"Stay Awake" is a song by British musician Example from his third studio album, Playing in the Shadows.

It was released on 28 August 2011 as the album's second single and was added to the BBC Radio 1 playlist.

Example told British online newspaper The Independent that his inspiration for the song was how kids at the time seemed to be engaging in drug use, alcohol consumption, and sex more often and at younger ages.

He then met up with Nero, who played several of their compositions for him, but they decided that the recording would not appeal to the public, so they wrote a new song with that quality.

Robert Copsey of Digital Spy gave the song a 4/5 star rating and stated it is "the perfect pick-me-up for those on a post-festival comedown... and a harsh lesson for those who aren't.