"Stay" is the second single of Nick Jonas and the Administration. The song didn't appear on their first album Who I Am.

Background

"Stay" "is a song Nick wrote when he had a day off in Washington
It came after some things that I was going through that really inspired it. and I'm just in a good place right now and was able to get a song out of it, which is always nice."

On January 6 Nick said about the song on Twitter:
Stay is rumored to be inspired by Selena Gomez

Selena Gomez

Selena Marie Gomez is an American actress and singer best known for portraying Alex Russo in the Emmy Award-winning Disney Channel television series Wizards of Waverly Place...

Release

On March 2, 2010 they released the song "Stay" as a digital single and a digital EP.
Nick said that the song won't be on their first record because he wrote it too late to add it.
The digital single/ Digital EP of stay contains only the live version of the song.
Another live version of the song was reccorded on January 28 at the wiltern theater in Los Angeles.

Tracklist

Other Versions

• Stay (live) - 7:51

Music video

The basis of the video is a live performance of the song at the Wiltern theater during the Who I Am Tour.
The video was released on the EP of Stay; which was released on March 2nd, 2010 as a digital download on iTunes.

Live performances

Nick Jonas performed the song live for the first time on January 6 during the Who I Am Tour

Who I Am Tour

-Surprise guests:*Joe Jonas - *Kevin Jonas -...

 with the Administration.
On August 29, 2010 he performed "Stay" on tour during a concert in Virginia Beach which was a part of the Jonas Brothers Live In Concert

Jonas Brothers Live in Concert

-About the tour:While announcing Nick Jonas' side-project Nick Jonas and the Administration, the brothers announced they were planning a world tour to take place during the summer of 2010....

 Tour.

On February 23, 2011 Nick performed the song during an acoustic set, accompanied by Jonas Brothers guitarist John Taylor.
On July 1st, Nick performed the song live during the Microsoft Store Grand Opening in Century City.
They performed the song on July 16th, during the Ottawa Blues fest.
The song was also performed during the concerts in South America.

Personnel

• Nick Jonas
  Nick Jonas
  Nicholas Jerry "Nick" Jonas is an American singer-songwriter, musician and actor best known as one of the Jonas Brothers, a pop-rock band he formed with his brothers Joe and Kevin. The Jonas Brothers originally started as an attempted solo singing career for Nick, but the record producer liked the...
  
   - Lead Vocals, Lead Guitar, Composer
• Tommy Barbarella
  Tommy Barbarella
  Tommy Barbarella is an American keyboardist. He was a member of The New Power Generation, Prince's recording and stage band, from 1991–1996.In 2010, Barbarella became a member of Nick Jonas and the Administration along with other former members of The New Power Generation, drummer Michael Bland...
  
   - Keyboards
• Michael Bland
  Michael Bland
  Michael Bland is best known as a drummer for Prince starting in 1989. He was with Prince during The New Power Generation era and played with him live and on albums for 7 years....
  
   - Drums, Vibraphone, Vocals
• Sonny Thompson -Guitars, Vocals
• John Fields - Bass, Guitars, Percussion, Vibraphone, Producer
• Dave McNair - Mastering
• Jon Lind - A&R
• David Snow - Creative Director
• Enny Joo - Art Direction
• Olaf Heine - Photography
• Paul David Hager - Mixing
• Philip McIntyre - Management
• Johnny Wright - Management
• Kevin Jonas SR. - Management

Release History

Region	Date	Format	Label
Belgium	March 1, 2010	Digital download - Digital Single	Hollywood Records
United States	March 2, 2010	Digital download - Digital EP
	March 2, 2010	Digital download - Digital Single