I Want You to Stay
| "I Want You to Stay" | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Single by Maxïmo Park | ||||
| from the album A Certain Trigger | ||||
| B-side | "La Quinta" | |||
| Released | 20 February 2006 | |||
| Recorded | Autumn 2004 | |||
| Genre | Post-punk revival | |||
| Length | 3:12 (radio edit) 3:44 (album version) | |||
| Label | Warp | |||
| Songwriters | Lukas Wooller (Music), Paul Smith (Lyrics) | |||
| Producer | Paul Epworth | |||
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| "I Want You to Stay" on YouTube | ||||
"I Want You to Stay" is the fifth single released from English rock band Maxïmo Park, taken from their debut album A Certain Trigger. It was the last single from the album, released on 20 February 2006. "I Want You to Stay" reached number 21 on the UK Singles Chart.
A B-side from Maxïmo Park's February 2005 single for "Apply Some Pressure" features a song called "I Want You to Leave," a play on the title of "I Want You to Stay." The song is also included on the band's 2005 compilation album Missing Songs. A music video for the song, of which the band doesn't appear in, premiered prior to its release as a single on 10 January 2006, and was directed by Ramon Bloomberg.