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I Wish You'd Stay

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Released
  
August 12, 2002

Genre
  
Country

Label
  
Arista Nashville

Format
  
VHS single

Length
  
6:17 (album version)

Writer(s)
  
Brad PaisleyChris DuBois

"I Wish You'd Stay" is a song co-written and recorded by American country music singer Brad Paisley. It was released in August 2002 as the fourth and final single from Paisley's album Part II and reached a peak of number 7 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart in early 2003. The song was originally released as the b-side to Paisley's previous single, "I'm Gonna Miss Her (The Fishin' Song)." Paisley wrote this song with Chris DuBois.

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Content

The song is a ballad, in which the narrator states that he hopes his significant other finds love when they leave his side, but he wishes the person would stay with him.

Music video

The music video was directed by Brad Paisley and Devin Pense and premiered on November 11, 2002 on CMT.

Personnel

  • Eddie Bayers – drums
  • Glen Duncan – fiddle
  • Kevin "Swine" Grantt – bass guitar
  • Bernie Herms – piano, keyboards, string arrangements
  • Wes Hightower – background vocals
  • Mike Johnson – steel guitar
  • Mitch McMitchen – percussion
  • Brad Paisley – lead vocals, electric guitar, acoustic guitar, 6 string tic tac
  • Justin Williamson – mandolin

    • Strings by Carl Gorodetsky and the Nashville String Machine

    Chart performance

    "I Wish You'd Stay" debuted at number 59 on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks for the week of August 17, 2002.

    References

    I Wish You'd Stay Wikipedia
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