Stay – Rihanna & Mikky Ekko
Record: Unapologetic, 2013
Official Video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JF8BRvqGCNs
Best Video:
Rihanna ft. Mikky Ekko - Stay (Live At Grammy 2013) - YouTube Grammy performance
Best Cover:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YU3-aqyj2a4 Ekko does a solo
Lyrics:
Rihanna – Stay Lyrics | Genius Lyrics
Awards:
reached number one in Denmark and Israel and the top five in sixteen countries worldwide including Australia, France, Germany, Norway, Switzerland and the United Kingdom.
It has also charted at number three on the US Billboard Hot 100, becoming Rihanna's twenty-fourth top ten on the chart, thus surpassing Whitney Houston's tally.
Furthermore, it has charted at number 15 on the US Pop Songs chart.
It won the award for Song of the Year at the iHeartRadio Music Awards in 2014.
Lyrics & Meaning:
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Rihanna’s “Stay” speaks about a person who needs a level of certainty in a dysfunctional relationship. The narrator depicts her willingness to be with this man, but is tired of the uncertainties in the relationship.
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She asks him to tell her if he’s really into this so they can stop the cycle of breakups and makeups. At the same time, she doesn’t really understand why she loves him or feels like she cannot live without him, but this is the very reason why she wants him to stay. It seems the reason behind the unstable relationship is that both of them are selfish. They are both in the dark because neither of them wants to admit that they are wrong. She realizes this and in the end acknowledges that she needs him to be complete.
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Misc Notes:
Vin Diesel did an awful cover IMO. But give him credit for trying
Vin Diesel covers Rihanna's "Stay" HD - YouTube