Stay (Faraway, So Close!)

Lyrics

Read the lyrics and recording notes for this version at U2Songs.

Song Propaganda

The documented history below belongs to the song's original single or specifically named recording/video—not automatically to this album's mix, live performance or re-recording. Single-era reference: 1993.

Chart positions

• Ireland — Singles peak: 1 Source
• UK — Singles peak: 4 Source
• US — Billboard Hot 100 peak: 61 Source

Certifications

• UK — BPI: Silver Source

Grammys & other honours

No work-specific award win has been verified for this entry. This is not a claim that none exists.

Checked 2026-09-11. A missing entry means not established here, not necessarily that the song never charted or won an award.

Recording context

Forty songs are reinterpreted in quieter, often radically altered arrangements. These are 2023 re-recordings, not a greatest-hits compilation of original masters.

Exact recording source — U2SongsOfficial release — U2.com