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{{Infobox song
| name       = Stay the Night
| cover      = Stay_the_Night_-_Ben_Orr.jpg
| alt        =
| type       = single
| artist     = [[Benjamin Orr]]
| album      = [[The Lace]]
| B-side     = That's the Way
| released   = September, 1986
| recorded   =
| studio     =
| genre      =
| length     = 4:26
| label      = [[Elektra Records|Elektra]] <small>69506</small>
| writer     = {{flatlist|
* Benjamin Orr
* Diane Grey Page
}}
| producer   = {{flatlist|
* [[Mike Shipley]]
* Ben Orr
* [[Larry Klein]]
}}
| prev_title =
| prev_year  =
| next_title = Too Hot to Stop
| next_year  = 1987
| misc       = {{External music video|{{YouTube|2ySLmwsfP4Q|"Stay the Night"}}}}
}}
"'''Stay the Night'''" is the debut solo single by [[the Cars]] co-lead vocalist and bassist [[Benjamin Orr]], released in late 1986 from his debut solo album ''[[The Lace]]''. The song reached No. 24 on the [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]] chart, as well as #2 Adult Contemporary, in early 1987, becoming Orr's only top 40 hit as a solo artist.<ref name="Whitburn">{{cite book
| first      = Joel
| last       = Whitburn
| author-link = Joel Whitburn
| title      = The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits
| year       = 2004
| publisher  = Billboard Books
| pages       = 108–109
| isbn       = 0-8230-7499-4 | edition = 8th
}}</ref>
== Background ==
Prior to recording his solo album, Orr had been a founding member, along with singer and songwriter [[Ric Ocasek]], of the Cars. The Cars' first top 40 hit, "[[Just What I Needed]]", featured Orr on lead vocals, as did their biggest hit, "[[Drive (The Cars song)|Drive]]", from 1984's ''[[Heartbeat City]]''.<ref name="Whitburn" /><ref name="allmusicOrrBio">{{cite web
| url        = {{AllMusic|class=artist|id=p111439|pure_url=yes}}
| title      = Benjamin Orr: Biography
| work       = [[allmusic]]
| accessdate = September 22, 2010 }}</ref>
Following the Cars' 1985 ''[[Greatest Hits (The Cars album)|Greatest Hits]]'' release, the band split up to pursue solo projects, with both Orr and Ocasek releasing solo albums in 1986, lead guitarist [[Elliot Easton]] having released one in 1985.<ref name="allmusicOrrBio" /><ref name="Whitburn" /> Weeks before "Stay the Night" entered the US top 40, Ocasek himself was in the top 40 with his own solo hit "[[Emotion in Motion (song)|Emotion in Motion]]". In both cases, those would become the only US top 40 solo hits for both Cars members respectively.
The band reunited to record 1987's ''[[Door to Door (album)|Door to Door]]'', which produced "[[You Are the Girl]]", their last top 40 single.<ref name="Whitburn" />
==Track listing==
'''US 7" (Elektra)'''
#"Stay the Night" – 4:26
#"That's the Way" – 4:07
== Chart performance ==
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"
|+Chart performance for "Stay the Night"
! Chart (1986–1987)
! Peak<br />position
|-
!scope="row"|Australia ([[Kent Music Report]])<ref name=aus>{{cite book|last=Kent|first=David|author-link=David Kent (historian)|title=Australian Chart Book 1970–1992|edition=illustrated|publisher=Australian Chart Book|location=St Ives, N.S.W.|year=1993|isbn=0-646-11917-6|page=226}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|66
|-
!scope="row" |US [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.billboard.com/artist/281310/benjamin-orr/chart|title=Benjamin Orr - Chart history {{!}} Billboard|website=www.billboard.com|language=en|access-date=2017-02-16}}</ref>
|align="center"|24
|-
!scope="row"|US [[Adult Contemporary (chart)|Adult Contemporary]] (''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]])''<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.billboard.com/artist/281310/benjamin-orr/chart?f=341|title=Benjamin Orr - Chart history {{!}} Billboard|website=www.billboard.com|language=en|access-date=2017-02-16}}</ref>
|align="center"|2
|-
!scope="row"|US [[Mainstream Rock (chart)|Album Rock Tracks]] (''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'')<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.billboard.com/artist/281310/benjamin-orr/chart?f=376|title=Benjamin Orr - Chart history {{!}} Billboard|website=www.billboard.com|language=en|access-date=2017-02-16}}</ref>
|align="center"|6
|-
|}
== References ==
{{Reflist}}
{{The Cars}}
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[[Category:1986 songs]]
[[Category:1986 debut singles]]
[[Category:Elektra Records singles]]
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