Please Stay (Kylie Minogue song)

"Please Stay"
Single by Kylie Minogue
from the album Light Years
B-side
Released 11 December 2000
Format
Recorded 1999, Dublin, Ireland
Genre
Length 4:06
Label
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
  • Richard Stannard
  • Julian Gallagher
Kylie Minogue singles chronology
"Kids"
(2000)		 "Please Stay"
(2000)		 "Your Disco Needs You"
(2001)
Music video
"Please Stay" on YouTube

"Please Stay" is a song recorded by Australian singer and songwriter Kylie Minogue for her seventh studio album Light Years (2000). The song was written by Minogue, Richard Stannard, Julian Gallagher, and John Themis, and was produced by Stannard and Gallagher. The song was released as the fourth single from Light Years on 11 December 2000, by Parlophone and Mushroom Records. "Please Stay" is a disco song with a strong Latin pop influence. The song received generally positive reviews from music critics.

Commercially, the song attained moderate success, peaking at number 10 in the United Kingdom and number 15 in her native Australia, where it was certificated gold by the Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA), selling over 35,000 copies. An accompanying music video was shot for the single, directed by James Frost and Alex Smith. It featured Minogue abandoning a bedroom to visit a group of partygoers in an underground room. The song has been performed live by Minogue on her KylieFever2002 and Showgirl: The Greatest Hits Tour.

Background

"Please Stay" was written by Minogue, Richard Stannard, Julian Gallagher and John Themis, and was produced by Stannard and Gallagher. The song was chosen as the fourth single from the album "Light Years". "Please Stay" is a disco song, which features a strong Latin-pop style. The single version of the song is a remix of the version found on the album, with a slightly more sped-up tempo, and a condensed running length of four seconds.

Critical and commercial reception

Minogue performing "Please Stay" during Showgirl: The Greatest Hits Tour (2005).

Peter Robinson from NME praised the song for being a "breezy little number, much like Kylie herself."[1] Dooyoo.co.uk also gave it a positive review, writing, "With a slight drift from the camp disco, 'Please Stay' indulges in a light, fast acoustic sound, backed up by a thumping beat and lauded by soothing, inviting vocals from Minogue...she draws you into it and makes you feel like you're strutting the romantic streets of Paris."[2]

"Please Stay" had moderate success worldwide. The song debuted at number fifteen on the Australian Singles Chart, but didn't receive much weeks on the charts, but managed to be certificated gold by the Australian Recording Industry of Australia (ARIA). The song debuted at number sixty-nine on the Dutch Top 40, but fell out the next week at seventy-seven. The song debuted at number forty-seven on the Swedish Singles Chart, staying for three weeks. The song had debuted at number ten on the UK Singles Chart, but did not go further, staying on the charts for seven weeks. As a result, the song didn't have as much success as the previous two singles.

Music video

A music video was shot by James Frost and Alex Smith. The clip opens with Minogue driving a car through the night, intercut with images of her lying on a round rotating bed whilst wearing a gold silk mini-dress with slashed sleeves. After the first chorus, Minogue gets up off the bed in order to pull on a candelabra, revealing the opening to a fireman's pole within the wall. Sliding down it, she comes out the other side into an underground room filled with partygoers, and her gold dress changed into an identical red one. Minogue commences a dance routine with the partygoers involving a pool table, until the clip fades out over images of a pinball machine featuring the "Light Years" album cover.[3]

Live performances

Minogue performed a medley of "Spinning Around" and "Please Stay" on the Royal Variety Performance, which aired on 17 December 2000 by BBC One.[4] She performed "Please Stay" on the KylieFever2002 tour, as part of the "In Your Eyes" medley which included the titular song and "Rhythm of the Night". It was included again on the setlist of her Showgirl: The Greatest Hits Tour in 2005 as part of the What Kylie Wants, Kylie Gets section. Minogue was unable to complete the tour as she was diagnosed with early breast cancer and had to cancel the Australian leg of the tour.[5] The performance of the song was included in the Showgirl video album (2005).[6]

Formats and track listings

These are the formats and track listings of major single releases of "Please Stay".

Official versions

  1. Album version (4:08)
  2. Single version (4:04)
  3. 7th District Radio Mix (4:00)
  4. 7th District Club Flava Mix (6:34)
  5. 7th District Club Flava Dub (6:33)
  6. Hatiras Dreamy Vocal Mix (7:03)
  7. Hatiras Dreamy Dub (7:02)
  8. Metro Mix (5:46)

Charts

References

  1. ↑ http://www.nme.com/reviews/artistKeyname/3652
  2. ↑ http://www.dooyoo.co.uk/music-records/light-years-kylie-minogue/1071843/
  3. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-SvzGFEAKxQ
  4. ↑ "Royal Variety Performance". Royal Variety Performance. 17 December 2000. BBC One.
  5. ↑ "Kylie diagnosed with breast cancer, cancels aussie leg of showgirl tour". Fridae. 18 May 2005. Retrieved 20 June 2013.
  6. ↑ https://www.sanity.com.au/products/2000974/Showgirl_Live
  7. ↑ https://www.discogs.com/Kylie-Minogue-Please-Stay/release/490901
  8. ↑ https://www.discogs.com/Kylie-Minogue-Please-Stay/release/374826
  9. ↑ https://www.discogs.com/Kylie-Please-Stay/release/699453
  10. ↑ "Australian-charts.com – Kylie Minogue – Please Stay". ARIA Top 50 Singles.
  11. ↑ "Ultratop.be – Kylie Minogue – Please Stay" (in Dutch). Ultratip.
  12. ↑ "Ultratop.be – Kylie Minogue – Please Stay" (in French). Ultratip.
  13. ↑ "Chart Track: Week 50, 2000". Irish Singles Chart.
  14. ↑ "Dutchcharts.nl – Kylie Minogue – Please Stay" (in Dutch). Single Top 100.
  15. ↑ "Official Scottish Singles Sales Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company.
  16. ↑ "Swedishcharts.com – Kylie Minogue – Please Stay". Singles Top 100.
  17. ↑ "SNS IFPI" (in Slovak). Hitparáda – Radio Top 100 Oficiálna. IFPI Czech Republic. Note: insert {{{year}}}{{{week}}} into search.
  18. ↑ "Spanishcharts.com – Kylie Minogue – Please Stay" Canciones Top 50.
  19. ↑ "Kylie Minogue: Artist Chart History". Official Charts Company.
  20. ↑ "ARIA Charts – Accreditations – 2000 Singles". Australian Recording Industry Association. Retrieved January 10, 2015.

Notes

  1. ^ "Please Stay". Please Stay 1. SloKylie. 11 January 2006. Retrieved 22 February 2006.
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