Stay for a While

"Stay for a While"
Single by Angie Stone featuring Anthony Hamilton
from the album Stone Love
ReleasedOctober 11, 2004
Length4:01
LabelJ
Songwriters
  • Angie Stone
  • Jonathan Richmond
  • Juanita Wynn
  • Anthony Hamilton
Producers
  • Angie Stone
  • Jonathan Richmond
Angie Stone singles chronology
"U-Haul"
(2004) 		"Stay for a While"
(2004) 		"I Wasn't Kidding"
(2005)

"Stay for a While" is a song by American singer Angie Stone, featuring singer Anthony Hamilton. It was written by Stone, Hamilton, Juanita Wynn, and Jonathan Richmond for Stone's third studio album Stone Love (2004), while production was helmed by Stone and Richmond. Released by J Records as the album's third and final single on October 12, 2004, it reached number 21 on the US Billboard Adult R&B Songs and peaked at number 70 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart.

Critical reception

AllMusic editor Rob Theakston ranked "Stay for a While" among his favorite tracks on parent album Stone Love and called Hamilton's performance on the song "exceptional."[1] Jennifer F. Bogar from Today declared the song a "phenomenal track drenched in [both singers'] gospel roots."[2]

Chart performance

"Stay for a While" debuted at number 72 on the US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart in the week of December 18, 2004 and peaked at number 70 on January 15, 2005.[3] The song also peaked at number 22 on Billboard's Adult R&B Songs, becoming Stone Love' third consecutive single to enter the chart.[4]

Track listing

Promo CD single[5]
No.TitleLength
1."Stay for a While" (radio edit) (featuring Anthony Hamilton)3:55
2."Stay for a While" (instrumental)4:06
3."Stay for a While" (call-out hook)0:10

Personnel

Charts

Weekly chart performance for "Stay for a While"
Chart (2004) Peak
position
US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs (Billboard)[3] 70

Release history

Release dates for "Stay for a While"
Region Date Format(s) Label(s) Ref.
United States October 11, 2004 Urban contemporary radio
[6]

References

  1. ^ Theakston, Rob. "Stone Love – Angie Stone". AllMusic. Retrieved May 31, 2023.
  2. ^ Bogar, Jennifer F. "Angie Stone happier, wiser in 'Love'". Today. Retrieved May 31, 2023.
  3. ^ a b "Angie Stone Chart History (Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved May 31, 2023.
  4. ^ "Angie Stone Chart History (Adult R&B Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved May 31, 2023.
  5. ^ "Stay for a While (CD, Single, Promo)". cdandlp.com. Retrieved May 31, 2023.
  6. ^ "Going for Adds – Week of 10/11/04", Radio & Records, no. 1576, p. 35, October 8, 2004, ISSN 0277-4860

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