Tony Mortimer has revealed the tragic story behind East 17’s hit song Stay Another Day.
The singer admitted that the song was written about his late brother who took his own life.
“It was based on my brother’s suicide and losing someone,” he said.
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Tony opened up about why he wrote the song and how it was based on conversations with his brother.
“What would you do if you had one more day with a loved one?” he asked Song Writing Magazine.
“Over time I started to put together the story and I wrote it in a different way to any song I’d written before.
“It was all based on conversations I’d had with my brother and I was trying to change it into a love song about the end of a relationship.”
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Stay Another Day has gone on to become a Christmas classic and is replayed every year – but the 46-year-old explained that he still feels emotional hearing it no matter how many times it’s played.
“I wish I could enjoy it a bit more but I always find it very emotional.
“Sometimes it comes on the radio and I’ve got to turn it off. I get emotional when I sing it and the crowd sings it back, that’s always really tough.
“I’ll tell myself that’s the last time I’m ever going to perform it, but I always seem to do one more.
“I’ve done a lot of things in my life but that’s the one thing I’m most famous for and that’s fine,” he added.
