"Stay (Wasting Time)" is a song by Dave Matthews Band, released as the second single off their album Before These Crowded Streets. As a single, it reached #8 on the Modern Rock Tracks chart, #33 on Top 40 Mainstream, and #20 on the Adult 40. The song features The Lovely Ladies (Tawatha Agee, Cindy Myzell, and Brenda White King) on background vocals.

"Stay (Wasting Time)"
Single by Dave Matthews Band
from the album Before These Crowded Streets
ReleasedJune 28, 1998
GenreRock
Length5:35 (Album version)
4:34 (Album/remix edit)
LabelRCA
Songwriter(s)Matthews, Lessard, LeRoi Moore
Producer(s)Steve Lillywhite
Dave Matthews Band singles chronology
"Don't Drink the Water"
(1998)
"Stay (Wasting Time)"
(1998)
"Crush"
(1998)

The song was used by the Virginia Tourism Corporation for a 2005 television commercial.[1] It was also featured in the 2007 film The Kingdom.

Track listing edit

  1. "Stay (Wasting Time)" (Remix Edit) — 4:34
  2. "Stay (Wasting Time)" (Album Edit) — 4:34
  3. "Stay (Wasting Time)" (Album Version) — 5:36

Australian Version edit

  1. "Stay (Wasting Time)" (Edit) - 2:55
  2. "Stay (Wasting Time)" (Album Edit) - 4:30
  3. "Lover Lay Down" - 6:22

Live releases edit

A live performance of "Stay (Wasting Time)" is featured on the following albums:

Charts edit

Chart (1998) Peak
position
US Billboard Hot 100 Airplay 44
US Billboard Mainstream Top 40 33
US Billboard Modern Rock Tracks 8
US Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks 35
US Billboard Adult Top 40 20

References edit

  1. ^ "VTC Tourism Dashboard Newsletter". www.vatc.org. Archived from the original on 2007-10-12.