"Stay with Me Tonight" is a song by the British synthpop

Synthpop

Synthpop is a genre of popular music that first became prominent in the 1980s, in which the synthesizer is the dominant musical instrument. It was prefigured in the 1960s and early 1970s by the use of synthesizers in progressive rock, electronic art rock, disco and particularly the "Kraut rock" of...

 group The Human League

The Human League

The Human League are an English electronic New Wave band formed in Sheffield in 1977. They achieved popularity after a key change in line-up in the early 1980s and have continued recording and performing with moderate commercial success throughout the 1980s up to the present day.The only constant...

.
It was jointly written by Philip Oakey

Philip Oakey

Philip Oakey is an English composer, singer, songwriter and producer.He is best known as the lead singer, frontman and co-founder of the famous English synthpop band The Human League. He has also had an extensive solo music career and collaborated with numerous other artists and producers...

 and producer Ian Stanley

Ian Stanley

Ian Stanley is an English musician, songwriter and record producer...

, features lead vocals by Oakey; with backing by co-vocalists Susan Ann Sulley and Joanne Catherall

Joanne Catherall

Joanne Catherall is an English singer; best known as one of the two female vocalists of the veteran English synthpop band The Human League.Born and raised in Sheffield, England...

. Post production by re-mixers 'Space Kittens'.

Background

"Stay With Me Tonight" was recorded at HL Studios in Sheffield during 1995. It was released as a single in the UK in January 1996 by EastWest Records, where it reached number 40 in the UK singles chart remaining there for 2 weeks. The track is the only exclusive track on the Virgin Records

Virgin Records

Virgin Records is a British record label founded by English entrepreneur Richard Branson, Simon Draper, and Nik Powell in 1972. The company grew to be a worldwide music phenomenon, with platinum performers such as Roy Orbison, Devo, Genesis, Keith Richards, Janet Jackson, Culture Club, Lenny...

 Human League Greatest Hits

Greatest Hits (Human League album)

Human League Greatest Hits is a compilation album released by British synthpop band The Human League. It was released by Virgin Records in 1988 and contained 13 singles released by the band, spanning from their debut single to their most recent album at the time plus Philip Oakey's collaboration...

 compilation album (1995 version).

Lyrically the song is (another) story by Oakey about being left by a girlfriend, and is written about their last night together.
It was critically well received, but was not heavily promoted and did not sell in large enough quantities to make any impact on the charts.

Muzic Magazine commented in 1996:

12" Vinyl

A1 "Stay With Me Tonight" (Biff & Memphis Remix) 6:45

A2 "Stay With Me Tonight" (Space Kittens Vocal Mix) 8:35

B1 "Stay With Me Tonight" (Biff & Memphis Dub Mix) 6:46

B2 "Stay With Me Tonight" (Space Kittens Future Dub) 9:01

Maxi-CD

01 "Stay With Me Tonight" (Space Kittens Vocal Mix) 8:35

02 "Stay With Me Tonight" (Space Kittens Future Dub) 9:01

03 "Stay With Me Tonight" (Biff & Memphis Remix) 6:45

04 "Stay With Me Tonight" (Biff & Memphis Dub) 6:46

Single-CD

01 "Stay With Me Tonight" 4:00

02 "Stay With Me Tonight" (Space Kittens Vocal Mix) 8:35

Music video

No official music video was ever recorded or released for "Stay With Me Tonight". However in 1997 producer John Von Ahlen of Subterrane Recording Studio created an unofficial video that was distributed on the internet. The Von Ahlen video utilized animated stills using 3dfx

3dfx

3dfx Interactive was a company that specialized in the manufacturing of 3D graphics processing units and, later, graphics cards. It was a pioneer in the field for several years in the late 1990s until 2000 when it underwent one of the most high-profile demises in the history of the PC industry...

 and Version 4.2 of Adobe Premiere. It has now become the defacto music video for the track.

External links

• http://www.the-black-hit-of-space.dk/stay_with_me_tonight.htm
• Unofficial Human League Biography