{"id":133036,"date":"2024-08-13T17:40:31","date_gmt":"2024-08-13T17:40:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/2024\/08\/13\/sam-smith-takes-apart-their-iconic-song-stay-with-me\/"},"modified":"2024-08-13T17:40:31","modified_gmt":"2024-08-13T17:40:31","slug":"sam-smith-takes-aside-their-iconic-tune-stay-with-me","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/2024\/08\/13\/sam-smith-takes-aside-their-iconic-tune-stay-with-me\/","title":{"rendered":"Sam Smith takes aside their iconic tune &#8220;Stay With Me.&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"post-4944\">\n\t<!-- .entry-header --><\/p>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>\u201cStay With Me\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/songexploder.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/SongExploder276-SamSmith-600x338.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-4946\" srcset=\"https:\/\/songexploder.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/SongExploder276-SamSmith-600x338.jpg 600w, https:\/\/songexploder.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/SongExploder276-SamSmith-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/songexploder.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/SongExploder276-SamSmith-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/songexploder.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/SongExploder276-SamSmith.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\"\/><\/p>\n<p><!-- PRX PLAYER EMBED CODE --><iframe loading=\"lazy\" allow=\"monetization\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"200\" width=\"100%\" style=\"min-width: 300px\" src=\"https:\/\/play.prx.org\/e?ge=prx_93_c2ee3208-0048-4bc4-96da-2464d45ace71&amp;uf=http%3A%2F%2Ffeed.songexploder.net%2FSongExploder\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><!-- PRX PLAYER EMBED CODE ENDS --><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.samsmithworld.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Sam Smith<\/a> is a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.grammy.com\/artists\/sam-smith\/18713\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Grammy <\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oscars.org\/oscars\/ceremonies\/2016\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Oscar-winning <\/a> singer and songwriter from London, England. Their first album, <a href=\"https:\/\/samsmith.world\/InTheLonelyHourWE\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>In the Lonely Hour<\/em>,<\/a> got here out in 2014. It went quintuple platinum within the US, and the most important hit from that album is the tune <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Stay_with_Me_(Sam_Smith_song)\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u201cStay With Me,\u201d<\/a> which has over 2 billion streams on Spotify alone. For this episode, in honor of the tune\u2019s tenth anniversary, I talked to Sam about how \u201cStay With Me\u201d was made. I additionally talked to Sam\u2019s frequent collaborator, <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Jimmy_Napes\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Jimmy Napes,<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/concord.com\/publishing-roster\/jimmy-napes\/#:~:text=Napes%20has%20won%20several%20awards,and%20two%20Ivor%20Novello%20Awards.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">who&#8217;s an award-winning producer and songwriter as nicely.<\/a> The two of them inform the story of how the tune started, and the way it was the hit that it grew to become. And then, years later, the way it modified once more.<\/p>\n<p>You should purchase or stream \u201cStay With Me\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/song.link\/us\/i\/1440837890\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">right here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><div class=\"youtube-embed\" data-video_id=\"pB-5XG-DbAA\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Sam Smith - Stay With Me (Official Music Video)\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/pB-5XG-DbAA?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p><div class=\"youtube-embed\" data-video_id=\"b3R08bNBlrs\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Sam Smith Performs at the Respect for Marriage Act Signing\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/b3R08bNBlrs?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p><em>Illustration by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lerms.net\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Carlos Lerma.<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p>For a transcript of this episode, <a href=\"https:\/\/songexploder.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Song-Exploder-Sam-Smith-Transcript.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">click on right here.<\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.touristmusic.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Tourist<\/a> \u2013 co-writer, piano, organ<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Earl_Harvin\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Earl Harvin<\/a> \u2013 drums, percussion<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/team-artists.co.uk\/simon-hale\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Simon Hale<\/a> \u2013 strings arranger, conductor<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.discogs.com\/artist\/1087247-Jodi-Milliner\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Jodi Milliner<\/a> \u2013 bass<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Elviin\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Elvin Smith<\/a><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Lay_Me_Down_(Sam_Smith_song)\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u201cLay Me Down\u201d<\/a><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Disclosure_(band)\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Disclosure<\/a><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Latch_(song)\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u201cLatch\u201d<\/a><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/rakstudios.co.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">RAK Studios<\/a> <\/p>\n<p><!-- Simple Share Buttons Adder (8.2.1) simplesharebuttons.com -->\t\t\t<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- .entry-content --><\/p>\n<p>\t<!-- .entry-footer -->\n<\/div>\n<p><script>(function(d, s, id){\n\t\t\t\t var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];\n\t\t\t\t if (d.getElementById(id)) {return;}\n\t\t\t\t js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id;\n\t\t\t\t js.src = \"\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/sdk.js#xfbml=1&version=v2.6\";\n\t\t\t\t fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs);\n\t\t\t   }(document, 'script', 'facebook-jssdk'));<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/>[ad_2]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] \u201cStay With Me\u201d Sam Smith is a Grammy and Oscar-winning singer and songwriter from London, England. Their first album, In the Lonely Hour, got here out in 2014. It went quintuple platinum within the US, and the most important hit from that album is the tune \u201cStay With Me,\u201d which has over 2 billion [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":133038,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[1307,595,445,1303,500,2782],"class_list":{"0":"post-133036","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-music","8":"tag-iconic","9":"tag-sam","10":"tag-smith","11":"tag-song","12":"tag-stay","13":"tag-takes"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/133036","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=133036"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/133036\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/133038"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=133036"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=133036"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=133036"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}