Stay (Monika Linkytė song)
2023 song by Monika Linkytė
"Stay", also known as "Stay – Čiūto tūto", is a song by Lithuanian singer Monika Linkytė, released on 14 February 2023. The song represented Lithuania in the Eurovision Song Contest 2023 after winning Pabandom iš naujo! 2023, Lithuania's national selection for that year's Eurovision Song Contest. It peaked at number five in Linkytė's home country of Lithuania.
Background and composition
In press statements to Lithuanian National Radio and Television (LRT), Monika reported that she and Latvian songwriter Chris Noah had written "Stay" during an unplanned writing session. According to Monika, she wanted to write about "how important it is to pause and come back to yourself." Some lines in the song relate to Lithuanian folk sutras, speaking about a yearning to hear the voice of "our heart more and more."
The song's use of musical elements found in sutartinės revived national interest in the art form, leading Seimas to introduce a national day of sutartinės on November 16, the day on which sutartinės were added to the UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage Lists in 2010. The proposal to amend the list of national memorial days, submitted by Robertas Šarknickas, was supported by 98 members of the parliament, opposed by 2, and abstained from by 12.
Eurovision Song Contest
Pabandom iš naujo! 2023
Pabandom iš naujo! 2023 ("Let's try again!
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