Sam Smith’s Stay With Me has won song of the year at the 2015 Grammy Awards. The UK pop singer triumphed over competition from Taylor Swift’s Shake It Off, Meghan Trainor’s All About That Bass, Hozier’s Take Me To Church and Sia’s Chandelier.
Stay With Me has not been without controversy for Smith – in January it was reported that Tom Petty and Jeff Lynne had been awarded songwriting credits due to the track’s similarities with Petty’s 1989 hit I Won’t Back Down. As a result, the song is credited not just to Smith and his co-writers James Napier and William Phillips but also Petty and Lynne.
Still, the award tops a triumphant 12 months for the 22 year-old singer, whose album In The Lonely Hour has become a worldwide hit.
