I Want You to Stay

"I Want You to Stay"
Single by Maxïmo Park
from the album A Certain Trigger
B-side	"La Quinta"
Released	20 February 2006
Genre	Post-punk revival
Length	3:12 (radio edit) 3:44 (album version)
Label	Warp
Songwriters	Lukas Wooller (Music), Paul Smith (Lyrics)
Producer	Paul Epworth
Maxïmo Park singles chronology
"Apply Some Pressure" (2005) "I Want You to Stay" (2006) "Our Velocity" (2007)

"I Want You to Stay" is the fifth single released from Maxïmo Park, taken from their debut album A Certain Trigger. It was the last single from the album, released on 20 February 2006. "I Want You to Stay" reached number 21 on the UK Singles Chart. The music video for the song was also the first video not to feature the band.

A B-side from Maxïmo Park's February 2005 single for "Apply Some Pressure" features a song called "I Want You to Leave," a play on the title of "I Want You to Stay." The song is also included on the band's 2005 compilation album Missing Songs. A music video for the song, of which the band doesn't appear in, premiered prior to its release as a single on 10 January 2006, and was directed by Ramon Bloomberg.^[1]

Track listing

CD (WAP201CD)

1. "I Want You to Stay" (Edit) – 3:12
2. "La Quinta" – 2:38
3. "I Want You to Stay" (Field Music / J. Xaverre Remix) – 4:06

7" #1 (7WAP201, turquoise vinyl)

1. "I Want You to Stay" (Original Demo) – 5:16
2. "I Want You to Stay" (Field Music / J. Xaverre Remix) – 4:06

7" #2 (7WAP201R, white vinyl)

1. "I Want You to Stay" (Cristian Vogel Remix) – 4:29
2. "La Quinta" – 2:38

External links

• Single information on MaxïmoPark.com

1. Maximo Park - I Want You To Stay, 10 January 2006, retrieved 29 October 2025