If You Want Me to Stay

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"If You Want Me to Stay"
One of side-A labels of the US single
Single by Sly and the Family Stone
from the album Fresh
B-side	"Babies Makin' Babies"
Released	June 7, 1973[1]
Recorded	1972–1973
Genre	Funk
Length	3:01 / 2:40 (alternate take)
Label	Epic 11017
Songwriter(s)	Sly Stone
Producer(s)	Sly Stone
Sly and the Family Stone singles chronology
"(You Caught Me) Smilin'" (1972) "If You Want Me to Stay" (1973) "Frisky" (1973)

"If You Want Me to Stay" is a 1973 hit single by Sly and the Family Stone, from their album Fresh.