Stay Forever

"Stay Forever"
Single by Hal Ketchum
from the album Every Little Word
B-side "Every Little Word"
Released January 30, 1995
Genre Country
Length 2:54
Label MCG/Curb
Writer(s) Benmont Tench
Hal Ketchum
Producer Allen Reynolds
Jim Rooney
Hal Ketchum singles chronology
"That's What I Get for Losin' You"
(1994)
"Stay Forever"
(1995)
"Every Little Word"
(1995)

"Stay Forever" is the title of a song co-written and recorded by American country music artist Hal Ketchum. It was released in January 1995 as the third single from his album Every Little Word. The song reached #8 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart in May 1995.[1]

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Critical reception

Larry Flick, of Billboard magazine reviewed the song unfavorably, saying that Ketchum does his "vocal best" to rescue the ballad. He goes on to call it a "not-so-special song."[2]

Music video

The music video was directed by Jim Shea and premiered in early 1995.

Chart performance

"Stay Forever" debuted at #69 on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks for the week of February 11, 1995.

Chart (1995) Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks 8
U.S. Billboard Bubbling Under Hot 100 24
Canadian RPM Country Tracks 10

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