Shakespear Sisters - Stay



There's a chance that a lot of people who read this have never heard the track I'm going to write about. Which makes this blog slightly pointless, for you at least. Although I played it in the office earlier and everyone knew it and tried to sing along.







The track is Shakespeare's Sister 'Stay'. Now, this is what I find odd, not about that track but about how it was received.



Back in the indie disco it was treated as one of the slow set. This happened, there'd be 3 or 4 songs and you'd hopefully get to dance with a girl or boy you liked. Hands around each others waist. All very innocent stuff. The songs would be ballads of the time. But 'Stay' is only a ballad for the first half. At exactly 2.00mins it changes into an almost Marilyn Manson-esque epic. With industrial sounding drums and grungey guitars. Sure the main hook is still there but this is NO LONGER a song that should be used for romantic dancing. Why did no one notice? Why did no one say?



It has over 2million hits on youtube, a sign if one was needed that although it may not be suitable for the slow set it is still a tune!