She’s not speaking for both, by the end she realized that she was really losing the battle and that he was just using her. So she told him just to stay with the woman he was with and to leave her alone
Country music does this a lot, turning the lyrics around to mean something different. At the beginning "stay" means "stay here with me". By the end she means "stay there with her".
Yeah that's one interpretation. Another, is that there are a lot of women who knowingly share the same man 'cos they both figure he's worth it. Usually in these cases, it's the man who can't pick between the women. So that's another way to see the song.
She was the wife in this story, and wrote this as the other woman as a coping mechanism to both justify, and condemn the emotions she was feeling...Hate, love, fear, rage, pain, sorrow, and finally, acceptance of the fact that the man she married was a complete douche bag, and would be better off without him...incredibly brave, and probably the most brutally honest breakup song I've ever heard...Simply beautiful! 💔
This is not true. She was inspired by Reba’s song “Whoever’s in New England” and wanted to write a song from the other woman’s perspective. She’s just a good enough writer that she can get in the other person head enough to feel their emotions.
Luke Wilson it's common knowledge that she was going through a divorce at the time of recording this video. Her bandmate wanted to cut it out and asked to record later but the raw performance is what made the video.
@@lukewilsonhere you're correct about the inspiration. The others are also correct about her emotions being so raw during the recording because of the divorce - she has never shared the reason for her divorce asking people to respect their privacy.
I'm finding in the black reaction you tubers that are listening to different genres, country music hits the best. The best rap tells a real story, blues tells a real story and the best country tells a story. Sometimes I have to listen to rap three times before I get the real life story. I don't have a genre. Make me believe what you're putting down. I'm 50 yo white guy that enjoys it all. Keep doing what your doing.
She is the other woman. That’s why in the beginning she says “it’s just another call from home, you’ll get it and be gone and I’ll be crying.” A lot of people think it’s about her being cheated on. It’s a beautiful song from the perspective of a mistress.
She was the wife in real life, not the other woman.. her exhusband cheated on her which prompted the emotional video to the song.. the song is sang from the other woman’s perspective but she was not the other woman in real life
@@allibennett191 no she wasn’t. This song is about the mistress. Jennifer has even confirmed that. It’s not based in truth (she was going through a divorce but she didn’t cheat)
@@temeccarust yes the song is from the other womans perspective, but in real life Jennifer Nettles was the wife who got cheated on, which is why her and her ex-husband got a divorce.
She was singing as the “other woman” but she was going through a divorce at the time because she had found out about her own husbands infidelity at the time which is why her emotions were so raw.
A few things about this song: This song is in response to Reba McCntire song "Who's ever in New England". This song is from the side chick point of view. Jennifer Nettles, the singer here, actually found out her husband at that time, was cheating on her. Every time she had to do the video it was extremely hard on her. The guitarist was telling her they could do it another time. Finally, she gathered up her courage and performed. Those emotions that she shows in this video are very very real.
@@VikingsQueen84 @Kat Thank you... At first I thought that. Then I thought she was the side chick and I just couldn't with the song. Like why you crying when you know the score.
Jennifer Nettles has such a strong, pure, beautiful voice. Even of someone doesn't like country music...how could you NOT feel this song?? I love Sugarland. Glad yall enjoyed Stay. ❤
@@kevinbradshaw9320 a little after. Thats when she starts realizing something is up. But when she says "to love a man you have to share" her eyes grew tremendously
Sugarland’s “Stay” is the first of the duo’s chart-topping songs to solely be written by singer Jennifer Nettles. Although she has never lived the storyline of the song, she knew the subject of betrayal is something everyone could relate to, yet she wanted to tell the story from a different viewpoint. The song was written four years ago and inspired by Reba McEntire’s “Whoever’s in New England,” which was written from the perspective of a wife whose husband is cheating on her. Nettles knew countless songs written from that viewpoint but none from the other two people involved. She says most people don’t realize that even the person who is doing the cheating gets hurt as well. “Even though the person who is cheating might think he or she is getting away with something, they know they aren’t living their highest truth,” she says. “And they wouldn’t be in the situation if they were just happy-go-lucky in the first place. Nobody is happy in this situation.” Once she decided to write the song from the other woman’s perspective, Nettles was overwhelmed with emotions and says the song pretty much wrote itself. “You know, it was just in a couple of sittings on my couch,” she explains. “And once the first line came, ’I’ve been sitting here staring at the clock on the wall. I’ve been laying here, praying she won’t call,’ the story just unfolded.” Kristian Bush, the other half of Sugarland, remembers being blown away by the lyrics the first time he heard the song. “This is one of those first times when you become like Bob Dylan, where you are writing the character’s story rather than your story,” he notes. “And it’s a huge moment, and I am humbled around people who write like this. When I heard that song, I was like, ’Oh, my gosh. This is a heavy hitter of a writer here. This is a monster of a machine that is about to write songs.'” “Stay” was one of the first songs Nettles and Bush wanted recorded for Enjoy the Ride because they knew the song would resonate with fans. While headlining the recent CMT on Tour, the duo encountered several fans who gave them the strength to speak out in their own relationships. Nettles said she knows how hard it is to say something you know is for your own good but at the same time doesn’t feel good while you’re saying it. And in that moment of standing up for what is right for yourself, she says, you’ll be amazed at how powerful and liberated you feel. Bush says they often got odd looks from audience members wondering whether the song had anything to do with his and Nettles’ relationship. Bush is married and says his relationship with Nettles is a brother-sister relationship. His “big brother” instincts came out when they taped the video for “Stay,” as Nettles became overwhelmingly emotional. Bush recalls, “Immediately, I was just like, ’Everybody stop. Stop this! Y’all leave the room. Y’all made her cry.’ I was like a knuckle-draggin’ dad or a husband or something. I was really freaked out.” He went to console Nettles, who had stepped out of the room, and offered to send everyone home, saying they could continue taping the following day. But Nettles assured him she was fine and continued to cry during the next three takes, making it hard for Bush to watch. “About that time, I’m spent,” he said. “It’s not even noon and I’m emotionally drained. They had to tie me down to watch all of this happen. It was like watching someone torture your friend.”
