Stay The Night

Album: Every Cloud (2022)
Charted: 11
Play Video

Songfacts®:

  • In this song Sigala hooks up with British singer and influencer Talia Mar. The male voice we hear is actually Mar's, just pitched down. Sigala's only vocal contribution is the i-i-i-i part on the pre-chorus.
  • Talia Mar sings of a reconnection with a love interest she met in Ibiza. She invites him to stay the night so they "can bring the music back to life."
  • Natalia Haddock, known professionally as Talia Mar, is a singer, songwriter, and internet personality. She is of half-Italian and half-English descent. Mar also sang on and co-wrote "Real Name," a track from KSI's 2019 collaborative album with Randolph.
  • Sigala wrote this high-energy house track with its co-producer Jarly, White N3rd, Ida Martinsen Botten, George Astasio, Jason Pebworth and Jon Shave.

    Manchester producer/DJ Scott Wild, aka White N3rd, co-wrote Sigala's 2017 single with Ella Eyre, "Came Here For Love." He also handled the beat for "When The Bassline Drops," the 2016 single that fueled the comeback of Craig David.

    Norwegian singer-songwriter Ida Martinsen Botten co-wrote and sang on Sigala's previous single, "Melody." Botten also worked with Sigala on his Becky Hill collaboration, "Heaven On My Mind."

    Jason Pebworth, George Astasio and Jon Shave comprise the London-based songwriting and production The Invisible Men. They previously co-wrote Sigala's 2018 collaboration with French Montana and Ella Eyre, "Just Got Paid."
  • 1990s music inspired Sigala's bubbly and emotional production. "I grew up in the '90s. I'm a '90s baby, so I was around all that stuff when I was very young," he told Retro Pop. "The whole rave culture and trance and stuff like that. My knowledge of it isn't really that good, but it's in there somewhere... Those sounds and those feelings and that era of music definitely inspires me."
  • The song peaked at #11 in the UK after becoming the unofficial anthem of the 2022 series of Love Island.
  • "Stay the Night" almost ended up as a Little Mix song, but it overlapped with their hit collaboration with Galantis and David Getta. "Before Talia did it, it was potentially gonna be Little Mix," Sigala told The Daily Star. "But I think it was around the time when they had 'Heartbreak Anthem,' which was going crazy, and the timing didn't really work out."

Comments

Be the first to comment...

Editor's Picks

Deconstructing Doors Songs With The Author Of The Doors Examined

Deconstructing Doors Songs With The Author Of The Doors ExaminedSong Writing

Doors expert Jim Cherry, author of The Doors Examined, talks about some of their defining songs and exposes some Jim Morrison myths.

Does Jimmy Page Worship The Devil? A Look at Satanism in Rock

Does Jimmy Page Worship The Devil? A Look at Satanism in RockSong Writing

We ring the Hell's Bells to see what songs and rockers are sincere in their Satanism, and how much of it is an act.

Brandi Carlile

Brandi CarlileSongwriter Interviews

As a 5-year-old, Brandi was writing lyrics to instrumental versions lullabies. She still puts her heart into her songs, including the one Elton John sings on.

Bass Player Scott Edwards

Bass Player Scott EdwardsSong Writing

Scott was Stevie Wonder's bass player before becoming a top session player. Hits he played on include "I Will Survive," "Being With You" and "Sara Smile."

Ian Anderson: "The delight in making music is that you don't have a formula"

Ian Anderson: "The delight in making music is that you don't have a formula"Songwriter Interviews

Ian talks about his 3 or 4 blatant attempts to write a pop song, and also the ones he most connected with, including "Locomotive Breath."

Taylor Dayne

Taylor DayneSongwriter Interviews

Taylor talks about "The Machine" - the hits, the videos and Clive Davis.