Other Versions
- French and Saunders did a parody of the song and video in their sketch-show in the early nineties called "Dickens' Daughter". The sketch also parodied other videos by the band, including "I Don't Care" and "Goodbye Cruel World".
- Newman and Baddiel also sent up the song on the 1992 comedy sketch show The Mary Whitehouse Experience. David Baddiel played Marcella Detroit and Rob Newman lampooned Siobhan Fahey; when she opens her mouth to sing the more uptempo bridge of the song the sound of a ship's foghorn is heard instead.
- Cradle of Filth recorded a cover version in 2006, which is featured on their 2008 special edition release of Thornography.
- Pop band Sweetbox covered the song "Stay", which was released on the Jade album in 2002.
- Italian pop stars Mina and Piero Pelù recorded the song as "Stay With Me (Stay)" in 1999 for Mina's album Olio.
- German darkwave group Blutengel (Blood Angel) recorded a version on their 2004 Demon Kiss album.
- Cher Lloyd performed a live version of the song during Week 4, Series 7 of The X Factor, with Simon Cowell regarding it as the best performance of the series. She performed it again in Week 7 when she was in the final showdown and the judges saved her. A studio recording features as a bonus track on some editions of her debut album, Sticks + Stones.
- German pop-duo Anders | Fahrenkrog covered the song "Stay". It is included on their album Two (2011).
- "Stay" has also been covered by the operatic pop group Il Divo in their album Wicked Game as a Spanish rendition, as "Stay (Ven a Mi)".
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