"Stay with Me till Dawn" is a 1979 single by

Judie Tzuke Judie Tzuke ( ; born Judie Myers, 3 April 1956) is an English singer-songwriter. She is best known for her 1979 hit " Stay with Me till Dawn", which reached number 16 on the UK Singles Chart. Life and career Early life Tzuke's family relocated ...

from her debut album ''

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''. Written by Tzuke and

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and produced by

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, the song was Tzuke's only Australian and UK top 40 single, charting at number 8 and 16 respectively.

Background

"Stay with Me till Dawn" was co-written by

, who Tzuke had met in 1975 and had released a

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-produced single called "These are The Laws" (as "Tzuke and Paxo") on Visconti's label, Good Earth Records. In 1977, Tzuke saw

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(

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's label)' David Croker, played him a few songs including "Stay with Me till Dawn" and was promptly signed by the label. The pair proceeded to spend around six months or so recording her début album at Air Studios in London and "Stay with Me till Dawn"'s

-produced parent album ''

''. The song charted at number 16 on the

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, and Tzuke appeared on ''

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'' on 12 July, 26 July and 9 August 1979 to promote the track. All four of her subsequent chart entries failed to peak higher than number 92 on the UK Singles Chart, rendering her a one-hit wonder. The song was rerecorded for her 1991 album ''

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''; the album came out on

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, and it would not be until December 1999 that Elton John would return the copyrights of the albums she released on his label. In 2002, "Stay with Me till Dawn" was chosen by the British public as the thirty-ninth best song to have come out of Britain over the previous fifty years (between 1952 and 2002). The song has also appeared on the live albums ''

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'', and '' Over the Moon'' and on the compilation album ''Seventies Power Ballads''. In addition,

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sampled the track for the song "Need You Tonite" from his debut album ''

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''.

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Lucid version

In September 1999, UK

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duo

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released a cover of "Stay with Me till Dawn" with Clare Canty providing the vocals. It peaked at No. 25 on the UK Singles Chart in October 1999, and remained on the chart for two weeks.

Track listing

;UK CD single # "Stay with Me till Dawn" (Lucid's Radio Edit) - 4:08 # "Stay with Me till Dawn" (Translucid Remix) - 6:48 # "99°F" - 6:49

References

{{Authority control 1977 songs 1979 singles 1999 singles British soft rock songs Songs written by Judie Tzuke Song recordings produced by John Punter The Rocket Record Company singles