Can you believe how Special this song is? 1. Her friend Ethan Hawke were neighbors. At the time he was starring in the movie Reality Bites. He told the Director Ben Stiller to put this song in the movie and on the Soundtrack. 2. At the time Lisa Loeb was an unsigned artist. A radio station in Houston started playing this song. Then other stations started playing it. Like fire it grew fast up the Charts until it reached #1. 3. This song Stay is the FIRST song that made it to #1 by an unsigned Artist. Soon Record Companies had a bidding war trying to sign Lisa Loeb. 4. The Official Music Video was a "One Take Video" meaning there were no takes in between. The idea was Ethan Hawke's and he showed Lisa his idea in his apartment. He planned the whole thing from the cat in the beginning to Lisa opening the door at the end. 5. Lisa has her own Eye Glass line. You can buy them all over including Costco. 6. This song is over 25 years old and still has the staying power today. Stay is still being played all over the World today! CONGRATULATIONS Lisa Loeb for an amazing song and an incredible Story!

Who’s here in 2024 😂

The 90's is when music became self-aware but before music became overproduced. It's the perfect musical balance which is why we appreciate it so much!

Lisa Loeb is a national treasure. Her cameo on Hot tub time machine 2 was awesome.

I refuse to acknowledge that it's been almost 30 years since this song came out. It just doesn't make sense Edit: If you are reading this in 2024, it has officially been 30 years...yay?

' 94, I was 16 years old, no cellphone, no internet, and loved it.

The tone of this song. Acoustic. Conversational. Intimate. Gentle, sincere. A song about two people communicating honesty, an honesty that longs to bring them back and… stay.

The girl who single-handedly made girls with glasses hot.

The 90's should have never ended.

Damn it, Geico! Those of us in Gen X can remember the lyrics like it was 1994 but can't tell you what we came into this room for...

I was 20 when this song came out. Having so much fun during my college life. I missed the time when I was renting rooms with a group of college friends. Absolute freedom during that time. Happy hours with some beers after classes, playing snooker till late and midnight supper etc. Really missed those days 😢 "I wish that I could turn back the clock..."

My teenage life. I was 15 when this song came out. Mom had just bought our first car, a 1989 ford tempo. We had been poor most of my life. Mom had made some changes at this point that would take us out of poverty. This ford tempo was the first step. We would go driving, just to go. The radio, playin this future legend, made me so happy. Lisa Loeb, legend!

A song can't possibly be more 90's than this

Remember those times where you’d listen to the radio for hours just to hear your favorite sing again?

Its 2024....30 years since this song has come out and I still play this song. To me, this is just one of the most beautifully written songs of all time. This song hits me everytime I hear it. Its truly timeless ❤

WOWZERS! In May 2024 _Stay_ will be 30 years old!

Everyone can appreciate the music from their eras… but there is something special about the 90’s.

I love that the structure of the song is so unique. There's no repetitive chorus, the entire piece just flows and builds. It's just beautiful.

Oh my goodness. My daughters used to sing this song so loudly in the car while riding. They were 9 & 4 years old. What great memories!!

I was 23 when I first heard this song. It was so powerful than. It’s still so powerful now, 30 years later. I’m 53 and it’s 2024.

Fun fact. Lisa is the first unsigned musician to score a 1 spot on the charts. She'd already graduated from brown (where she briefly played with fellow brown student Duncan sheik). But one of her neighbors liked her music and got "stay" put on the soundtrack for a movie he just completed. The actor was Ethan hawke and the movie was reality bites. After that the song blew up on the radio... So basically you need tons of talent and tons of luck...

I’m turning 42 this month. It makes me miss the 90’s what a great decade

Let's admit it guys. She's the kind of crazy gf we all wished we had😂❤❤❤❤

Can we all agree that life was better when we didn't have the whole world in the palm of our hand, and we had to have patience and dreams and hopes and a beautiful, day-to-day uncertainty?

I could just cry. I miss the 90s. The digital Era is the foe

When I was a kid, I don’t think I realized how “good” things were! Now that I look back, I miss those days!!

You say I only hear what I want to You say I talk so all the time, so And I thought what I felt was simple And I thought that I don't belong And now that I am leaving Now I know that I did something wrong 'Cause I missed you Yeah, yeah, I missed you And you say I only hear what I want to I don't listen hard Don't pay attention to the distance that you're running To anyone, anywhere I don't understand if you really care I'm only hearing negative, no no no (bad) And so I, I turned the radio on I turned the radio up And this woman was singing my song Lover's in love and the other's run away Lover is crying 'cause the other won't stay Some of us hover when we weep for the other Who was dying since the day they were born Well, well this is not that I think that I'm throwing but I'm thrown And I thought I'd live forever but now I'm not so sure You try to tell me that I'm clever But that won't take me anyhow or anywhere with you You said that I was naive And I thought that I was strong I thought, "Hey I can leave, I can leave" Oh, but now I know that I was wrong 'Cause I missed you Yeah, I missed you You said you caught me 'cause you want me And one day you'd let me go You try to give away a keeper But keep me 'cause you know You're just so scared to lose And you say, stay And you say I only hear what I want to

Way beyond its time. Beautiful words, tempo, rhythm it not normal. She really made a song that will be on many weddings, beyond comprehension x

Damn you Geico!! Now I’m stuck going down a 90’s wormhole and realize how old I am!!

