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
Another Single Day in 2003, as the group played extensively throughout the Sacramento area, supporting the EP. Allen left the band in 2004. Adopting the new name, and once again a three-piece, the band recorded a new EP, featuring the tracks "Blind," "Overground," and "Days of Fire." With the addition of guitarist Brian Holzgang in 2005, the band began touring throughout Northern California, opening for such acts as Taylor Hawkins and Frank Hannon. The band's single, "Blind" was featured, then put into rotation on KWOD in late 2005, while another, "Overground," was chosen by Mark Gilmore for inclusion on KRXQ 98 Rock's "Sacramento