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"I Wish You'd Stay"
"I Wish You'd Stay"
Single by Brad Paisley
from the album Part II
Released	August 12, 2002
Genre	Country
Length	6:17 (album version); 4:37 (music video version); 3:57 (single edit 1); 5:20 (single edit 2);
Label	Arista Nashville
Songwriter(s)	Brad Paisley; Chris DuBois
Producer(s)	Frank Rogers
Brad Paisley singles chronology

"I Wish You'd Stay" is a song co-written and recorded by American country music singer Brad Paisley. It was released in August 2002 as the fourth and final single from Paisley's album Part II and reached a peak of number 7 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart in early 2003.^[1] The song was originally released as the b-side to Paisley's previous single, "I'm Gonna Miss Her (The Fishin' Song)."^[1] Paisley wrote this song with Chris DuBois.

Content

The song is a ballad, in which the narrator states that he hopes his significant other finds love when they leave his side, but he wishes the person would stay with him.^[2]

Music video

The music video was directed by Brad Paisley and Devin Pense and premiered on November 11, 2002 on CMT.

Personnel

Eddie Bayers – drums
Glen Duncan – fiddle
Kevin "Swine" Grantt – bass guitar
Bernie Herms – piano, keyboards, string arrangements
Wes Hightower – background vocals
Mike Johnson – steel guitar
Mitch McMitchen – percussion
Brad Paisley – lead vocals, electric guitar, acoustic guitar, 6 string tic tac
Justin Williamson – mandolin

Strings by Carl Gorodetsky and the Nashville String Machine

Chart performance

"I Wish You'd Stay" debuted at number 59 on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks for the week of August 17, 2002.

Chart (2002–2003)	Peak position
US Billboard Hot 100^[3]	57
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)^[4]	7

Year-end charts

Chart (2003)	Position
US Country Songs (Billboard)^[5]	47

References

^ ^a ^b Whitburn, Joel (2008). Hot Country Songs 1944 to 2008. Record Research, Inc. p. 313. ISBN 978-0-89820-177-2.
^ Inc, Nielsen Business Media (2001-04-28). Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. {{cite book}}: |last= has generic name (help)
^ "Brad Paisley Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard. Retrieved February 6, 2011.
^ "Brad Paisley Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved February 6, 2011.
^ "Best of 2003: Country Songs". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. 2003. Retrieved July 13, 2012.

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[whitburn-1] Whitburn, Joel (2008). Hot Country Songs 1944 to 2008. Record Research, Inc. p. 313. ISBN 978-0-89820-177-2.

[2] Inc, Nielsen Business Media (2001-04-28). Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. {{cite book}}: |last= has generic name (help)

[sc_Billboardhot100_Brad_Paisley-3] "Brad Paisley Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard. Retrieved February 6, 2011.

[sc_Billboardcountrysongs_Brad_Paisley-4] "Brad Paisley Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved February 6, 2011.

[5] "Best of 2003: Country Songs". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. 2003. Retrieved July 13, 2012.

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