I remember the first time I ever saw this video on MTV. I wasn't really paying attention to the TV until she started to sing. When I looked up I almost fell out of my chair. I suppose it's because of the way she is dressed and the "retro" glasses, Lisa looks so much like my sister. My sister was Juanita, Nita for short. I was her "baby brother", but I towered over her. Nita was also a singer & played piano. Lisa's & Nita's voices are almost identical. Nita bought me my first guitar, and I played in her and her husband's band. Sadly she died in a tragic car accident when she was 21, I was 18. I am 67 now, and I owe my love of music to my sweet, wonderful sister. When I saw this video wonderful memories of Nita flooded into my heart. I miss my sis, but I know she has been watching over me. Thank you Ms Loeb, for bringing back some wonderful memories.

Liv Tyler, Alicia Silverstone, Alanis Morissette and Lisa Loeb... - my biggest crushes when i was 13-16 ...

This song is one of those songs that really make people think about their past think about it

Hard to believe 1994 was 25 yrs ago. It was a very different world in 1994. It was still social media free and the music was good.

Because of Geico, we are officially enjoying this earworm that has taken us over. I know I am.

Circling back to the music I’d hear in the car with my parents. The nostalgia of the 90s can’t be matched

Love this song so much. It always randomly drops into my spirit when I need it most ✨🥰🙏🏻

My wife is 10 years older than me. We've been married for 30 years this past Valentine's Day. She's been in a skilled nursing facility for over a year. She had a stroke. She doesn't remember who I am. But everytime I here your song, it breaks my heart. So thank you. Not to say, it's not a beautiful song, but it steals my heart everytime I hear it.

The 90's really the golden age of pop/rock love songs! Oh, how I miss those days!

All time crush.

Ironically this was the first alternative popular song to go to #1 in the 90s, Kurt died in the spring and the 2 mainstream top 40 countdown radio shows in the USA never had an alternative artist go to #1 until this song. Rick Dees and Casey Kasem's both had Stay as their number one record in the fall I don't remember the month but it was in the fall. For Young musicians it felt like we all finally had broken through the pop chart noise. After stay hit number 1 it finally became common place for alternative artists to get to the top 10 which was mostly ruled by the Celine Dion, Madonna level artist. Sadly the communications act of 1996 killed radio and indie artists pretty quickly after local radio stations were bought out by big corporate overlords. Local DJs were a thing of the past by 1997 and most radio stations received all of their music via satellite feed and by 1998 the labels and the radio companies started pushing pop garbage from teen idol stars. So Stay is a pretty historic song from a radio perspective! Lisa didn't even have a record deal when this came out! That would never happen again.

So we're all in agreement that Lisa Loeb is indeed an immortal Highlander, right ? She looks like she's 23 in the new Geico commercial. You can't fool me, Highlander !

Back in 1994 when we all were happy and we didn't know it

It's still feels like yesterday since it was released. One of my faves.

Another fantastic hit from '94 This lady is so lovely 😍 👌 Really beautiful 😍 ❤

My boyfriend that I had just started dating knew that I loved this song so he went out and bought the CD for me. He will be my husband of 25 years on June 10th of 2020. Not only husband but best friend partner in crime and soulmate. I was 19 when I got married and he was 20. We had our first baby 1-1/2 years later. We now have three amazing children.

I remember when babydoll dresses became a thing. God, I loved the all black everything, black tights under the black dress with the boots. Ahh, the 90's were so awesome.

The 90s had so many great guitar girls! Women with their clothes on, real talent and able to sing vulnerable, witty and cutting lyrics in the same song. Alanis Morisette, Lisa Loeb, Sophie B. Hawkins, Paula Cole and Donna Lewis for example.

The lyrics are so simple yet one of the greatest songs of the 90s

Can we take a moment to appreciate this was all filmed in one shot.

One of THE BEST songs made in the 90s…I’m an 80s baby and grew up in the 90s. I wish I could relive these times

I just want to say I saw her in a commercial last year and she hasn't aged at all. I mean AT ALL

Love it so so much. My high school love song. I'm now 44-45. What time flies. Thank you Lisa for accompanying me during my late night studying plus thinking about a boy i was in love with. 😂

I think the saddest part about being a millennial is that we know how great life was back then and the only thing we can do to reminisce all those time is by listening to what we used to listen to during all those years. I'm not crying

Anyone see Lisa in the new insurance commercial? Hasn’t aged a bit. ❤️

Takes me back to being a freshman in Highschool. Wow time flies kids. Enjoy being young and healthy while you can.