I've never been in this situation but she's a badass for coming out with this topic (that we all know happens all the time) shit happens. This is raw emotion! Best part she let him go at the end. One of my fav songs
The beauty of this song is that she is the sidechick with low self esteem. Then halfway through it she learns her worth and the song goes from "why don't you stay here with me" to "stay where ur at because I deserve better". This is classic storytelling. My favorite song from them.
She wrote this song when she filed for divorce from her cheating husband. She was the wife in this situation. There was even an interview on it and the guitar player said he had to ask them to stop camera because it was too hard to watch her hurt over it. This was very real for her as it is many women and men who are so in love with someone who won't love them back.
It usually starts with them meeting a "single" man, then he confesses: I'm still technically married, but we're separated, filing for divorce and just live together for the kids. She accepts it and falls in love, then it turns out he's still sharing a bed with her. It's tough to sympathize, but let's be honest, both women deserve sympathy; he deserves pain.
I agree with this depending on how long she was with him after knowing the truth and then leaving the situation. A few months is reasonable, a few years is not ok at all even if she get pregnant.
I've inadvertently been this woman, and this song resonates with me to this day. I was so devastated when I found out the love of my life was also the love of someone else's..💔 It's a kind of break you can never repair. You break your heart and you feel guilty all in the same moment.
Another one here that got played the same way. Unfortunately I used to have a temper that I bottled up until given a reason to explode. I almost killed him when I found out.
She won the best music video of the year, because of this song. And yes, she is the other woman begging him to stay and leave his wife for her. It is a very sad song because there’s a lot of people that goes through this moment in life, but then again we are not here to judge because we are not in their shoes. Love is blind, love is blind, love is blind and lastly love drive someone crazy.
This was so real and raw that they kept trying to start again when she’d break down- finally the guitar player said enough! And they went with what they had- 💜✌️✨
This reaction video actually helped me in 2 ways, it helped me see this song that I’d been listening to since I was a little kid in a whole new light, and it helped me see that the woman I loved didn’t love me the same and helped me see that it wasn’t healthy to hold on to a love that wasn’t there, I honestly had tried everything I could, but nothing worked. I pray to god that her and her baby live a long and happy life and that she finds the one that makes her happy, Bc I still love and care for her.
No this song is not about her life she's been happily married to Justin Miller since 2011.Ive been following Sugarlands music 🎶 since the band come out and I tell you her husband didn't cheat on her!!!!!!!
Jimmy Stafford Stafford song is called the wild where the flower the Wildwood flower child on the farm and we never knew what it was called some citizens apply some say there's a wait I never give it really too much
The sugarland band name was actually named for a town in Texas, because Jennifer remembered the movie that Goldie Hawn stared in that was filmed in that area,
LORD DO I EVER!!! him and timberlake cmt awards!!! THEY WERE THE SHOW AND ARE STILL BEING TALKED ABOUT!!!! OMG!!!! now look what you've done----i gotta go pull it up......lol....peace.
I love this song!!! The story I got from it was she didn’t know that he was married ended up falling for him and he promised to leave his wife and she finally got the strength to be done with him and at the end she’s like when things get rough with your wife and she’s begging you to stay you should just stay there cuz I’ve got the strength to finally let go and realized that the dude was playin them both. But I could be wrong! Either way this was a great reaction video!! Looking forward to more!!!
As a Country Music Lover #1 and Lover of all other kinds of Music #2 I have always keep up with big hits in Country and when this Came out I cried and listened to it over and over again. Love this Song if this truly is your first time coming across her, listen to her other top hits, they are just as brilliant Jennifer Nettles has the Voice of a Goddess
Greetings from Germany! Today I got my BA certificate. I am officially a Bachelor of Arts The song you just listened to means so much to me ... I am studying teacher training with Music and English as my classes (I hope I wrote that right ...) And for studying Music I had to pass an entry exam. There I also had to sing and I chose this song. One of my teachers cried ... and two days later they told me I passed and that they especially liked that song so much. I really am happy to have my own connection to the song (although the song also hits home lyrically ...) I just wanted to say thank you for reacting to such an emotional song! If you want to hear more emotional stuff ... listen to "Cam" ... especially her songs "burning house" and "Til there's nothing left" are totally beautiful (but then ... everything she wrote is stunning). Make it a great rest of the week greetings from Germany again Jfreak 😃
This was very much a personal song for Jennifer. She was going threw her own divorce at the time.. that's why the emotion is so raw in this video. It's real, it's her deep emotions that are brewing up infront of the camera because of her own personal life. No matter how many times I watch this video.. seeing her truly break down like that.. destroys my heart and makes me bawl!! Also the video is so much more powerful when you watch it beginning to end without stopping. I know you guys are reviewing it but beginning to end the build up of pure heartbreak poured out is unbelievably beautiful and sad!
