"Stay Too Long" is the first single from British rapper Plan B's second album The Defamation of Strickland Banks

The Defamation of Strickland Banks

The Defamation of Strickland Banks is the second studio album from British rapper Plan B which was released on 12 April 2010. The album is a departure from the sound heard on Plan B's debut album Who Needs Actions When You Got Words, with the rapper's sophomore effort providing a showcase for much...

. The single was released on 8 January 2010. Australia

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 electronic

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 rock

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 and drum 'n' bass group Pendulum

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Pendulum is an Australian drum and bass and electronic rock band founded in 2002 in Perth by Rob Swire, Gareth McGrillen, and Paul Harding.Swire and McGrillen were members of the rock band known as Xygen. After hearing Konflict's "Messiah" at a club, they were inspired to enter into the drum and...

 also produced a remix, their first in three years, which was used as runway-soundtrack for the 2010 Victoria's Secret Fashion Show. The Pendulum remix was also used on the video game Need For Speed: Hot Pursuit

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, and a short version is used on the video game The Sims 3: Pets

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 trailer. It was also used in part in Episode 2 of the Series 6 Doctor Who Confidential

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.

Music video

The music video for "Stay Too Long" was directed by Daniel Wolfe and shows the soul singer Strickland Banks on the night after one of his concerts. It was first aired online and on music channels in December 2009. British actress Kaya Scodelario

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 plays the lead female role in the video. The video also includes the British actor Elliott Tittensor

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 who is involved in a fight scene with Plan B.

Tracklisting

• CD Single

1. "Stay Too Long"
2. "Stay Too Long" (Pendulum
   Pendulum (band)
   Pendulum is an Australian drum and bass and electronic rock band founded in 2002 in Perth by Rob Swire, Gareth McGrillen, and Paul Harding.Swire and McGrillen were members of the rock band known as Xygen. After hearing Konflict's "Messiah" at a club, they were inspired to enter into the drum and...
   
    Remix)

• Digital Download E.P.

1. "Stay Too Long"
2. "Stay Too Long" (Pendulum
   Pendulum (band)
   Pendulum is an Australian drum and bass and electronic rock band founded in 2002 in Perth by Rob Swire, Gareth McGrillen, and Paul Harding.Swire and McGrillen were members of the rock band known as Xygen. After hearing Konflict's "Messiah" at a club, they were inspired to enter into the drum and...
   
    Remix)
3. "Spend My Money"

Personnel

• Plan B – vocals

Production

• Paul Epworth – producer
• Mark "Top" Rankin – engineer, mixing

Additional musicians

• Tom Wright-Goss – guitar
• Eric Appapoulay – bass
• Richard Cassell – drums
• Aleysha Gordon – backing vocals
• Hannah Kemoh – backing vocals
• Jennifer Dawodu – backing vocals
• Marvin Cottrell – backing vocals

Chart performance

On 17 January 2010, "Stay Too Long" entered the UK Singles Chart

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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 ...

 at number 9, which currently marks Plan B's second most successful single. The following week, the single fell to number 18, meaning it only spent one week within the top 10. On its third week in the chart, the single fell to number 19 and then to number 23 on its fourth week. On 14 February 2010, the single fell 9 places to number 32, before falling out of the Top 40 to number 45 the following week. Following the release of the album, The Defamation of Strickland Banks

The Defamation of Strickland Banks

The Defamation of Strickland Banks is the second studio album from British rapper Plan B which was released on 12 April 2010. The album is a departure from the sound heard on Plan B's debut album Who Needs Actions When You Got Words, with the rapper's sophomore effort providing a showcase for much...

, the single rocketed back into the Top 40 on 26 April 2010 to number 37 for one week, bringing the total of weeks spent in the Top 40 to six. The single also managed to debut at number 2 on the UK R&B Chart

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, being beaten only by Iyaz

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Keidran Jones , better known by his stage name Iyaz, is a singer signed with the record label Beluga Heights Records from the British Virgin Islands. His debut single "Replay", was released in 2009 and reached number two on the US Billboard Hot 100, number-one in the UK, Australia and the top ten...

's "Replay

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". The song has sold over 190,000 sales in the UK.
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Chart (2010)	Peak Position

Release history

Region	Date	Format	Label
United Kingdom	8 January 2010	Digital download Music download A music download is the transferral of music from an Internet-facing computer or website to a user's local computer. This term encompasses both legal downloads and downloads of copyright material without permission or payment...	679 Recordings