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"Stay the Night" is the debut solo single by the Cars vocalist and bassist Benjamin Orr, released in October 1986 from his debut solo album The Lace. The song reached No. 24 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in early 1987, becoming Orr's only top 40 hit as a solo artist.[2]

"Stay the Night"
Single by Benjamin Orr
from the album The Lace
B-side	"That's the Way"
Released	October 1986[1]
Length	4:26
Label	Elektra 69506
Songwriter(s)	Benjamin Orr Diane Grey Page
Producer(s)	Mike Shipley Ben Orr Larry Klein
Benjamin Orr singles chronology
"Stay the Night" (1986) "Too Hot to Stop" (1987)
Music video
"Stay the Night" on YouTube

Background

Prior to recording his solo album, Orr had been a founding member, along with singer and songwriter Ric Ocasek of the Cars. The Cars' first top 40 hit, "Just What I Needed", featured Orr on lead vocals, as did their biggest hit, "Drive", from 1984's Heartbeat City.[2][3]

Following the Cars' 1985 Greatest Hits release, the band split up to pursue solo projects, with both Orr and Ocasek releasing solo albums in 1986, lead guitarist Elliot Easton having released one in 1985.[3][2] Weeks before "Stay the Night" entered the US top 40, Ocasek himself was in the top 40 with his own solo hit "Emotion in Motion". In both cases, those would become the only US top 40 solo hits for both Cars members respectively.

The band reunited to record 1987's Door to Door, which produced "You Are the Girl", their last top 40 single.[2]

Track listing

US 7" (Elektra)

1. "Stay the Night" – 4:26
2. "That's the Way" – 4:07

Chart performance

Chart (1986–87)	Peak position
Australia (Kent Music Report)[4]	66
US Billboard Hot 100[5]	24
US Adult Contemporary (Billboard)[6]	2
US Album Rock Tracks (Billboard)[7]	6

References

На других языках

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- [en] Stay the Night (Benjamin Orr song)

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[es] Stay the Night (canción de Benjamin Orr)

«Stay the Night» (en español: «Quédate está noche») es una power ballad escrita, producida e interpretada por el ex-vocalista y bajista de la banda estadounidense The Cars Benjamin Orr. La canción fue incluida en su primer y único álbum de estudio en solitario The Lace (1986), y lanzada como sencillo a finales del mismo año. La canción alcanzó el puesto n.º 24 en el Billboard Hot 100, a comienzos de 1987. Fue el único éxito de Benjamin Orr como solista en alcanzar el Top 40.[1]

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