She wrote the song for a friend of hers. She saw her suffer a lot for a married man. Shit happens. Love too. Can happen to everybody. Love Sugarland. Best voice on the planet. The most heartbreaking son I have ever heard. Jennifer Nettles I love you ❤️
Thank you for playing this!! This is just one of her many powerful songs. She isn't apart of Sugarland anymore. She just goes by her given name Jennifer Nettles. I love her powerhouse voice. If you guys want a good song from her look up Sugarland - Joey. It's about her bff & I will leave it up to you to find out about Joey! 💞
This song hits hard for me because my ex husband had cheated. I stuck around for a few weeks thinking we could work it out. But then I realized it wasn’t worth it because he wasn’t going to give her up. When I hear this song it reminds me of my situation and it being me singing.
I totally understand your point of view as for me I don't think I would even try to work on the relationship because I don't think I would ever trust her again and if I don't trust her there's no point to try
So this is the first time that I’ve seen you guys and you pick one of my favorite songs of all time to break down. Sugarland’s “stay” is iconic. Thanks for your input on this song.
I have about 9-10 country in my collection of music (@6500 songs, mostly rock & metal) but this is one of those country songs I have. This woman sings with so much soul.
She was legitimately crying during the video. Her band mate said it was so hard to play and film when he realized she was singing her heart out .. literally.
This is one of the best reaction videos cause you’re really listening to the lyrics and debating where your feelings lie. It’s a story, just how a song should be. I’m sick of song just being about generic love. We need more songs like this
I used to get requests to sing this song all the time on karaoke nights. If people knew why I picked it the FIRST time I sang it (and was okay with it every time thereafter) they would know I was actually pretty broken. The lyrics hit me like a train the first time I heard it, cause my husband was a cheater. I tried (for the sake of our vows) to make things work with him, actually had long conversations (and even some heated arguments) with the women he'd messed with. He'd find different ways to try and hide their numbers from me. Became pretty creative with it actually, even making fake "license plate numbers" so he could "park a work truck at the hotel" (he worked on oil rigs). Was one of those who wanted the cake and to eat it too. And yes...I finally left him. Told him to just go be with whoever he wanted but to be sure that, next time, he actually loved the woman enough to leave others alone before he took any vows. I sang this song with absolute intent to get over him. Those lyrics helped heal my brokenness.
She is the side chick, and she chooses redemption, to move on, without him. It’s a song about redemption and acceptance for something that will never happen.
She’s seeing a married man who’s lying to her saying he’s gonna leave his wife n she finally gets the confidence to realize she deserves better n tells him stay with your wife.
This song helped me through the split of me and the father of my oldest, right about as this song first came out too. (My ex was seeing someone while we were together, possibly while I was pregnant but definitely after I had the child. I stayed home with said child while he would go out partying.... with her. Was told by many people but still stayed until I found she had written all over him little i love yous and kicked him out. Nice enough to even pack his bags for him. Even tried getting along with her eventually. Birthday and Mothers Day cards. But this song really helped me transition. In the very beginning, I didnt eat, lost A LOT of weight, couldn't sleep, DEPRESSED, ect. But then this came out shortly after and really helped me with a different perspective. He was "gone" LONG before my son was born. Had to accept that. PAINFUL!! But we were still teenage babies ourselves.)
She was going through a divorce where her husband was cheating. They wanted to wait to film but she said no. The pure emotion gets me every time I watch the video
Just found you guys you guys are so sweet as a couple in today's society we don't see enough couples showing their love for one another in public I respect you guys
I never heard this song as her being the side chick but if she was I'd feel bad for her too..theres a side to every story not so black and white..I was in her shoes where my fiance had another girl and this song hit home. Pretty sure she was the married one..
She didn't write this song because she went through it.shes been married too Justin Miller since 2011she is very happily married never left her husband ever no she didn't!!!!!!!!
Her article with CMT: Although she has never lived the storyline of the song, she knew the subject of betrayal is something everyone could relate to, yet she wanted to tell the story from a different viewpoint. The song was written four years ago and inspired by Reba McEntire’s “Whoever’s in New England,” which was written from the perspective of a wife whose husband is cheating on her. Nettles knew countless songs written from that viewpoint but none from the other two people involved. She says most people don’t realize that even the person who is doing the cheating gets hurt as well. “Even though the person who is cheating might think he or she is getting away with something, they know they aren’t living their highest truth,” she says. “And they wouldn’t be in the situation if they were just happy-go-lucky in the first place. Nobody is happy in this situation.” Once she decided to write the song from the other woman’s perspective, Nettles was overwhelmed with emotions and says the song pretty much wrote itself. “You know, it was just in a couple of sittings on my couch,” she explains. “And once the first line came, ’I’ve been sitting here staring at the clock on the wall. I’ve been laying here, praying she won’t call,’ the story just unfolded.”
I watched a “behind the scenes” interview. The “other woman” is actually the bottle. Listen to the song again with this knowledge and it will make you love it and her even more.
This really happened to Jen in her marriage and she ended up getting divorced and moving on. Got the info straight from Jen when she was a judge on our TV show a couple of years ago in Nashville.
She is the side chick. She fell in love with the guy even though he's with someone else. Whether she knew from the start or not. She lives him. But she deserves someone all to herself so she's telling the guy not to bother her anymore. She's breaking up with him.
That is incorrect. This definitely from the point of view of the other women . He keeps promising to leave his wife but doesn't. "Praying she won't call" meaning the wife calling her husband to see when he will be home or check on him.
That song and especially the video hits you right in the feels. I love the raw emotion by Jennifer and how she’s hurting, begs him to stay with her, but develops strength as the song progresses until she tells him to stay away. This topic may be uncomfortable for some but Country tells it like it is and if there’s any emotion that you’re dealing with, this genre will bottle those feelings up and make music that will hopefully help you. Great songs along the lines of this one, about infidelity, realizing your mistakes, or even getting the courage to break free from a damaging relationship are All These Years by Sawyer Brown; Promises, Reasons I Cheat, and Hard Rock Bottom of Your Heart by Randy Travis; It’s Your Call by Reba McEntire; and You Were Mine by the Dixie Chicks. Man, I’d love for you to react to those songs!!! Thank you, we appreciate what you’re doing and for taking our requests!
