Stick Around (song)

"Stick Around"
Single by Julian Lennon
from the album The Secret Value of Daydreaming
B-side"Always Think Twice"
Released3 March 1986 (US)
10 March 1986 (UK)
Recorded1986
GenreSynth-pop, pop rock, new wave[1]
Length4.03
LabelCharisma (UK)
Atlantic (US)
Songwriter(s)Julian Lennon
Producer(s)Phil Ramone
Julian Lennon singles chronology
"Because"
(1985)
"Stick Around"
(1986)
"This Is My Day"
(1986)
Music video
"Stick Around" on YouTube

"Stick Around" is the first and lead single from Julian Lennon's 1986 second album The Secret Value of Daydreaming. The song was released at a time when Lennon's solo career was at its peak, following his successful with the debut album Valotte (1984).

It was a No. 1 hit on Billboard's Mainstream Rock and No. 32 on their Hot 100 chart, [2] but failed in the U.K., reaching only No. 86 in the UK Singles Chart[3] The song was also a minor hit in several countries around the world: Belgium (No. 21), Australia (No. 79) and Canada (No. 31).

  1. ^ Stick Around on Discogs
  2. ^ "Billboard chart history for Stick Around" Billboard.com. Retrieved 9 July 2010.
  3. ^ [1] Chart Stats. Retrieved 9 July 2010.