This song holds such a special place in my heart. I met my soulmate when he heard me singing this song. Everytime I hear it, I’m 17 years old again and feeling the beginning of young love. Not a better feeling in the world. ❤❤❤

I'm leaving this message for another 10 years. Hoping that I can still listen this song once again.

Oh, Lisa. 27 years later, and I still have a crush on you!

Women who wear glasses are absolutely gorgeous.

Couldn't care less what era any song is from a great tune is a great tune and this is 100% definitely a great tune.

90's never gets old..

One of the greatest songs of the 90's that was in heavy rotation the year that I popped the question to my BEAUTIFUL bride-to-be, and here we are, some 21 years later and stronger than ever!!! She DID STAY!!!😍

Hello its December 9 of 2023... still listening to this song......

Young lady, you got a beautiful voice.

One of the great things about this song is that it doesn’t follow the typical verse-chorus-verse-chorus-bridge-chorus pattern that almost all pop songs adhere to. And yet it’s still catchy.

The clothes, the hairstyles the music the freedom, 90's were the best.

I miss the 90's....they was freedom...😢

Great song and love the simplicity of the video. Really miss the 90's.

I was a heartbroken 21 year old when this came out... I thought my world had ended..... 49 now and still get goosebumps when I hear this but can laugh as my younger self

Awww. I miss the days when doc martins, duckhead shorts, Levi jeans in various colors, slap bracelets, vests, baby doll dress's, backless spaghetti strap tops, and many of the other cool 90's fashions were flying off the racks.

This is easily one of the best pop songs ever

Can't tell you how much I loved this song and had a crazy crush on Lisa, back in the day.

THAT was real music... with meaning. with talent. and with real story's

Saw her recently and she doesn't age. Seriously, she's a freaking immortal.

Favorite song ever since I was in highschool batch 1994...😘 Wow until now, still listing...now I'm 48😁.... memories back..

Bring Back the 90s. The world was such a better place.

I missed the 90s so much.Things were simpler back then.We had no complicating devices back then.Time seemed to stand still.I fell in love with this song and Lisa too! Youth is amazing!

1994, where did the years go..a brilliant song from then.

I had quite the teenage crush on Lisa growing up. This was the first song that discovered her and her beautiful voice. I wish she had put out more albums throughout the years, but it's always nice to go back to these classics time and again.

This the type of stuff you play in the car after you drop the homies off

90s is like the placement of Earth in the universe -- just perfectly right.

This album had such an impact on my 20's. Still appreciate Lisa for the memories ❤️ 💕

I was 20 years old when this song was released. Wow! Time flies, 30 years ago!!

Riding in the car with my best friends and we play this song all singing loud as we could trying to be the best singer of the group...those were awesome days/nights...REALITY BITES FOREVER❤️

I always thought Lisa Loeb looked like the librarian we all dreamed about having in high school.

Shout out to all the cool aunts, this one’s for you! 🚬😊🍺

Just had an absolutely horrible horrible day and this came on the radio and broke me through my tears. Actually I just had a damn good cry so feeling a little better now. Tomorrow is a new day 🙏🏻So then I had to watch it more on UKposts to finish my recovery. Brought me back to a time when I had no problems ❤

Who's listening this during quarantine?? Love 90s music

Who wants to come back to the 90s with me

It's March 22, 2024 I've just work up in the AM and this song comes to my mind today! I haven't heard it in YEARS! I was a child when I first heard it. Not sure why it came to my mind today yet here I am listening to it. ❤

I’m a 90s kid. And a guy who grew up in NYC. And I love how we had a penchant for Manhattan warehouses in that decade. I’m not complaining. Just an observation. Also…I had the biggest crush on Lisa.

I miss world in 90's. Really miss it.

Even as a guy who was listening to Soundgarden and STP at the time (and still am), I appreciate this song. Takes me right back to a certain place in time. Thanks Lisa.

This song was in the movie Reality Bites but in truth ever since the 90's passed us by reality bites huge!!! ❤

Another song from that magical time period of the early 90s 🙏 ❤️

When you like heavy metal but you still listen to songs like this that would be me...

im so upset this wasnt available to play where i live, i would've totally gotten this on heardle

When I was young i don't think i would ever admit to liking this song. Now it just brings so much nostalgia that I am learning the lyrics now, lol!

Whoa, this takes me back. Back to the VH1 days.

This video is everything a film major would strive for. Continuous shot, single take, and the timing between the camera and artist. Amazing.