She's speaking for the side chick. It's all about him and the woman he's cheating on someone with. I love how Jai says she doesn't feel sorry for a side chick. I've been a wife in that situation. Umm...bye ex husband.
I’m with Jai on this, though I do agree with Half that most women don’t go in knowing they’re the side chick. Glad it ended with her finding the strength to respect herself and walk away, otherwise I don’t think I ever would’ve been able to like this song because cheating is a no-go for me.
I am so happy that you chose to listen to this country music by Sugarland. Although they are not a group anymore, Jennifer Nettles' voice is so good. She is a solo artist now.. Also did you know that her music partner, the guiter player is related to the Bush Bean family. Just a little trivia.
She’s not speaking for both, by the end she realized that she was really losing the battle and that he was just using her. So she told him just to stay with the woman he was with and to leave her alone
Country music does this a lot, turning the lyrics around to mean something different. At the beginning "stay" means "stay here with me". By the end she means "stay there with her".
@DOSSMAN WELDIN - listen to their commentary of the switch up 🙄
Exactly. The reviewers missed that. The point of view never switched
Yeah that's one interpretation. Another, is that there are a lot of women who knowingly share the same man 'cos they both figure he's worth it. Usually in these cases, it's the man who can't pick between the women. So that's another way to see the song.
That's exactly right. She finds her personal strength ❤️
She was the wife in this story, and wrote this as the other woman as a coping mechanism to both justify, and condemn the emotions she was feeling...Hate, love, fear, rage, pain, sorrow, and finally, acceptance of the fact that the man she married was a complete douche bag, and would be better off without him...incredibly brave, and probably the most brutally honest breakup song I've ever heard...Simply beautiful! 💔
She was actually going through a divorce at the time and the emotions were real in the video. She did this song from the view of the Other woman.
@@kimberlywalker6565 that's.....what this poster is saying. Why are you yelling about the obvious?
This is not true. She was inspired by Reba’s song “Whoever’s in New England” and wanted to write a song from the other woman’s perspective.
She’s just a good enough writer that she can get in the other person head enough to feel their emotions.
Luke Wilson it's common knowledge that she was going through a divorce at the time of recording this video. Her bandmate wanted to cut it out and asked to record later but the raw performance is what made the video.
@@lukewilsonhere you're correct about the inspiration. The others are also correct about her emotions being so raw during the recording because of the divorce - she has never shared the reason for her divorce asking people to respect their privacy.
If you see an interview with the guitarist, she was the "other woman" in a past relationship.
I love her reaction. Absolutely agree. You've got a wonderful honorable woman. Fantastic
I'm finding in the black reaction you tubers that are listening to different genres, country music hits the best. The best rap tells a real story, blues tells a real story and the best country tells a story. Sometimes I have to listen to rap three times before I get the real life story. I don't have a genre. Make me believe what you're putting down. I'm 50 yo white guy that enjoys it all. Keep doing what your doing.
She is the other woman. That’s why in the beginning she says “it’s just another call from home, you’ll get it and be gone and I’ll be crying.” A lot of people think it’s about her being cheated on. It’s a beautiful song from the perspective of a mistress.
How can they think that it is so obviously from the mistress point of view 🙄 she finally wakes up to herself
She was the wife in real life, not the other woman.. her exhusband cheated on her which prompted the emotional video to the song.. the song is sang from the other woman’s perspective but she was not the other woman in real life
@@allibennett191 no she wasn’t. This song is about the mistress. Jennifer has even confirmed that. It’s not based in truth (she was going through a divorce but she didn’t cheat)
@@allibennett191 then why is she worried about the call from HOME ?????
@@temeccarust yes the song is from the other womans perspective, but in real life Jennifer Nettles was the wife who got cheated on, which is why her and her ex-husband got a divorce.
She was singing as the “other woman” but she was going through a divorce at the time because she had found out about her own husbands infidelity at the time which is why her emotions were so raw.
Her breaking down on the video was real and director decided to include it in the video
I are 100% this woman was feeling some deep pain and her music helped her express it.... love this song💕
@@HAMLET-h19009 agreed
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Wow I had no idea. This is is raw and you can feel her pain 😢
A few things about this song: This song is in response to Reba McCntire song "Who's ever in New England". This song is from the side chick point of view. Jennifer Nettles, the singer here, actually found out her husband at that time, was cheating on her. Every time she had to do the video it was extremely hard on her. The guitarist was telling her they could do it another time. Finally, she gathered up her courage and performed. Those emotions that she shows in this video are very very real.
I get chills every time I hear it. Love Sugarland.
Side chick realizes she needs some self respect and tells the guy to stay with his wife.
Right. I don't think they really understood the real message in the story.
She wasn't the side chick, she was the wife he cheated on with that nasty side chick. Jeniffer Nettles, the singer here was the wife.
Yeah she wasn't the side chic...she was the MAIN CHIC... THE WIFE..AND SHE LET HIM GO FOR GOOD WITH HIS HOMEWRECKER
@@VikingsQueen84 @Kat Thank you... At first I thought that. Then I thought she was the side chick and I just couldn't with the song. Like why you crying when you know the score.
This is from the side chicks perspective. Google it. Jennifer did an interview about it.
Jennifer Nettles wrote, sang and produced this song and won a Grammy for each one of those categories. She is amazing....voice of an angel.
