Stay in My Corner

"Stay in My Corner" is a 1965 soul song by The Dells. It was released as a single on the Vee-Jay label and peaked in the top 30 on the R&B singles chart. Three years later, The Dells rerecorded "Stay in My Corner" on the Cadet label and took the new version of the song to number one for three weeks on the R&B charts.^{[citation needed]} The single was the most successful of their career and crossed over to the pop charts as well.^{[citation needed]}.^[1]

"Stay in My Corner"
Single by The Dells
from the album It's Not Unusual (original) There Is (re-recording)
A-side	"Stay in My Corner"
B-side	"It's Not Unusual" (original) "Love is So Simple" (re-recording)
Released	1965 (1965) (original) 1968 (1968) (re-recording)
Recorded	1965 (original) 1967 (re-recording)
Genre	Soul
Length	6:10
Label	Vee-Jay (original) Cadet (re-recording)
Songwriter(s)	Wade Flemons Robert Eugene Miller Barrett Strong
Producer(s)	Bobby Miller

The songwriters were Wade Flemons, Robert Eugene Miller, and Barrett Strong.^[2]

Patti LaBelle recorded a cover of the song for her 1994 album, Gems. Dru Hill covered song in 1998.

Chart positions

Chart (1965)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Hot Black Singles	23

Chart positions

Chart (1968) (re-recording)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Hot 100	10
U.S. Billboard Hot Black Singles	1