If You Let Me Stay
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"If You Let Me Stay" is the first single released from soul
-R&B singer Terence Trent D'Arby in 1987. It was taken from his debut album, Introducing the Hardline According to Terence Trent D'Arby
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The song itself has a R&B feel that showcases D'Arby's vocals, but it only reached #68 on the Billboard Hot 100
and peaked at #7 on the UK Singles Chart
. It was not until the release of the second single, "Wishing Well", did D'Arby manage to crossover his success in the UK to the US.
The song became one of the biggest hits of 1987 in the United Kingdom
.
Soul music
Soul music is a music genre originating in the United States combining elements of gospel music and rhythm and blues. According to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, soul is "music that arose out of the black experience in America through the transmutation of gospel and rhythm & blues into a form of...
-R&B singer Terence Trent D'Arby in 1987. It was taken from his debut album, Introducing the Hardline According to Terence Trent D'Arby
Introducing the Hardline According to Terence Trent D'Arby
Introducing the Hardline According to Terence Trent D'Arby is Terence Trent D'Arby's debut album. It was released in July 1987 on Columbia Records, and became an instant number-one smash in the UK and spending a total of nine weeks at the top of the UK Album Chart and eventually being certified 5x...
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The song itself has a R&B feel that showcases D'Arby's vocals, but it only reached #68 on the Billboard Hot 100
Billboard Hot 100
The Billboard Hot 100 is the United States music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine. Chart rankings are based on radio play and sales; the tracking-week for sales begins on Monday and ends on Sunday, while the radio play tracking-week runs from Wednesday...
and peaked at #7 on the UK Singles Chart
UK Singles Chart
The UK Singles Chart is compiled by The Official Charts Company on behalf of the British record-industry. The full chart contains the top selling 200 singles in the United Kingdom based upon combined record sales and download numbers, though some media outlets only list the Top 40 or the Top 75 ...
. It was not until the release of the second single, "Wishing Well", did D'Arby manage to crossover his success in the UK to the US.
The song became one of the biggest hits of 1987 in the United Kingdom
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
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