Love her . This lady feels what she sings and has lived it
The First time I Heard Stay, I thought she's lived it. Can feel Sugarland emotions.
The whole song was from the view of the other woman. At the end she realized she wanted more for herself and was telling him to stay with his wife
You saved me some typing and explaining
@@HAMLET-h19009 lol
Nope
Jennifer Nettles has such a strong, pure, beautiful voice. Even of someone doesn't like country music...how could you NOT feel this song?? I love Sugarland. Glad yall enjoyed Stay. ❤
Her voice, and this song, always brings tears to my eyes. So much power, so much emotion, done so masterfully. ❤ Thank you!
Her face when she realizes this song is from the "other womans" point of view 🤣🤣
Like at the 4:59 mark with the head tilt?
@@kevinbradshaw9320 a little after. Thats when she starts realizing something is up. But when she says "to love a man you have to share" her eyes grew tremendously
But it's not 🤦🏼
@@petahoee8281 but it is.....
Jennifer was going through a divorce at this time, which added a lot of emotion in the song.
Sugarland’s “Stay” is the first of the duo’s chart-topping songs to solely be written by singer Jennifer Nettles. Although she has never lived the storyline of the song, she knew the subject of betrayal is something everyone could relate to, yet she wanted to tell the story from a different viewpoint.
The song was written four years ago and inspired by Reba McEntire’s “Whoever’s in New England,” which was written from the perspective of a wife whose husband is cheating on her. Nettles knew countless songs written from that viewpoint but none from the other two people involved. She says most people don’t realize that even the person who is doing the cheating gets hurt as well.
“Even though the person who is cheating might think he or she is getting away with something, they know they aren’t living their highest truth,” she says. “And they wouldn’t be in the situation if they were just happy-go-lucky in the first place. Nobody is happy in this situation.”
Once she decided to write the song from the other woman’s perspective, Nettles was overwhelmed with emotions and says the song pretty much wrote itself.
“You know, it was just in a couple of sittings on my couch,” she explains. “And once the first line came, ’I’ve been sitting here staring at the clock on the wall. I’ve been laying here, praying she won’t call,’ the story just unfolded.”
Kristian Bush, the other half of Sugarland, remembers being blown away by the lyrics the first time he heard the song.
“This is one of those first times when you become like Bob Dylan, where you are writing the character’s story rather than your story,” he notes. “And it’s a huge moment, and I am humbled around people who write like this. When I heard that song, I was like, ’Oh, my gosh. This is a heavy hitter of a writer here. This is a monster of a machine that is about to write songs.'”
“Stay” was one of the first songs Nettles and Bush wanted recorded for Enjoy the Ride because they knew the song would resonate with fans. While headlining the recent CMT on Tour, the duo encountered several fans who gave them the strength to speak out in their own relationships. Nettles said she knows how hard it is to say something you know is for your own good but at the same time doesn’t feel good while you’re saying it. And in that moment of standing up for what is right for yourself, she says, you’ll be amazed at how powerful and liberated you feel.
Bush says they often got odd looks from audience members wondering whether the song had anything to do with his and Nettles’ relationship. Bush is married and says his relationship with Nettles is a brother-sister relationship. His “big brother” instincts came out when they taped the video for “Stay,” as Nettles became overwhelmingly emotional.
Bush recalls, “Immediately, I was just like, ’Everybody stop. Stop this! Y’all leave the room. Y’all made her cry.’ I was like a knuckle-draggin’ dad or a husband or something. I was really freaked out.”
He went to console Nettles, who had stepped out of the room, and offered to send everyone home, saying they could continue taping the following day. But Nettles assured him she was fine and continued to cry during the next three takes, making it hard for Bush to watch.
“About that time, I’m spent,” he said. “It’s not even noon and I’m emotionally drained. They had to tie me down to watch all of this happen. It was like watching someone torture your friend.”
Took the words right out of my mouth 😉 Seriously thank you for all the information.
Everything was correct other than the fact that it was written 4 years ago. It came out in 2007.
@@kolbymiller9977 that article was from 2011. 🙂
I've never been in this situation but she's a badass for coming out with this topic (that we all know happens all the time) shit happens. This is raw emotion! Best part she let him go at the end. One of my fav songs
You can tell he hasn’t quite gotten the song, but she on the other hand got it right away. This song hits to close home for women.
Jennifer is an absolute amazing vocalist!! She touches your soul !!
Jai always gets so emotional with these types of songs, it's like she can't bear to see other people in pain. She really feels the pain in sad songs.
The beauty of this song is that she is the sidechick with low self esteem. Then halfway through it she learns her worth and the song goes from "why don't you stay here with me" to "stay where ur at because I deserve better". This is classic storytelling. My favorite song from them.
She was the wife of the POS
She wrote this song when she filed for divorce from her cheating husband. She was the wife in this situation. There was even an interview on it and the guitar player said he had to ask them to stop camera because it was too hard to watch her hurt over it. This was very real for her as it is many women and men who are so in love with someone who won't love them back.
She’s now married to the guitar player .
She wrote this song before her husband ever had an affair. It was she loved Reba McEntire’s When whoever’s in New England
I always cry to this song. From day one I heard it such an emotional and deep deep song
It usually starts with them meeting a "single" man, then he confesses: I'm still technically married, but we're separated, filing for divorce and just live together for the kids.
She accepts it and falls in love, then it turns out he's still sharing a bed with her.
It's tough to sympathize, but let's be honest, both women deserve sympathy; he deserves pain.
I agree with this depending on how long she was with him after knowing the truth and then leaving the situation. A few months is reasonable, a few years is not ok at all even if she get pregnant.
