Stay (track)
by David Bowie
Stay appears on the following album(s) by David Bowie:
- Station To Station (track #5) (this album) (1976)
- Christiane F. Wir Kinder Vom Bahnhof ZOO (track #8) (1981)
- Live Nassau Coliseum '76 (track #5) (2017)
- The Collaborator - The Legendary Broadcasts (track #40) (compilation) (2016)
- Welcome To The Blackout (Live London '78) (track #23) (2018)
- Glastonbury 2000 (track #5) (2018)
- Who Can I Be Now? (1974-1976) (track #69) (compilation) (2016)
- Look At The Moon! (Live Phoenix Festival 97) (track #18) (2021)
- At The Kit Kat Klub (Live New York 99) (track #8) (2021)
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Track ratings | Avg. track rating |
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| ! | 07/05/2026 09:17 | Siromynian | 20,040 | 71/100 |
| ! | 06/14/2026 05:59 | Deckard | 423 | 70/100 |
| ! | 02/03/2026 16:07 | Robert_fripp | 899 | 86/100 |
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This track is rated in the top 2% of all tracks on BestEverAlbums.com. This track has a Bayesian average rating of 85.4/100, a mean average of 85.2/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 85.7/100. The standard deviation for this track is 10.4.
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There is much to be admired about this song and I like it but don't love it - not sure why though.
DeusExMackia TOP 100 COMMENTER 08/14/2016 20:51 | #172899
A concoction of groove and swagger, with its own distinctive flavour of Bowie's 'Platic Soul' sound. It's soul and funk with serious attitude. Excellent drumwork contemplates the dirty guitars and smooth bass. As far as its place in the album goes, it's the relapse from Bowie's desire to change found in the first three tracks, and it sets up Wild Is The Wind perfectly.
