Number one on 13 March 1992, Jonny's 27th birthday
Stay
Shakespears Sister
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- Reached number oneweek ending 22 February 1992
- Weeks at number one8
- LabelLondon
- Decade1990s
The song
"Stay" is a song by the UK-based pop act Shakespears Sister, released in January 1992 by London Records as the second single from their second studio album, Hormonally Yours (1992). The single was written by Siobhan Fahey, Marcella Detroit, and Dave Stewart.
Shakespears Sister
Shakespears Sister are an alternative pop and rock musical duo that was formed in 1988 by Irish singer-songwriter Siobhan Fahey, a former member of Bananarama. Shakespears Sister was initially a solo act but became a duo by 1989 with the addition of American musician Marcella Detroit. Together they released two top-ten albums and a string of top-forty hits, including the 1992 single "Stay", which remained at No. 1 on the UK Singles Chart for eight weeks. Detroit was let go from the band in 1993, leaving Fahey as the sole member again, until the latter ended the project in 1996. After working under her own name for some years, Fahey revived the Shakespears Sister moniker in 2009. In 2019, Fahey and Detroit reunited as Shakespears Sister for a tour and released the singles "All the Queen's Horses" and "When She Finds You", and the EP Ride Again.
This decade's look
The photocopied zine: Impact-style headlines, a serif body that ships with every computer, typewriter captions, and plum, mustard and olive on grey paper.