Stay the Night (Benjamin Orr song)

"Stay the Night" is a song by the Cars vocalist and bassist Benjamin Orr. It was included on his 1986 solo debut album The Lace, and released as a single in the end of 1986. "Stay the Night" reached #24 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in the beginning of 1987, becoming Orr's only Top 40 hit as a solo artist.[1]

"Stay the Night"
Single by Benjamin Orr
from the album The Lace
B-side"That's the Way"
ReleasedNovember 1986
GenrePop
Length4:26
LabelElektra 69506
Songwriter(s)
  • Benjamin Orr
  • Diane Grey Page
Producer(s)
Benjamin Orr singles chronology
"To Hot To Stop"
(1986)		 "Stay the Night"
(1986)
Music video
"Stay the Night" on YouTube

Background

Prior to recording his solo album, Orr had been a founding member, along with singer and songwriter Ric Ocasek of the Cars. The Cars' first Top 40 hit, "Just What I Needed", featured Orr on lead vocals, as did their biggest hit, "Drive", from 1984's Heartbeat City.[1][2]

Following The Cars' 1985 Greatest Hits release, the band split up to pursue solo projects, with both Orr and Ocasek releasing solo albums in 1986, lead guitarist Elliot Easton having released one in 1985.[2][1] Weeks before "Stay the Night" entered the US Top 40, Ocasek himself was in the Top 40 with his own solo hit "Emotion in Motion". In both cases, those would become the only US Top 40 solo hits for both Cars members respectively.

The band reunited to record 1987's Door to Door, which produced "You Are the Girl", their last Top 40 single.[1]

Track listings

7": Elektra (US)/ 7-69506
  1. "Stay The Night" – 4:26
  2. "That's The Way" – 4:07

Chart performance
Chart (1986–87) Peak
position
Australia (Kent Music Report)[3] 66
US Billboard Hot 100[4] 24
US Adult Contemporary (Billboard)[5] 2
US Album Rock Tracks (Billboard)[6] 6

References
  1. Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits (8th Edition). Billboard Books. pp. 108–109. ISBN 0-8230-7499-4.
  2. "Benjamin Orr: Biography". allmusic. Retrieved September 22, 2010.
  3. Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 226. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
  4. "Benjamin Orr - Chart history | Billboard". www.billboard.com. Retrieved 2017-02-16.
  5. "Benjamin Orr - Chart history | Billboard". www.billboard.com. Retrieved 2017-02-16.
  6. "Benjamin Orr - Chart history | Billboard". www.billboard.com. Retrieved 2017-02-16.


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