Kwiveki ephelileyo, iimvumi UTom Petty kunye noJeff Lynne Bakwazile ukufumana inxalenye yemali evela kuSam Smith's Stay With Me, benikwa imbeko njengababhali abakunye nabo emva komngcipheko wesimangalo sokukopa. USmith uye wancama inxalenye yamalungelo engoma ngenxa yokufana kwengoma yakhe ethi Andiyi Kubuyela Ezantsi, eyaqulunqwa nguPetty noLynne ngo-1988.
Sam Smith Wabhengeza kumajelo eendaba ukuba ukufana kwezi ngoma zimbini kusenzeka ngamabona-ndenzile; kunjalo, ukuphepha imiba yokukopa ngokusemthethweni, wavuma ukwabelana royalties ukusuka ingoma kunye Petty and Lynne. Kwelakhe icala, kwingxelo yamva nje, uPetty ukukhabile ukuba kukho ingxabano ekhoyo, eqinisekisa ukuba sisivumelwano soxolo phakathi kwala maqela mabini kwaye echaza ukufana kwezi ngoma zimbini “njengengozi yomculo”.
Hlala nam inkqenkqeza phambili kumazwe aliqela (eNgilani nase-United States phakathi kwawo) waza waqhubeka nokuthengisa iikopi ezingaphezu kwezigidi ezithandathu ngo-2014. Isimangalo samalungelo savela ngo-Oktobha saza savalwa kwiintsuku ezimbalwa ezidlulileyo, emva kokuba uSmith egqibe ngokuxolelana ukuncama i-12,5. Ipesenti yemali yentlawulo kaPetty kunye nomqambi wengoma, uJeff Lynne.