Suede - Stay Together

Suede were formed in 1989 by Brett Anderson, the year he lost his mother to cancer and guitarist and co-songwriter Bernard Butler was soon recruited via an advert in Melody Maker. By 1994 there were growing tensions between the pair and Suede released this tale of two suburban lovers united in narcotic nihilism as a stopgap single, whilst Butler's father was dying of cancer. Anderson's lyric was inspired by vivid childhood memories of nuclear war, while Butler conceived a tumultuous and multi-tiered ballad lasting over seven minutes. "I was desperate to do something emotional and strung out, Butler told Mojo June 2011, who admits he was constantly stoned on weed during that period. "I'd seen all these tragic characters around the band, and I felt the world had become a nasty place. Brett had retreated. Probably because of what had happened to his mum, he didn't want to connect to me."