Come back and stay

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Come back and stay
Jack Lee
publication 1981
Genre (s) pop
Author (s) Jack Lee
album Jack Lee's Greatest Hits Vol. 1
Cover version
1983 Paul Young

Come Back and Stay is a song originally written by Jack Lee for his punk pop band The Nerves . This took it in 1981 for his solo album Jack Lee's Greatest Hits Vol. 1 on. However, it only became known in the version of the English singer Paul Young , who released it as a single from his album No Parlez in 1983 .

Version by Paul Young

Creation and publication

The song was released as a single on August 1983. The track was also released in a 7:31 minute 12 "version (Extended Club Mix), the B-side of the 12" single contained the song Yours (Extended Club Mix). The B-side of the 7 "single also contained the song Yours . In 1989 the song was released as a 3:30 minute Columbia Hall Of Fame 7" single. Young performed the piece on December 17, 1983 at Thommy's Pop Show in the Westfalenhalle Dortmund . Young also sang Come Back and Stay at the Live Aid Festival in London's Wembley Stadium on July 13, 1985 .

Music video

In the video plot, Paul Young is shown mourning his girlfriend who left him. At first he speaks a monologue in which he says that he wants to confront her. In between scenes from the failed relationship are shown. In the final scene, he and his former girlfriend seem to embrace again - but the camera pans to a mirror in which you can see that Young is just hugging himself. Young met his future wife, Stacey, while filming the video; when the divorce occurred in 2006 after a long marriage, this scene was often quoted. A second video version was shot for the American market.

Commercial win

The single reached the top of the charts in Germany and Switzerland . In Switzerland, Come Back and Stay stayed in the top position for five weeks. In the United Kingdom reached Come Back and Stay fourth place in Austria in third place and in the United States 22nd place also in Belgium and New Zealand was the song a number-one hit. According to the awards, the single sold at least 250,000 times in Germany and Great Britain, and 540,000 times in France .

Chart placements

Charts Top ranking Weeks
Chart placements
Germany (GfK) Germany (GfK) 1 (22 weeks) 22nd
Austria (Ö3) Austria (Ö3) 3 (14 weeks) 14th
Switzerland (IFPI) Switzerland (IFPI) 1 (16 weeks) 16
United Kingdom (OCC) United Kingdom (OCC) 4th (9 weeks) 9
United States (Billboard) United States (Billboard) 22nd (15 weeks) 15th

Awards for music sales

Country / Region Award Sales
Awards for music sales
(country / region, Award, Sales)
Germany (BVMI) Germany (BVMI) Gold record icon.svg gold 250,000
France (SNEP) France (SNEP) Gold record icon.svg gold 540,000
United Kingdom (BPI) United Kingdom (BPI) Silver record icon.svg silver 250,000
All in all Silver record icon.svg1 × silver
Gold record icon.svg2 × gold
 1,040,000

More cover versions

James Morrison released a version of the song in 2007 on the Radio 1 Established 1967 compilation . Also Chicane took in 2010 a revised version of the dance style, titled Come Back to that on the album Giants appeared. This contains the original vocals by Paul Young.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ https://hitparade.ch/album/Jack-Lee/Jack-Lee's-Greatest-Hits-Vol.-1-260814
  2. ↑ a b c d e https://hitparade.ch/song/Paul-Young/Come-Back-And-Stay-1016
  3. ↑ https://www.80s80s.de/musik/songinfos/paul-young-come-back-and-stay
  4. ↑ a b http://www.infodisc.fr/Ventes_Chansons_Tout_Temps.php?debut=400
  5. ^ Paul Young - Come Back and Stay Charts DE
  6. ^ Paul Young - Come Back and Stay Charts AT + CH
  7. ^ Paul Young - Come Back and Stay Charts UK
  8. ^ Paul Young - Come Back and Stay Charts US
  9. ^ Paul Young - Come Back and Stay AfM DE
  10. ^ Paul Young - Come Back and Stay AfM DE
  11. ^ Paul Young - Come Back and Stay AfM UK
  12. ↑ https://www.discogs.com/de/Various-Radio-1-Established-1967/release/1108836
  13. ↑ https://www.discogs.com/de/Chicane-Giants/release/2378717