This Mashup Proves Sam Smith's "Stay With Me" Is a Tom Petty Song
Jay Hathaway · 01/27/15 11:40AMSam Smith has agreed to give Tom Petty a songwriting credit on his hit "Stay With Me" after Petty's publisher (and everyone else with ears) noted "certain similarities" between Smith's song and "I Won't Back Down." This mashup of the two songs, which dropped on YouTube last July, has suddenly become very relevant again.