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
Christmas Time (Don't Let the Bells End) to the official charts company, the song sold 385,000 copies over the Christmas period. Christmas Time (Don't Let the Bells End) "Christmas Time (Don't Let the Bells End)" is a single released by British hard rock band The Darkness. The single was released on 15 December 2003, to fall in with the UK Christmas Number One Race, ultimately finishing runner-up. The track was later included on a "Christmas Edition" of their debut studio album, "Permission to Land", issued in some areas of Europe on 22 December 2003. The band re-recorded the song in December 2013. The song is a take