Been there, done that. Still wear the scars.
That's not a "man".
That's a POS.
Straight up facts.
Yup. You are in too deep by the time you figure it out. Eventually you have to love yourself more and realize you deserve better.
Hum
Jason Simpson sounds like you've used this before lol
I've heard this song 1464941136468 times, but I cry EVERY TIME.
I've inadvertently been this woman, and this song resonates with me to this day. I was so devastated when I found out the love of my life was also the love of someone else's..💔 It's a kind of break you can never repair. You break your heart and you feel guilty all in the same moment.
Another one here that got played the same way. Unfortunately I used to have a temper that I bottled up until given a reason to explode. I almost killed him when I found out.
She won the best music video of the year, because of this song. And yes, she is the other woman begging him to stay and leave his wife for her. It is a very sad song because there’s a lot of people that goes through this moment in life, but then again we are not here to judge because we are not in their shoes. Love is blind, love is blind, love is blind and lastly love drive someone crazy.
This was so real and raw that they kept trying to start again when she’d break down- finally the guitar player said enough! And they went with what they had- 💜✌️✨
This reaction video actually helped me in 2 ways, it helped me see this song that I’d been listening to since I was a little kid in a whole new light, and it helped me see that the woman I loved didn’t love me the same and helped me see that it wasn’t healthy to hold on to a love that wasn’t there, I honestly had tried everything I could, but nothing worked. I pray to god that her and her baby live a long and happy life and that she finds the one that makes her happy, Bc I still love and care for her.
She’s being played. And she is finding the strength to dump him. It shows how complicated life can be at times.
No this song is not about her life she's been happily married to Justin Miller since 2011.Ive been following Sugarlands music 🎶 since the band come out and I tell you her husband didn't cheat on her!!!!!!!
I absolutely love this song!!! I remember listening to it and watching the video and just crying! She has an amazing voice. Love Sugarland.
A love song from the other side of cheating. The unspoken heart break.
Well said
Damn I hope you aren't speaking from said experience cause you nailed this
@@tonyfro23 I was the one cheated on.
I met him, he talked and we both realized she was a POS. Now we're Facebook friends.😅
Jimmy Stafford Stafford song is called the wild where the flower the Wildwood flower child on the farm and we never knew what it was called some citizens apply some say there's a wait I never give it really too much
Jim Stafford Wildwood flower grew Wild on the farm we never know what it was called
This song WAS my life. I heard this song and broke down. You can just feel the emotion.
Love all of Sugarland music.
You would enjoy Little big town. They're music is also grest
The sugarland band name was actually named for a town in Texas, because Jennifer remembered the movie that Goldie Hawn stared in that was filmed in that area,
Y’all need to react to Chris Stapleton “Tennessee whiskey”
I actually realized that you already did lol
LORD DO I EVER!!! him and timberlake cmt awards!!! THEY WERE THE SHOW AND ARE STILL BEING TALKED ABOUT!!!! OMG!!!! now look what you've done----i gotta go pull it up......lol....peace.
I love that song
She was the wife. The song is about her first marriage. They actually stopped filming the music video at one point bc she got so emotional.
True Story!
In the song, she is singing from the mistress point of view
She was the mistress. He wouldn’t leave his wife.
First recording is what they used. They made her do this over 10 times.
@@randishifflermain3086 Nope
I love this song!!! The story I got from it was she didn’t know that he was married ended up falling for him and he promised to leave his wife and she finally got the strength to be done with him and at the end she’s like when things get rough with your wife and she’s begging you to stay you should just stay there cuz I’ve got the strength to finally let go and realized that the dude was playin them both. But I could be wrong! Either way this was a great reaction video!! Looking forward to more!!!
At the end she’s confident and liberated herself to realize she was just side piece cause if she was more she wouldn’t be begging.
This song gives me goose bumps sometimes. Her voice is so strong. I've heard her sing "Oh holy night" that is very powerful.
As a Country Music Lover #1 and Lover of all other kinds of Music #2 I have always keep up with big hits in Country and when this Came out I cried and listened to it over and over again. Love this Song if this truly is your first time coming across her, listen to her other top hits, they are just as brilliant Jennifer Nettles has the Voice of a Goddess
When your heart gets attached to something it's really difficult to let It go. Right or wrong it's still difficult.
Your so rite
VERY TRUE!!!
Greetings from Germany!
Today I got my BA certificate. I am officially a Bachelor of Arts
The song you just listened to means so much to me ...
I am studying teacher training with Music and English as my classes (I hope I wrote that right ...)
And for studying Music I had to pass an entry exam. There I also had to sing and I chose this song.
One of my teachers cried ... and two days later they told me I passed and that they especially liked that song so much.
I really am happy to have my own connection to the song (although the song also hits home lyrically ...)
I just wanted to say thank you for reacting to such an emotional song!
If you want to hear more emotional stuff ... listen to "Cam" ... especially her songs "burning house" and "Til there's nothing left" are totally beautiful (but then ... everything she wrote is stunning).
Make it a great rest of the week
greetings from Germany again
Jfreak 😃
In the song, she is the “other” woman......Jennifer Nettles was going through a divorce at the time which is where all her emotion came from.....
This was very much a personal song for Jennifer. She was going threw her own divorce at the time.. that's why the emotion is so raw in this video. It's real, it's her deep emotions that are brewing up infront of the camera because of her own personal life. No matter how many times I watch this video.. seeing her truly break down like that.. destroys my heart and makes me bawl!! Also the video is so much more powerful when you watch it beginning to end without stopping. I know you guys are reviewing it but beginning to end the build up of pure heartbreak poured out is unbelievably beautiful and sad!
