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Stay with Me till Dawn
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Wikipedia article
"'Stay with Me till Dawn'" is a 1979 single by Judie Tzuke from her debut album 'Welcome to the Cruise'. Written by Tzuke and Mike Paxman and produced by John Punter, the song was Tzuke's only Australian and UK top 40 single, charting at number 8 and 16 respectively.
Background
"Stay with Me till Dawn" was co-written by Mike Paxman, who Tzuke had met in 1975 and had released a Tony Visconti-produced single called "These are The Laws" (as "Tzuke and Paxo") on Visconti's label, Good Earth Records. In 1977, Tzuke saw Rocket Records (Elton John's label)' David Croker, played him a few songs including "Stay with Me till Dawn" and was promptly signed by the label. The pair proceeded to spend around six months or so recording her dbut album at Air Studios in London and "Stay with Me till Dawn"'s John Punter-produced parent album 'Welcome to the Cruise'.
The song charted at number 16 on the UK Singles Chart, and Tzuke appeared on 'Top of the Pops' on 12 July, 26 July and 9 August 1979 to promote the track. All four of her subsequent chart entries failed to peak higher than number 92 on the UK Singles Chart, rendering her a one-hit wonder.
The song was rerecorded for her 1991 album 'Left Hand Talking'; the album came out on Columbia Records, and it would not be until December 1999 that Elton John would return the copyrights of the albums she released on his label. In 2002, "Stay with Me till Dawn" was chosen by the British public as the thirty-ninth best song to have come out of Britain over the previous fifty years (between 1952 and 2002). The song has also appeared on the live albums 'Road Noise', and 'Over the Moon' and on the compilation album 'Seventies Power Ballads'. In addition, Mylo sampled the track for the song "Need You Tonite" from his debut album 'Destroy Rock & Roll'.
Charts
On the US 'Billboard' Adult Contemporary chart, the single peaked at No. 47, spending 6 weeks on the chart. It also peaked at number one on the Bubbling Under Hot 100 chart.
Lucid version
In September 1999, UK house music duo Lucid released a cover of "Stay with Me till Dawn" with Clare Canty providing the vocals. It peaked at No. 25 on the UK Singles Chart in October 1999, and remained on the chart for two weeks.
Track listing
;UK CD single# "Stay with Me till Dawn" (Lucid's Radio Edit) - 4:08
# "Stay with Me till Dawn" (Translucid Remix) - 6:48
# "99F" - 6:49
References
Category:1977 songs
Category:1979 singles
Category:1999 singles
Category:British soft rock songs
Category:Songs written by Judie Tzuke
Category:Song recordings produced by John Punter
Category:The Rocket Record Company singles
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