Stay Another Day to promote its parent single. Girls Aloud gave the song a "romantic slant," which surprised East 17's Mortimer since it is about his brother's suicide. Mortimer said, "I found it really odd they were singing a song about my dead brother. It should've been left alone for a few years," adding that he did like Girls Aloud. Colin Paterson of "The Guardian" remarked on the unoriginality of Girls Aloud's cover: "A group formed on a TV show by a phone poll and then doing a cover of a former Christmas No 1. Life seldom gets less imaginative." In 2007 the
Stay (Eternal song) by Glenn Jones and released in 1990. The music video for "Stay" was filmed in New York City, directed by Marcus Nispel and features the girls in colorful backdrops while doing dance moves. The video became a staple on the American cable network BET's "Video Soul" in early 1994. Stay (Eternal song) "Stay" is the debut single by British girl group Eternal. It released on 20 September 1993 as the lead single from their debut album "Always & Forever" (1993). The single entered at number 16 on 26 September 1993 on the UK Singles Chart, eventually peaking at number four