Stay Another Day band Maps covered the song and gave it away as a free mp3 download online. In 2003 at Keele University Students' Union, Chesney Hawkes and his band performed an (intentionally farcical) punk rock version of "Stay Another Day" in response to East 17 cancelling their appearance later in the night. The song was not performed in full as the band could not stop laughing when they tried to perform it. In 2012 metal band THE HELL covered the song as a Christmas single and is offered as a free download on their bandcamp account. In 2013, Bastille included it in
From a Distance: The Event was one of two new studio tracks, while the other is the ballad "All the Time You Need", a track that had become popular with Richard's fans since he had first performed it in concerts a few years prior, but had only been available on Richard's video album "Live & Guaranteed 1988!" Three singles were released from the album. "Silhouettes" was the first to be released, reaching number 10 in the UK Singles Chart. The second single, "From a Distance", peaked at number 11, and the third single, "Saviour's Day", reached number one, becoming the UK's Christmas number one for