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"Stay A Little While, Child"
Single by Loose Ends
from the album Zagora[1]
B-side"Gonna Make You Mine"
ReleasedJune 2, 1986 (UK/US)
Recorded1985–86
GenreR&B
LabelVirgin Records
Songwriter(s)Carl McIntosh, Jane Eugene, Steve Nichol
Producer(s)Nick Martinelli
Loose Ends singles chronology
"Golden Years"
(1985) 		"Stay A Little While, Child"
(1986) 		"Slow Down"
(1986)

"Stay A Little While, Child" is the tenth single by English R&B band Loose Ends from their third studio album, Zagora, and was released in June 1986 by Virgin Records. The song reached number 52 in the UK Charts.[2][3]

Track listing

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7” Single: VS819

  1. "Stay A Little While, Child" 4.09
  2. "Gonna Make You Mine" 4.29 **


12” Single: VS819-12

  1. "Stay A Little While, Child (Extended Version)" 8.11 *
  2. "Gonna Make You Mine" 4.29 **
  3. "Stay A Little While, Child (Dub Version)" 7.56 **


2nd 12” Single: VS819-13

  1. "Stay A Little While, Child (Extended Version)" 8.11 *
  2. "Gonna Make You Mine" **
  3. "Tell Me What You Want (U.S. Remix)" - Edited version of the mix featured on the U.S. version of the CD album 'A Little Spice'


3rd 12” Single: VS819-14

  1. "Stay A Little While, Child (Extended Version)" 8.11 *
  2. "Gonna Make You Mine (Westside Remix)" 5.43 +
  3. "Gonna Make You Mine (Bonus Beats)"


U.S. only release - 12" Single MCA-23635

  1. "Stay A Little While, Child (Extended Version)" 8.11 *
  2. "Stay A Little While, Child (Radio Edit)" 5:55
  3. "Stay A Little While, Child (Dub Version)" 7:56 **
  4. "Stay A Little While, Child (Instrumental)" 5:55
  5. "Stay A Little While, Child (Bonus Beats)" 5:42

* The Extended Version of 'Stay A Little While, Child' was released on the U.S. version of the CD album 'Zagora' instead of the Album Version.

** 'Gonna Make You Mine' and Stay A Little While, Child (Dub Version) were released as extra tracks on the CD album 'Zagora'

+ 'Gonna Make You Mine (Westside Remix)' was released on CD in 1992 on the 'Tighten Up Volume 1' remix project. It was remixed by Dancin' Danny D & Godwin Logie.

Chart performance

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Chart (1986) Peak
position
UK Singles Chart[2] 52
US "Billboard" Hot Dance Disco- Club Play[4] 49
US Billboard Hot Black Singles[5] 18

References

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  1. ^ "www.allmusic.com". allmusic.com. Retrieved October 19, 2022.
  2. ^ a b "LOOSE ENDS - full Official Chart History". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 1 February 2020.
  3. ^ McAleer, Dave; Gregory, Andy; White, Matthew (November 15, 2010). The Virgin Book of British Hit Singles, Volume 2. Random House. p. 284. ISBN 9780753522455. Retrieved 29 September 2020.
  4. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). Hot Dance/Disco: 1974-2003. Record Research. p. 158.
  5. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Record Research. p. 359.
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