"Stay with Me" is a song recorded by

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n singers

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and

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, a member of

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, serving as part of the

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of the 2016 hit

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'' Guardian: The Lonely and Great God''. The song was written by Lee Seung Joo and composed by the musical duo

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. The

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was released on December 3 and was part 1 in a series composed of high-charting singles.

Background and release

On December 1, it was announced that Punch and Chanyeol would be releasing a single for the South Korean cable television series ''Guardian: The Lonely and Great God''. The single was composed and arranged by the South Korean indie band

while the lyrics were written by Lee Seung Joo. Rocoberry is a musical duo that consists of members Roco (vocalist, lyricist) and Conan (chorus, composer, lyricist). Rocoberry had previously worked on the OSTs for the hit dramas ''

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'' (“Everytime”) and ''Pinocchio'' (“Love Is Like Snow”). "Stay with Me" was officially released for digital download on December 3, 2016.

Music video

The music video was released on December 3, 2016. It features Punch and Chanyeol singing the song in the recording studio and is interspersed with scenes from the drama. The music video hit one million views in 24 hours. The music video was the third most watched Korean music video in December 2016, and the fifth most watched for the first half of 2017. "Stay with Me" became the most watched Korean OST music video of all-time. As of October 2022, the video has accumulated over 400 million views, making it the most-viewed music video for an original soundtrack. It is also Chanyeol and Punch's first music video to surpass the 100 million views milestone. On May 4, 2018, the video reached 1 million likes on YouTube, becoming the first and only

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original soundtrack to reach that milestone, and currently has more than 3 million likes.

Chart performance

"Stay with Me" debuted at #1 on

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, #2 on Genie and #10 on

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. Shortly after its release, Chanyeol ranked #1 and the OST #2 on the Melon Real Time Chart. Additionally, "Stay with Me" ranked #3 on ''Billboard'''s US World Digital Songs and #5 on

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's Global Viral 50 Chart. On January 11, 2017, the song achieved 100,000 likes on Melon. On February 13, Chanyeol was nominated for Melon Top 10 Artist Award for his performance in "Stay with Me". He also won Melon's Weekly Popularity Award for four weeks in a row. By March 2, "Stay with Me" had accumulated 1,042,951 downloads on the Gaon Music Chart. It is the first Goblin OST to surpass 1 million downloads. On July 7 Gaon published the Half-Year Charts. "Stay with Me" ranked in the Top 10 of the Digital, Download and Streaming charts.Cumulative sales for "Stay with Me": On September 12, 2018, the Gaon Music Chart announced that “Stay with Me” had surpassed the 1 million streaming milestone during the period between 4 February 2018 and 10 February 2018.

Charts

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Sales

Streaming

Release history

Accolades and nominations

References

{{Reflist YMC Entertainment albums Korean-language songs 2016 singles 2016 songs South Korean television drama theme songs