If You Want Me to Stay

~ Recording by The Red Hot Chili Peppers

Appears on releases

#TitleLengthTrack artistRelease titleRelease artistRelease group typeCountry/DateLabelCatalog#
Official
1.4If You Want Me to Stay4:07Red Hot Chili PeppersFreaky StyleyThe Red Hot Chili PeppersAlbum
  • US1985-08-16
EMI (EMI Records, or EMI Music only if there is no other imprint)4XT-17168
1.4If You Want Me to Stay4:07The Red Hot Chili PeppersFreaky StyleyThe Red Hot Chili PeppersAlbum
  • US1985-08-16
EMI AmericaST-17168
1.4If You Want Me to Stay4:07The Red Hot Chili PeppersFreaky StyleyThe Red Hot Chili PeppersAlbum
  • US1989-07-31
EMI Manhattan (Manhattan Records after Jul 1987 acquisition of EMI America)CDP 7 90617 2, DIDX 3459
1.4If You Want Me to Stay4:07Red Hot Chili PeppersFreaky StyleyThe Red Hot Chili PeppersAlbum
EMI USA (renamed EMI Records USA in the beginning of the 1990s)CDP 79 0617 2
1.12If You Want Me to Stay4:05Red Hot Chili PeppersWhat Hits!? Best of Red Hot Chili PeppersRed Hot Chili PeppersAlbum + Compilation
  • CA1992-09-29
EMI Records USA (formerly EMI USA, renamed since early 1990s)0777 7 94762 2 0, E2 94762
1.12If You Want Me to Stay4:07Red Hot Chili PeppersWhat Hits!? Best of Red Hot Chili PeppersRed Hot Chili PeppersAlbum + Compilation
  • JP1992-10-28
EMI (EMI Records, or EMI Music only if there is no other imprint)TOCP-7469
1.12If You Want Me to Stay4:05Red Hot Chili PeppersWhat Hits!? Best of Red Hot Chili Peppers (barcode sideways)Red Hot Chili PeppersAlbum + Compilation
EMI Records USA (formerly EMI USA, renamed since early 1990s)7 94762 2
1.12If You Want Me to Stay4:07Red Hot Chili PeppersWhat Hits!? Best of Red Hot Chili PeppersRed Hot Chili PeppersAlbum + Compilation
EMI (EMI Records, or EMI Music only if there is no other imprint)0777 7 94762 2 0
1.12If You Want Me to Stay4:07Red Hot Chili PeppersWhat Hits!? Best of Red Hot Chili PeppersRed Hot Chili PeppersAlbum + Compilation
EMI Records USA (formerly EMI USA, renamed since early 1990s)0777 7 94762-2 0, CDMTL 1071
1.12If You Want Me to Stay4:07Red Hot Chili PeppersWhat Hits!? Best of Red Hot Chili PeppersRed Hot Chili PeppersAlbum + Compilation
EMI Records USA (formerly EMI USA, renamed since early 1990s)7947622
1.12If You Want Me to Stay4:07Red Hot Chili PeppersWhat Hits!? Best of Red Hot Chili PeppersRed Hot Chili PeppersAlbum + Compilation
EMI Records USA (formerly EMI USA, renamed since early 1990s), EMI Records Group North America0777 7 94762 2 0, 0777 794762-2 0, 7947622, CDMTL 1071
1.12If You Want Me to Stay4:07Red Hot Chili PeppersWhat Hits!? Best of Red Hot Chili PeppersRed Hot Chili PeppersAlbum + Compilation
EMI Records USA (formerly EMI USA, renamed since early 1990s)0777 7 94762 2 0, E2-94762
1.12If You Want Me to Stay4:07Red Hot Chili PeppersWhat Hits!? Best of Red Hot Chili Peppers (BMG club edition)Red Hot Chili PeppersAlbum + Compilation
BMG Direct Marketing, Inc. (BMG company that owned their direct marketing company/club editions), EMI (EMI Records, or EMI Music only if there is no other imprint)D 100144, E2-94762
1.12If You Want Me to Stay4:07The Red Hot Chili PeppersWhat Hits!? Best of Red Hot Chili Peppers (Columbia House club edition)Red Hot Chili PeppersAlbum + Compilation
CDP-594762
1.12If You Want Me to Stay4:05Red Hot Chili PeppersWhat Hits!? Best of Red Hot Chili PeppersRed Hot Chili PeppersAlbum + Compilation
EMI (EMI Records, or EMI Music only if there is no other imprint)CDP-594762
1.10If You Want Me to Stay4:04Red Hot Chili PeppersGreatest HitsRed Hot Chili PeppersAlbum + Compilation
CEMA Special Markets (a division of Capitol‐EMI Music, Inc.)S21-17719
1.4If You Want Me to Stay4:07The Red Hot Chili PeppersFreaky StyleyThe Red Hot Chili PeppersAlbum
EMI Records USA (formerly EMI USA, renamed since early 1990s)8 35119 2
2.4If You Want Me to Stay4:07Red Hot Chili PeppersThe OriginalsRed Hot Chili PeppersAlbum + Compilation
EMI (EMI Records, or EMI Music only if there is no other imprint)7243 8 35117 2 3
1.5If You Want Me to Stay4:07Red Hot Chili PeppersUnder the Covers: Essential Red Hot Chili PeppersRed Hot Chili PeppersAlbum + Compilation
