Please Stay: Difference between revisions

From The Elvis Costello Wiki
Jump to navigationJump to search
m (Reverted edits by Homecare4 (Talk) to last revision by Nunki)
(+The Warner Sound Of Burt Bacharach)
 
(6 intermediate revisions by 2 users not shown)
Line 16: Line 16:
|record_info = 1990, Blue Wave Studios, Barbados<br>Vocal backgrounds added at Eden Studios, London
|record_info = 1990, Blue Wave Studios, Barbados<br>Vocal backgrounds added at Eden Studios, London
|release_info = May 9, 1995
|release_info = May 9, 1995
|albums = [[Kojak Variety]], 1995
|albums = [[Kojak Variety]], 1995<br>
[[The Songs Of Bacharach & Costello]], 2023
|singles =  
|singles =  
|collections =  
|collections =  
|soundtracks =  
|soundtracks =  
|various_artists = [[Mellow Bacharach Heaven]], 1997
|various_artists = [[Mellow Bacharach Heaven]], 1997<br>[[The Warner Sound Of Burt Bacharach]], 2013
|promos =  
|promos =  
|videos =  
|videos =  
Line 28: Line 29:
{{song notes
{{song notes
|first = [[Concert 1986-11-16 Milan|November 16, 1986, Milan, Italy]]
|first = [[Concert 1986-11-16 Milan|November 16, 1986, Milan, Italy]]
|last = [[TV 2008-08-06 Spectacle (The Police)|August 6, 2008, Spectacle: Elvis Costello with... The Police]]
|last = [[Concert 2023-08-31 Milan|August 31, 2023, Milan, Italy]]
}}{{song quote
}}{{song quote
| quote =  
| quote =  
Line 36: Line 37:
{{thumbs header}}
{{thumbs header}}
{{thumb: Kojak Variety}}
{{thumb: Kojak Variety}}
----
[[image:The Songs Of Bacharach & Costello album cover.jpg|99px|center|link=The Songs Of Bacharach & Costello]]
|}
|}


Line 41: Line 44:
|covers =  
|covers =  
}}
}}
{{rboaHeader}}
{{rboa
| year = 1962
| band = The Drifters
| info = ''Save The Last Dance For Me''
| link =  {{Amazon|asin=B00BMOTBQC}} {{-}} [https://www.discogs.com/master/613664-The-Drifters-Save-The-Last-Dance-For-Me Discogs]  }}
{{rboa
| year = 1965
| band = Zoot Money's Big Roll Band 
| info = single release
| link = [https://www.discogs.com/master/1210669-Zoot-Moneys-Big-Roll-Band-Please-Stay Discogs]  }}
{{rboa
| year = 1966
| band = The Cryin' Shames
| info = single release
| link = [https://www.discogs.com/master/529916-The-Cryin-Shames-Please-Stay Discogs]  }}
{{rboa
| year = 1968
| band = Lou Courtney
| info = single release
| link = [https://www.discogs.com/master/1217670-Lou-Courtney-Please-Stay-You-Can-Give-Your-Love-To-Me Discogs]  }}


==Internal links==  
==Internal links==  
*[http://www.elviscostello.info/disc/official/kv/kv.htm Elvis Costello Home Page: Kojak Variety] {{-}} [http://www.elviscostello.info/lyrics/kv.html lyrics] {{-}} [http://www.elviscostello.info/guitar/kv.html chords] {{-}} [http://www.elviscostello.info/disc/official/kv/kv_info_a01.htm KV info page 1]
*[http://www.elviscostello.info/disc/official/kv/kv.htm Elvis Costello Home Page: Kojak Variety] {{-}} [http://www.elviscostello.info/lyrics/kv.html lyrics] {{-}} [http://www.elviscostello.info/guitar/kv.html chords] {{-}} [http://www.elviscostello.info/disc/official/kv/kv_info_a01.htm KV info page 1]
*[[The Look Of Love: The Burt Bacharach Collection]]
*[[Template: Please Stay|Lyrics]]
*[[Template: Please Stay|Lyrics]]



Latest revision as of 23:56, 16 March 2024

If I got on my knees and I pleaded with you
Not to go but to stay in my arms
Would you walk out the door
Like you did once before
This time be different
Please stay, don't go

If I call out your name like a prayer
Would you leave me alone with my tears
Knowing I need you so
Would you still turn and go
This time be different in some way
Don't go, please stay

You took me away from the rest of the world
When you taught me to love you like this
Now I hang my head when I think how you lied
But I still can be saved by your kiss

I loved you before I even knew your name
I wanted to give you my heart
But when you came back after leaving me one time
Oh I knew, yes I knew that the heartaches would start

If I told you my life was a song
That was written for you, you alone
Would you hurt all my pride
Oh, till I cry
This time be different
Please stay
Oh, this time be different in some way
Don't go, please stay
Please stay, don't go

Please Stay
Written byBurt Bacharach & Bob Hilliard
Performed byElvis Costello
Produced byElvis Costello & Kevin Killen
MusiciansElvis Costello - vocals
Pete Thomas - drums
Jerry Scheff - bass
Larry Knechtel - Hammond organ, Wurlitzer electric piano
Marc Ribot - Spanish & electric guitars
Recorded1990, Blue Wave Studios, Barbados
Vocal backgrounds added at Eden Studios, London
ReleasedMay 9, 1995
AlbumsKojak Variety, 1995
The Songs Of Bacharach & Costello, 2023
Various Artists collectionsMellow Bacharach Heaven, 1997
The Warner Sound Of Burt Bacharach, 2013
Length4:50

First known performance:
November 16, 1986, Milan, Italy
Last known performance:
August 31, 2023, Milan, Italy
     (13 known performances)


Kojak VarietyKV album cover large.jpg

The Songs Of Bacharach & Costello album cover.jpg


Recordings by other artists

 Artist  Year  Release  Links
 The Drifters  1962 Save The Last Dance For Me AmazonDiscogs
 Zoot Money's Big Roll Band  1965  single release Discogs
 The Cryin' Shames  1966  single release Discogs
 Lou Courtney  1968  single release Discogs

Internal links

External links