If You Want Me To Stay (track)
by Sly & The Family Stone
If You Want Me To Stay appears on the following album(s) by Sly & The Family Stone:
- Fresh (track #2) (this album) (1973)
- Anthology (track #19) (compilation) (1981)
- The Essential Sly & The Family Stone (track #28) (compilation) (2002)
- Higher! (track #68) (compilation) (2013)
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Track ratings | Avg. track rating |
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| ! | 04/22/2026 22:21 | matterhornrider | 23,253 | 86/100 |
| ! | 12/31/2025 22:55 | Exist-en-ciel | 183,255 | 71/100 |
| ! | 09/30/2025 02:15 |  AAL2014 | 42,404 | 76/100 |
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This track is rated in the top 1% of all tracks on BestEverAlbums.com. This track has a Bayesian average rating of 86.6/100, a mean average of 88.8/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 88.8/100. The standard deviation for this track is 11.3.
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koner1 TOP 100 COMMENTER 04/09/2015 13:38 | #139195
Great song, and also the RHCP cover of it gives it a nice twist.
Its all about the Bass baby, that slinky groove that gets your legs loose. Awesome rhythm section that carries the song through. Top five sly songs
neilgee 12/09/2015 06:16 | #154209
Classic Sly soul-funk track lead by a striking bass guitar, an approach I'd never heard before this on a single.
