"Say You'll Stay Until Tomorrow" is a 1977 single written by Roger Greenway & Barry Mason and performed by Tom Jones.

Charts

The song was Jones's first and highest-charting

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hit. Spending ten weeks within the Top 40 of the ''

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'' Hot Country Singles (now

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) chart, "Say You'll Stay Until Tomorrow" went to number one for one week on 26 February 1977. The song also peaked at number fifteen on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100, and was Jones's last single to reach the top 40 until 1988. It was also a Number One hit in Canada, reaching the top of the ''

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'' country and easy-listening charts. In Tom Jones's native United Kingdom, it reached number 40, and would be his last to reach the top 40 there until 1987.

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Cover Versions

*The song was recorded the same year by

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References

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* 1977 singles Tom Jones (singer) songs Songs written by Roger Greenaway Songs written by Barry Mason 1977 songs EMI Records singles Epic Records singles Number-one singles in New Zealand {{1970s-country-song-stub