Stay (Wasting Time)

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“Stay (Wasting Time)”
“Stay (Wasting Time)” cover
Single by Dave Matthews Band
from the album
Before These Crowded Streets
Released 1998
Format CD single
Genre Rock
Length 5:35
Label RCA
Producer Steve Lillywhite
Dave Matthews Band singles chronology
"Don't Drink the Water"
(1997)		 "Stay (Wasting Time)"
(1998)		 "Crush"
(1998)
Before These Crowded Streets track listing
"Don't Drink the Water"
(Track 4)		 "Stay (Wasting Time)"
(Track 5)		 "Halloween"
(Track 6)
The Best of What's Around Vol. 1 track listing
"Say Goodbye (Live)"
(Track 3)		 "Stay (Wasting Time) (Live)"
(Track 4)		 "Everyday (Live)"
(Track 5)

"Stay (Wasting Time)" was the second single off of the Dave Matthews Band album Before These Crowded Streets. As a single, it reached #8 on the Modern Rock Tracks chart, #33 on the 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.

The song has been used as a set closer or as an encore many times. To this day it has been a set closer 79 times and in an encore 54 times.

This song is one of the few which do not differ greatly from its studio version when performed live. The only major difference that occurs during live performances is that sometimes the ending of the song is jammed.

[edit] Single track listing

  1. "Stay (Wasting Time)" (Remix Edit) — 4:30
  2. "Stay (Wasting Time)" (Album Edit) — 4:30
  3. "Stay (Wasting Time)" (Album Version) — 5:35

[edit] Live releases

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

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