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
Stay Together (Suede song) which Suede mimed on a stage ringed by flaming torches. The second as a tribute to Derek Jarman, who passed away 21 February. To promote the single the band embarked on a three-date mini-tour of Worthing, Blackpool and Edinburgh. Although Anderson considers the song as being “pompous and bombastic,” he considers the song as a rare moment in the band's career where hype dictated its success. "Stay Together" was released in the UK 14 February 1994 on double gatefold vinyl, MC and CD. The CD included both extended and radio edit versions of "Stay Together". The 12" had just the