Do Ya/Stay with Me

"Do Ya"/"Stay with Me" is McFly's third single taken from the album Radio:Active and was the official Children in Need single for 2008. It was released for download on 23 November 2008 and physically on 24 November 2008. "Stay with Me" is a cover of a song by The Faces, and was the main Children in Need single. McFly performed both tracks live on Children in Need 2008 on 14 November 2008.^[1] "Do Ya" appears on the international soundtrack to the Brazilian telenovela, Três Irmãs.

"Do Ya"
Single by McFly
from the album Radio:Active
Released	24 November 2008
Genre	Pop punk
Length	2:54 ("Do Ya") 4:27 ("Stay with Me")
Label	Super, EMI
Songwriter(s)	Tom Fletcher, Danny Jones, Dougie Poynter, James Bourne ("Do Ya") Rod Stewart, Ronnie Wood ("Stay with Me")
Producer(s)	Jason Perry, Danny Jones
McFly singles chronology
"Lies" (2008) "Do Ya" / "Stay with Me" (2008) "Falling in Love" (2009)

Chart performance

On 30 November 2008, the single debuted on the UK Singles Chart at number 18 after both physical and digital releases of the song was made available. This marked the first time McFly had ever missed the UK top 10. Previously, their lowest-charting single had been "Ultraviolet/The Ballad of Paul K", which peaked at number nine, their first not to reach the top five. The single stayed in the UK top 100 for only two weeks. It was also the lowest-charting Children In Need charity single since "Perfect Day" topped the chart in 1997, until the 2011 cover of "Teardrop" peaked lower at number 24.

Music video

The video for "Do Ya" is approximately four minutes long, and was released via their YouTube account and their Myspace page. The video begins in a house, where people gather for Christmas, and start opening their presents, which had a McFly member in it. As soon as the band comes out of the boxes, they begin to play the song. More guests arrive, and soon, zombies arrive at the house. McFly are scared out at the end of the song, and exit via their van and off to the moon.

The video for "Do Ya", along with the Christmas Radio:ACTIVE album advert that was recorded at the same time, were controversially refused airplay for being 'too scary' and for the fear of being copied by young viewers (when the McFly members were inside Christmas presents). Eventually, though, it earned airplay on TMF Most Wanted.

Track listing

UK CD^[2][3]

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Do Ya"	Fletcher / Jones / Poynter / Bourne	2:55
2.	"Stay With Me"	Stewart / Wood	4:29
3.	"I Kissed a Girl" (Radio 1 Live Lounge)	Perry / Gottwald / Martin / Dennis	3:16
4.	"Lies"	Fletcher / Jones / Poynter	3:46
Total length:			14:26

UK DVD^[4]

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Do Ya"	Fletcher / Jones / Poynter / Bourne	2:54
2.	"Stay With Me"	Stewart / Wood	4:27
3.	"Making of the 'Do Ya' video" (Video)		3:00
4.	"McFly in Bazil" (Video)		30:00
Total length:			40:21

Charts

Chart	Position
UK Singles (OCC)[5]	18
US Billboard European Hot 100	53

Release history

Region	Date	Label	Format
Republic of Ireland	20 November 2008	Super Records	CD, Digital download
United Kingdom	23 November 2008		Digital download
	24 November 2008		CD
Brazil	12 January 2009	EMI Music Brazil	Airplay

References

1. McFly Official website^{[permanent dead link‍]}
2. "McFly - Do Ya / Stay With Me" (CD). Discogs. Retrieved 21 February 2022.
3. Do Ya (CD liner notes). Super Records Ltd. 24 November 2008. CDSUPR3.
4. "McFly - Do Ya / Stay With Me" (DVD). Discogs. Retrieved 21 February 2022.
5. "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company.