"Make Me Stay a Bit Longer" was the fourth single by English

English people

The English are a nation and ethnic group native to England, who speak English. The English identity is of early mediaeval origin, when they were known in Old English as the Anglecynn. England is now a country of the United Kingdom, and the majority of English people in England are British Citizens...

 rock band Status Quo, released 1969.

Originally, the idea was for the band to release a fourth single from their debut album Picturesque Matchstickable Messages from the Status Quo

Picturesque Matchstickable Messages From The Status Quo

Picturesque Matchstickable Messages from the Status Quo is the 1968 debut album by the British psychedelic rock group, Status Quo. The album features a large number of covers, including "Green Tambourine" by The Lemon Pipers....

. The single was to have been "Technicolour Dreams", originally by Anthony King

Anthony King

Anthony King is an American writer, director, and comedian based in New York City. He is the Artistic Director of the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre in New York City...

, which had been featured as the seventh song on the album. Instead of this, a whole new song was released - "Make Me Stay a Bit Longer", by Rossi and Parfitt.

Its b-side was "Auntie Nellie", another new song, written by group bassist Alan Lancaster.

In 2003, both of these songs were included on a re-release of the Picturesque Matchstickable Messages from the Status Quo album.