  • US1998-03-31
EMI (EMI Records, or EMI Music only if there is no other imprint)7243 4 94139 2 4
1.12If You Want Me To Stay4:06Red Hot Chili PeppersWhat Hits!? Best of Red Hot Chili PeppersRed Hot Chili PeppersAlbum + Compilation
EMI (EMI Records, or EMI Music only if there is no other imprint)
1.4If You Want Me to Stay4:07The Red Hot Chili PeppersFreaky StyleyThe Red Hot Chili PeppersAlbum
  • XE2003-03-10
Capitol Records (imprint of Capitol Records, Inc.)
1.4If You Want Me to Stay4:07The Red Hot Chili PeppersFreaky StyleyThe Red Hot Chili PeppersAlbum
  • US2003-03-11
Capitol Records (imprint of Capitol Records, Inc.)7243 5 40377 2 6
1.4If You Want Me to Stay4:07The Red Hot Chili PeppersFreaky Styley (The Definitive Remasters, BMG club edition)The Red Hot Chili PeppersAlbum
  • US2003-03-11
Capitol Records (imprint of Capitol Records, Inc.), BMG Direct Marketing, Inc. (BMG company that owned their direct marketing company/club editions)72435-40377-2-6, D151829
1.10If You Want Me To Stay4:04Red Hot Chili PeppersThe Best of Red Hot Chili PeppersRed Hot Chili PeppersAlbum + Compilation
  • US2005-08-30
Capitol Records (imprint of Capitol Records, Inc.)09463-31011-2-8
1.4If You Want Me to Stay4:07The Red Hot Chili PeppersFreaky StyleyThe Red Hot Chili PeppersAlbum
  • -2005-12-06
Capitol Records (imprint of Capitol Records, Inc.)
1.12If You Want Me to Stay4:07Red Hot Chili PeppersWhat Hits!? Best of Red Hot Chili PeppersRed Hot Chili PeppersAlbum + Compilation
  • XW2006-05-09
Capitol Records (imprint of Capitol Records, Inc.)
1.4If You Want Me to Stay4:07The Red Hot Chili PeppersFreaky StyleyThe Red Hot Chili PeppersAlbum
  • JP2006-06-28
EMI AmericaTOCP-70002
1.8If You Want Me to Stay4:06Red Hot Chili Peppers10 Great SongsRed Hot Chili PeppersAlbum + Compilation
  • -2009
EMI International
1.4If You Want Me to Stay4:06The Red Hot Chili PeppersFreaky StyleyThe Red Hot Chili PeppersAlbum
EMI America, Enigma (1980s US rock & alternative)509996 98171 13
1.12If You Want Me to Stay4:07Red Hot Chili PeppersWhat Hits!? Best of Red Hot Chili Peppers (repress)Red Hot Chili PeppersAlbum + Compilation
EMI Records USA (formerly EMI USA, renamed since early 1990s), EMI (EMI Records, or EMI Music only if there is no other imprint)7 94762 2, 794762-2
1.4If You Want Me to Stay4:06The Red Hot Chili PeppersFreaky StyleyThe Red Hot Chili PeppersAlbum
  • -2013-04-23
UMC (branded originally by its full name “Universal Music Catalogue” between 2006–2016; rebranded as Universal Music Recordings in 2023)
1.4If You Want Me to Stay4:07The Red Hot Chili PeppersFreaky StyleyThe Red Hot Chili PeppersAlbum
  • -2013
Capitol Records (imprint of Capitol Records, Inc.)
1.12If You Want Me to Stay4:07Red Hot Chili PeppersWhat Hits!? Best of Red Hot Chili PeppersRed Hot Chili PeppersAlbum + Compilation
  • -2014-11-17
Capitol Records (imprint of Capitol Records, Inc.)
1.12If You Want Me to Stay4:06Red Hot Chili PeppersWhat Hits!? Best of Red Hot Chili PeppersRed Hot Chili PeppersAlbum + Compilation
  • -2014-11-17
Capitol Records (imprint of Capitol Records, Inc.)
2.4If You Want Me to Stay4:06Red Hot Chili PeppersThe EMI YearsRed Hot Chili PeppersAlbum + Compilation
Capitol Records (imprint of Capitol Records, Inc.)
1.5If You Want Me to Stay4:07Red Hot Chili PeppersUnder The CoversRed Hot Chili PeppersAlbum + Compilation
Promotion
1.14If You Want Me to Stay4:06Red Hot Chili PeppersSock-CessRed Hot Chili PeppersAlbum + Compilation
EMI America[none]
2.4If You Want Me To Stay4:07Red Hot Chili PeppersReissuesRed Hot Chili PeppersAlbum + Compilation
  • -2003
Capitol Records (imprint of Capitol Records, Inc.)
1.9If You Want Me to Stay4:05Red Hot Chili PeppersThe Essential DPRO 2Various ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Bootleg
1.10If You Want Me to Stay4:06The Red Hot Chili PeppersThe Red Hot Chili PeppersThe Red Hot Chili PeppersAlbum + Compilation
Santa Records (Russian pirate label)AA 0005
1.12If You Want Me to Stay4:05Red Hot Chili PeppersThe Very BestRed Hot Chili PeppersAlbum + Compilation

