debut studio album by American R&B singer Ashanti, released by Murder Inc. and Island Def Jam on April 2, 2002 in North America and April 8, 2002 in United Kingdom...
(2002). R&B singer Mariah Carey
Mariah Carey
Mariah Carey is an American singer-songwriter, record producer, and actress. She made her recording debut with the release of her eponymous studio album in 1990, under the guidance of Columbia Records executive Tommy Mottola, whom she later married in 1993...
sampled the group's chorus for her 2008 single, "I'll Be Lovin' U Long Time
I'll Be Lovin' U Long Time
"I'll Be Lovin' U Long Time" is a song by American singer-songwriter Mariah Carey, taken from her eleventh studio album, E=MC² . It was written by Carey, Aldrin Davis, Crystal Johnson and Clifford Harris, and produced by the former two...
" on her E=MC² album. Ne-Yo
Ne-Yo
Shaffer Chimere Smith, Jr. , better known by his stage name Ne-Yo, is an American pop and R&B singer-songwriter, record producer, dancer and actor. Beginning his career as a songwriter, Ne-Yo penned the hit "Let Me Love You" for singer Mario...
also used the song to sample for his song "Stay
Stay (Ne-Yo song)
"Stay" is the debut single by American singer Ne-Yo from his debut studio album In My Own Words. It features rapper Peedi Peedi and produced by Ron "Neff-U" Feemstar....
" on his debut album In My Own Words
In My Own Words
- Chart positions :- External links :* at Discogs* at Metacritic* at The Washington Post...
(2006).
Credits
- Lead vocals by El DeBargeEl DeBargeEldra Patrick "El" DeBarge is an American R&B/pop falsetto singer and was the focal point and lead singer of the family group DeBarge throughout the early to mid-1980s....
- Background vocals by DeBargeDeBargeDeBarge was a sibling music group of American origin whose repertoire included R&B, soul, funk, and later gospel. Active as a professional recording group from 1979 and 1989, the group was one of the few recording acts to bring success to the Motown label during the 1980s.-Background:Hailing from...
- Instrumentation by assorted musicians:
- El DeBarge: piano
- Randy DeBarge: bass