I love Sugarland they are the truth
React to their song " Stuck on you" u Will Love it
She wrote the song for a friend of hers. She saw her suffer a lot for a married man. Shit happens. Love too. Can happen to everybody. Love Sugarland. Best voice on the planet. The most heartbreaking son I have ever heard. Jennifer Nettles I love you ❤️
Thank you for playing this!!
This is just one of her many powerful songs. She isn't apart of Sugarland anymore. She just goes by her given name Jennifer Nettles. I love her powerhouse voice. If you guys want a good song from her look up Sugarland - Joey. It's about her bff & I will leave it up to you to find out about Joey! 💞
This song hits hard for me because my ex husband had cheated. I stuck around for a few weeks thinking we could work it out. But then I realized it wasn’t worth it because he wasn’t going to give her up. When I hear this song it reminds me of my situation and it being me singing.
I totally understand your point of view as for me I don't think I would even try to work on the relationship because I don't think I would ever trust her again and if I don't trust her there's no point to try
So this is the first time that I’ve seen you guys and you pick one of my favorite songs of all time to break down. Sugarland’s “stay” is iconic. Thanks for your input on this song.
This song tears me up. There is so much emotion.
her husband was cheating on her and she wrote this song from the other womans side.
Yes she did. I recall her speaking about it, and how she couldn't stop crying during recording it.
did you user both ears?
@@Cassiel75 what are you on about?
She didn’t write the song. It was sent to her from a fan.
She was the one cheating with Tim magraw
I have about 9-10 country in my collection of music (@6500 songs, mostly rock & metal) but this is one of those country songs I have. This woman sings with so much soul.
My take: She was the 'side chick' who finally realized the guy was just using her and never had any intention of leaving his wife and kids.
But there was no mention of kids in the song. Just the two woman and the man .
@@AngelaPeardonFineArt I assumed... What other reason would he give for not leaving his wife?
and heart Jennifer Nettles is a Native of Georgia and a powerful singer. This song is so EMIOTIONAL and Heart felt
She was legitimately crying during the video. Her band mate said it was so hard to play and film when he realized she was singing her heart out .. literally.
I’m a huge Sugarland fan. I love everything they have recorded.
The singer put herself in the other women's shoe and sang this song from that perspective. Very powerful!!!!
so glad you understaood this song. so many seem to have it backwards.
This is one of the best reaction videos cause you’re really listening to the lyrics and debating where your feelings lie. It’s a story, just how a song should be. I’m sick of song just being about generic love. We need more songs like this
Wife broke my heart, came home early from work and she was with another man in our bed 🙈 I never been the same , great song
Sorry you had to go through that
I'm sorry hun.
I'll keep you in prayer. (Despite whether or not you believe, I do and it's all I know to offer.)
💐
You’ll realize the blessing later
So sad I’m so so very sorry
You guys are the sweetest!I love your relationship. Very lucky to have each other.
Jai's got me laughing out loud watching this. "I'm not feeling sorry for a side chick!" 😂🤣😂🤣
HAHA me too!
Me either this song usually gets changed when it comes on but I wanted to see her reaction
@@aliciariedel9342 exactly!! I normally won’t listen to this song either because I have NO pity on a side piece...
@@lisatyndall852 hate that song but torn between two lovers I love probably because it came out when I was too young to understand what it meant
I used to get requests to sing this song all the time on karaoke nights. If people knew why I picked it the FIRST time I sang it (and was okay with it every time thereafter) they would know I was actually pretty broken. The lyrics hit me like a train the first time I heard it, cause my husband was a cheater. I tried (for the sake of our vows) to make things work with him, actually had long conversations (and even some heated arguments) with the women he'd messed with. He'd find different ways to try and hide their numbers from me. Became pretty creative with it actually, even making fake "license plate numbers" so he could "park a work truck at the hotel" (he worked on oil rigs). Was one of those who wanted the cake and to eat it too. And yes...I finally left him. Told him to just go be with whoever he wanted but to be sure that, next time, he actually loved the woman enough to leave others alone before he took any vows. I sang this song with absolute intent to get over him. Those lyrics helped heal my brokenness.
I lover her song with brandy clark called “his hands”
Jennifer Nettles is awesome in concert. This is one of my favorite groups. It started with this song many years ago.
She is the side chick, and she chooses redemption, to move on, without him. It’s a song about redemption and acceptance for something that will never happen.
She has the best voice.
This was what helped me get over being married to him & being cheated on while being pregnant realizing me & my son don't need his demons
One of THE BEST CONCERTS I'VE SEEN IN NASHVILLE # A BLACK WOMAN WHO LOVES COUNTRY
She’s seeing a married man who’s lying to her saying he’s gonna leave his wife n she finally gets the confidence to realize she deserves better n tells him stay with your wife.
This song helped me through the split of me and the father of my oldest, right about as this song first came out too. (My ex was seeing someone while we were together, possibly while I was pregnant but definitely after I had the child. I stayed home with said child while he would go out partying.... with her. Was told by many people but still stayed until I found she had written all over him little i love yous and kicked him out. Nice enough to even pack his bags for him. Even tried getting along with her eventually. Birthday and Mothers Day cards. But this song really helped me transition. In the very beginning, I didnt eat, lost A LOT of weight, couldn't sleep, DEPRESSED, ect. But then this came out shortly after and really helped me with a different perspective. He was "gone" LONG before my son was born. Had to accept that. PAINFUL!! But we were still teenage babies ourselves.)
