“Stay With Me” by Sam Smith

song info

    “Stay With Me” by Sam Smith (official video) is a pop song.

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    Summary quotation from Wikipedia:

    “Stay with Me” is a song by British singer-songwriter Sam Smith, released as the third single from his debut studio album, In the Lonely Hour (2014). It was released in the United Kingdom as a digital download on 18 May 2014. The song was written by Smith, Jimmy Napes. The remix version features American R&B singer Mary J. Blige. It has peaked at #5 on the Billboard Hot 100, making it Smith’s first top-five single in the United States.

Background

    On 25 March 2014, the song was played for the first time on Zane Lowe’s BBC Radio 1 show at 7:30pm. On 29 March, he performed the song live on Saturday Night Live in the United States. On 16 May, he performed the song on The Graham Norton Show. In June, he returned to the United States as part of his tour where he performed the song on Good Morning America, at the Apollo Theater in New York with Mary J. Blige, and David Letterman.

Critical reception

    “Stay with Me” received generally positive reviews from music critics. Amy Davidson from Digital Spy called the song an “emotional crescendo” and said the chorus was “slightly over-sentimental” and felt that his “soulful voice” made the singer left in “defeat by fleeting fling”. She also gave the song four out of five stars. Joe Gross from Rolling Stone gave the song a mixed review and said that the gospel choir backs the singer up like “its Memphis ’67” and said that “If ninth-graders still made mixtapes for their crushes, this would be on all of them.” He gave the song three of of five stars. Isabel Pearson of Nouse gave the song a positive review during her album review, calling the song a “euphoric, slow building love-song that’s raw and undeniably one of the best tracks on this album.” Sarah Milton of The Upcoming lauded the song, calling it “electrifying with its blunt honesty and exquisite gospel influence.”

Music video

    A music video to accompany the release of “Stay with Me” was first released onto YouTube on 27 March 2014 at a total length of three minutes and twenty-nine seconds. The video shows Sam coming out of a house and walking down a street in London and sitting in a room performing the song, he is then performing the song in a church with a choir. It was directed by Jamie Thraves.

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