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
Mud (band) Summer Olympics. Mud (band) Mud (now Mud II) are an English glam rock band, formed in February 1966. Their earlier success came in a pop and then glam rock style, while later hits were influenced by 1950s rock and roll, and are best remembered for their hit singles "Tiger Feet", which was the UK's best-selling single of 1974, and "Lonely This Christmas" which reached Christmas number 1 in December 1974. After signing to Rak Records and teaming up with songwriters/producers Nicky Chinn and Mike Chapman, the band had fourteen UK Top 20 hits between 1973 and 1976, including three number