The performance triggered an overwhelming demand from radio stations across the country. On November 10, 2010, "Don't You Wanna Stay" was performed live for the first time by Aldean with Clarkson on the 44th Country Music Association Awards. As soon as she started singing, it became obvious it was going to be great." Long story short, we got her a copy of the song and she loved it.
When I called my producer about it he asked who I wanted to sing it with me and I said Kelly Clarkson, but I didn’t think we’d be able to get her.
The more I was listening to the thing and learning the song, I realized it set itself up to be a duet if we wanted to go that route. "We had the song pitched to us and originally it wasn’t a duet. However, Clarkson remained as his first choice. Aldean considered a number of female vocalists to record the song with, especially Kelly Clarkson and Carrie Underwood. Nevertheless, he and producer Michael Knox thought the lyrics would work for two people if he could find a female artist as a duet partner. In an interview with, Aldean revealed that the song was not originally presented to him as a duet. Jason Aldean's idea for it was to make it a duet." The song is the first duet that Aldean has recorded. After we got the song written, we played it for Jason. We wrote it, and Andy thought about recording it. We had an idea of what we were targeting. He explained, "We just wanted to write a love song. According to Sellers, they were at Jenkins' house when they started composing the song. "Don't You Wanna Stay" was written by Andy Gibson, Paul Jenkins and Jason Sellers.
"Don't You Wanna Stay" was covered by Colton Dixon and Skylar Laine in the eleventh season of American Idol and was performed by Justin Chain and Shelbie Z in the fifth season of The Voice. The song was nominated for " Best Country Duo/Group Performance" at the 54th Annual Grammy Awards, but lost to " Barton Hollow" by The Civil Wars. Footage from the Country Music Association award performance was used to comprise a music video for "Don't You Wanna Stay", directed by Paul Miller. It became Aldean's fifth number one single and Clarkson's first number one single on the Billboard Hot Country Songs and was certified double platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA).īoth Aldean and Clarkson performed the song on several occasions, notably on the tenth season of American Idol and at the 54th Annual Grammy Awards. The song was a crossover hit, peaking at number one on the Billboard Hot Country Songs and at number 31 on the Billboard Hot 100. Critics also lauded the interesting combination between Aldean's and Clarkson's voices. "Don't You Wanna Stay" was met with generally favorable reviews by critics who considered the song as "a classic power ballad". The song contains elements of country and pop, and its lyrics speak of the difficulties of finding and maintaining love. It was released as the second single from Aldean's fourth studio album My Kinda Party, following Aldean's and Clarkson's performance on the 44th annual Country Music Association Awards on November 10, 2010, due to strong demands of radio stations, and was also included on the deluxe edition of Clarkson's fifth studio album Stronger (2011). It was written by Andy Gibson, Paul Jenkins, and Jason Sellers. " Don't You Wanna Stay" is a duet recorded by American singers Jason Aldean and Kelly Clarkson.
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