Relationships

producer:George Clinton (US funk musician)
mixer:Greg Ward (Detroit recording engineer)
bass:Flea (US bassist)
drums (drum set):Cliff Martinez (American musician and score composer)
guitar:Hillel Slovak
saxophone:Maceo Parker (US funk/jazz saxophonist)
trombone:Fred Wesley
trumpet:Bennie Cowan
lead vocals:Anthony Kiedis
phonographic copyright (℗) by:EMI Records USA (formerly EMI USA, renamed since early 1990s) (in 1985)
has remixes:If You Want Me to Stay (Grosse’s mix) by Red Hot Chili Peppers
If You Want Me to Stay (Mista mix) by Red Hot Chili Peppers
If You Want Me to Stay (Open Slay mix) by Red Hot Chili Peppers
If You Want Me to Stay (Pink Mustang mix) by Red Hot Chili Peppers
stream for free:https://open.spotify.com/track/2xGddoC1kqy9jt5qZRVJwJ [info]
recording of:If You Want Me to Stay (cover)

Related works

If You Want Me to Stay

lyricist and composer:Sylvester Stewart
publisher:Mijac Music
sub-publisher:ソニー・ミュージックパブリッシング A事業部 (Sony Music Publishing (Japan) Inc., A Division)
arrangements:If You Want Me to Stay (arr. Jonas Molander)