I Wish You'd Stay

"I Wish You'd Stay" is a song co-written and recorded by American country music singer Brad Paisley. It was released in August 2002 as the fourth and final single from Paisley's album Part II and reached a peak of number 7 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart in early 2003.^[1] The song was originally released as the b-side to Paisley's previous single, "I'm Gonna Miss Her (The Fishin' Song)."^[1] Paisley wrote this song with Chris DuBois.

Content

The song is a ballad, in which the narrator states that he hopes his significant other finds love when they leave his side, but he wishes the person would stay with him.^[2]

Music video

The music video was directed by Brad Paisley and Devin Pense and premiered on November 11, 2002 on CMT.

Personnel

Eddie Bayers - drums
Glen Duncan - fiddle
Kevin "Swine" Grantt - bass guitar
Bernie Herms - piano, keyboards, string arrangements
Wes Hightower - background vocals
Mike Johnson - steel guitar
Mitch McMitchen - percussion
Brad Paisley - lead vocals, lead and rhythm guitar, acoustic guitar, 6 string tic tac
Justin Williamson - mandolin

Strings by Carl Gorodetsky and the Nashville String Machine

Chart performance

"I Wish You'd Stay" debuted at number 59 on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks for the week of August 17, 2002.

Chart (2002–03)	Peak position
US Billboard Hot 100^[3]	57
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)^[4]	7

Year-end charts

Chart (2003)	Position
US Country Songs (Billboard)^[5]	47

References

1 2 Whitburn, Joel (2008). Hot Country Songs 1944 to 2008. Record Research, Inc. p. 313. ISBN 0-89820-177-2.
↑ http://books.google.com/books?id=oxMEAAAAMBAJ&pg=RA1-PA52&dq=%22brad+paisley%22+%22i+wish+you%27d+stay%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=XkjKT57VBZKf6QGx4tgv&ved=0CGIQ6AEwCA#v=onepage&q=%22brad%20paisley%22%20%22i%20wish%20you%27d%20stay%22&f=false
↑ "Brad Paisley – Chart history" Billboard Hot 100 for Brad Paisley. Retrieved February 6, 2011.
↑ "Brad Paisley – Chart history" Billboard Hot Country Songs for Brad Paisley. Retrieved February 6, 2011.
↑ "Best of 2003: Country Songs". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. 2003. Retrieved July 13, 2012.

External links

Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics

Brad Paisley singles

Who Needs Pictures	"Who Needs Pictures" "He Didn't Have to Be" "Me Neither" "We Danced"

Part II	"Two People Fell in Love" "Wrapped Around" "I'm Gonna Miss Her (The Fishin' Song)" "I Wish You'd Stay"

Mud on the Tires	"Celebrity" "Little Moments" "Whiskey Lullaby" (with Alison Krauss) "Mud on the Tires"

Time Well Wasted	"Alcohol" "When I Get Where I'm Going" (with Dolly Parton) "The World" "She's Everything"

5th Gear	"Ticks" "Online" "Letter to Me" "I'm Still a Guy" "Waitin' on a Woman"

Play	"Start a Band" (with Keith Urban)

American Saturday Night	"Then" "Welcome to the Future" "American Saturday Night" "Water"

Hits Alive	"Anything Like Me"

This Is Country Music	"This Is Country Music" "Old Alabama" (with Alabama) "Remind Me" (with Carrie Underwood) "Camouflage"

Wheelhouse	"Southern Comfort Zone" "Beat This Summer" "I Can't Change the World" "The Mona Lisa"

Moonshine in the Trunk	"River Bank" "Perfect Storm" "Crushin' It" "Country Nation"

Other songs	"Is It Raining at Your House" "Santa Looked a Lot Like Daddy" "Everything and All" (with Randy Travis) "Accidental Racist" (with LL Cool J)

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