"I Would Stay" is a song by Dutch pop rock band Krezip.

It was released on 16 June 2000 as the second single from the band's debut album Nothing Less.

[1] Written by the band's singer Jacqueline Govaert, the song reached the number one spot of the Dutch Top 40 for three weeks, including during Krezip's highly publicized performance at the 2000 Pinkpop Festival.

Lead singer and songwriter Jacqueline Govaert wrote the song when she was 17 years old after getting into arguments with her mother.

[2] Krezip's performance at the 2000 Pinkpop Festival, which has been labeled by multiple sources as one of the most iconic in the festival's history, was nationally televised and culminated in the performance of "I Would Stay" near the end of their set.