She was going through a divorce where her husband was cheating. They wanted to wait to film but she said no. The pure emotion gets me every time I watch the video
I know one thing yalls love for one another is beautiful! Just beautiful! Reminds me of me and my husband!
She is the side chick but at the end she tells him "Stay with your wife. I ain't doing this no more."
Just found you guys you guys are so sweet as a couple in today's society we don't see enough couples showing their love for one another in public I respect you guys
She wrote this about her marriage, she wasn't the side chick. She ended that marriage.
Ya she did !
I never heard this song as her being the side chick but if she was I'd feel bad for her too..theres a side to every story not so black and white..I was in her shoes where my fiance had another girl and this song hit home. Pretty sure she was the married one..
She didn't write this song because she went through it.shes been married too Justin Miller since 2011she is very happily married never left her husband ever no she didn't!!!!!!!!
She didn’t write the song. They won an award and she thanked the guy that wrote it and trusted them with it.
Her article with CMT: Although she has never lived the storyline of the song, she knew the subject of betrayal is something everyone could relate to, yet she wanted to tell the story from a different viewpoint.
The song was written four years ago and inspired by Reba McEntire’s “Whoever’s in New England,” which was written from the perspective of a wife whose husband is cheating on her. Nettles knew countless songs written from that viewpoint but none from the other two people involved. She says most people don’t realize that even the person who is doing the cheating gets hurt as well.
“Even though the person who is cheating might think he or she is getting away with something, they know they aren’t living their highest truth,” she says. “And they wouldn’t be in the situation if they were just happy-go-lucky in the first place. Nobody is happy in this situation.”
Once she decided to write the song from the other woman’s perspective, Nettles was overwhelmed with emotions and says the song pretty much wrote itself.
“You know, it was just in a couple of sittings on my couch,” she explains. “And once the first line came, ’I’ve been sitting here staring at the clock on the wall. I’ve been laying here, praying she won’t call,’ the story just unfolded.”
You’re right her voice is fantastic the video she made with this song is actually brilliant
If you like this, you’ll love “Baby Girl”
Always LOVED Sugarland. Long time fan.
She's the sidechick. She's telling him he can stay woth his wife now since he can't leave her. She is indeed the sidechick.
You guys are awesome! I love your openness to new things! And what a brilliant idea for a channel!
I watched a “behind the scenes” interview. The “other woman” is actually the bottle. Listen to the song again with this knowledge and it will make you love it and her even more.
Not correct. www.cmt.com/news/1578707/the-story-behind-sugarlands-stay/
That's not accurate at all. I think you got song to interview wrong.
Jennifer Nettles acts too, she played the slave owner in the movie Harriet. She's good too
This song illustrates that right or wrong everyone is hurt by infidelity.
This really happened to Jen in her marriage and she ended up getting divorced and moving on. Got the info straight from Jen when she was a judge on our TV show a couple of years ago in Nashville.
No doubt side chick song Sunny Sweeney "From a table away" it's also really good.
I came to the comments to suggest this!!!!! Love sunny sweeney
This is the only song/story that can make you feel for the other woman but so happy she finds her strength and is able to stick up for herself.
She was in the middle of a nasty divorce from a cheating man.The pain and tears are 💯% real
They made her do that song over so many many times till she just cried during the last one and that was the butter. It made her awards.
what are you even talking about. NO 'THEY' DID NOT...AND WHO IS 'THEY' ANYWAY?
She is the side chick. She fell in love with the guy even though he's with someone else. Whether she knew from the start or not. She lives him. But she deserves someone all to herself so she's telling the guy not to bother her anymore. She's breaking up with him.
I love you guys. Such a great couple and you both seem so genuine in how you react to your videos. Keep up the good work. Much love from Louisiana
The side piece realized she's NOTHING but a side piece. hahahaha
Anyways, this is a great performance by Jennifer:)
I adore you guys. I just found your page yesterday and you are cracking me up.
Also, this is a fantastic song.
She’s married to him and the other girl is the side chick. That’s why she says “we don’t have to live this way” and how SHE has to share him.
That is incorrect. This definitely from the point of view of the other women . He keeps promising to leave his wife but doesn't. "Praying she won't call" meaning the wife calling her husband to see when he will be home or check on him.
That song and especially the video hits you right in the feels. I love the raw emotion by Jennifer and how she’s hurting, begs him to stay with her, but develops strength as the song progresses until she tells him to stay away. This topic may be uncomfortable for some but Country tells it like it is and if there’s any emotion that you’re dealing with, this genre will bottle those feelings up and make music that will hopefully help you. Great songs along the lines of this one, about infidelity, realizing your mistakes, or even getting the courage to break free from a damaging relationship are All These Years by Sawyer Brown; Promises, Reasons I Cheat, and Hard Rock Bottom of Your Heart by Randy Travis; It’s Your Call by Reba McEntire; and You Were Mine by the Dixie Chicks. Man, I’d love for you to react to those songs!!! Thank you, we appreciate what you’re doing and for taking our requests!
She's speaking for the side chick. It's all about him and the woman he's cheating on someone with. I love how Jai says she doesn't feel sorry for a side chick. I've been a wife in that situation. Umm...bye ex husband.
Forever my favorite song by them. Such an amazing group
I’m with Jai on this, though I do agree with Half that most women don’t go in knowing they’re the side chick. Glad it ended with her finding the strength to respect herself and walk away, otherwise I don’t think I ever would’ve been able to like this song because cheating is a no-go for me.
I am so happy that you chose to listen to this country music by Sugarland. Although they are not a group anymore, Jennifer Nettles' voice is so good. She is a solo artist now.. Also did you know that her music partner, the guiter player is related to the Bush Bean family. Just a little trivia.