Song 121 - Stay with me by Sam Smith

I feel like a girl interrupted at the moment and I need to say sorry for those who have been enjoying a song a day and haven't got one. Life has been rather complicated in the last few weeks and music has been on an unexpected pause. But hopefully now I'm back to pick up the song a day. Unfortunately I am in a spin as the plan for today was to feature the Oscar Winning Song for 2015 that was announced at last night's Oscar Awards Ceremony, but I've already put Sam Smith's Writing's on the wall into the jukebox during my James Bond section last year so can't repeat the song. It is quite funny as many people didn't particularly think that the song was as strong as the previous Bond films. Sam Smith is only the second artist to pick up the Best Original Song Award with a Bond theme  song, after Adele's Skyfall.

However, it is only fair to give Sam Smith his credit by putting another of his songs into the jukebox and I am going to put his 2014 hit Stay with me into the jukebox. Stay with me is a gospel-inspired ballad with the protagonist pleading with his one-night stand not to leave him. The song was written by Smith, James Napier and William Phillips together with Tom Petty and Jeff Lynne, who won the rights of co-writer credits due to the song's similarity of Petty's single I won't back down.

Released from Smith's debut studio album In the Lonely Hour, Stay with me is Smith's most successful single to date and Darkchild's remix version of the single won two Grammy Awards for record for the year and song of the year to go with the Awards for Best New Artist and Best Pop Vocal Album. 2014 was an epic year for Sam Smith, as he won both the BBC Sound of 2014 and the Brit Critics' Choice Award,  and his album was the second best selling album of the year after Taylor Swift.  For me, his haunting voice range makes the lyrics speak straight to my soul. Whether you like him or not, he is an artist with a very bright future ahead of him.

Listen to the song here:
Stay with me by Sam Smith

Written by Sam Smith, James Napier, William Phillips, Tom Petty and Jeff Lynne
Released: May 2014
Album: In the lonely hour