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“Stay (I Missed You)” by Lisa Loeb
“Stay (I Missed You)” by Lisa Loeb appears on 22 radio countdowns from 13 stations between 1994 and 2025. Its best result is #22 on the KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 1994. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #30 alternative song of 1994, #1,368 alternative song of all time and #429 of the '90s.
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"Stay (I Missed You)" was the lead single from the Reality Bites soundtrack, released on RCA in 1994, and it found its way into the film through a friend. Lisa Loeb had first shaped it in 1990 and once pictured Daryl Hall taking it for a project of his, but her neighbor Ethan Hawke heard it and passed it to Ben Stiller, who was directing the movie. It rolls over the closing credits.
Juan Patiño produced it: pop rock with a folk-rock heart, about a relationship that has just ended and a narrator already regretting it. It went to number one on the Billboard Hot 100 and in Canada, and Loeb became the first artist to top the US chart without a record deal. Hawke dreamed up and directed the video, and the song earned Loeb and Nine Stories a Grammy nomination.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
Indie & Adult Alternative
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1994 | 22 | KROQ Los Angeles, CA | KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 1994 | 107 |
| 1994 | 55 | 91X San Diego, CA / Tijuana | 91X Top 91 Songs of 1994 | 91 |
| 1994 | 38 | Live 105 San Francisco, CA | Live 105 Top 105.3 Songs of 1994 | 106 |
| 1994 | 33 | Q101 Chicago, IL | Q101 Top 101 Songs of 1994 | 101 |
| 1994 | 29 | WHFS Washington, DC / Baltimore, MD | WHFS Top 99.1 Songs of 1994 | 100 |
| 1994 | 100 | Triple J Australia (national) | Triple J Hottest 100 of 1994 | 100 |
| 1994 | 42 | Radio & Records United States (national airplay chart) | Radio & Records Top 94 Songs of 1994 | 94 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | 213 | Live 105 | Live 105 Revolutionary 300 (July 1995) | 300 |
| 1999 | 425 | Q101 | Q101 Top 1,011 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) | 1017 |
| 1999 | 332 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2000 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) | 2000 |
| 2000 | 332 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2001 Songs of All-Time (December 2000) | 2001 |
| 2001 | 337 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (December 2001) | 2002 |
| 2002 | 337 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2003 Songs of All-Time (December 2002) | 2003 |
| 2003 | 337 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2004 Songs of All-Time (December 2003) | 2004 |
| 2004 | 337 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2005 Songs of All-Time (December 2004) | 2005 |
| 2005 | 339 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2006 Songs of All-Time (December 2005) | 1994 |
| 2005 | 873 | 99X | 99X Freedom of Choice 1000 (2005) | 1000 |
| 2018 | 818 | The Current | The Current's 893 Essential Songs | 892 |
| 2021 | 108 | 90.9 The Bridge | 90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of the '90s | 908 |
| 2023 | 108 | The Current | The Current's 893 Essential Songs of the '90s | 893 |
| 2024 | 771 | WYEP | WYEP Best Songs of the Past 50 Years | 1049 |
| 2025 | 127 | WFPK | WFPK Top 500 Songs of the '90s | 500 |
Also listed as: Stay.
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