Still (Commodores song)

"Still"
Single by Commodores
from the album Midnight Magic
B-side"Such a Woman"
ReleasedSeptember 14, 1979 (US)
Genre
Length5:50
3:45 (single edit)
LabelMotown
Songwriter(s)Lionel Richie
Producer(s)James Anthony Carmichael, Commodores
Commodores singles chronology
"Sail On"
(1979) 		"Still"
(1979) 		"Wonderland"
(1979)

"Still" is a 1979 song by the soul music group the Commodores. It was released as a single on Motown Records with "Such a Woman" as the B-side. The song appears on their 1979 hit album Midnight Magic.[2] This was their last No. 1 hit in the country.

Cash Box said it was a "tender, lilting ballad" with "a soft, building piano figure" and "expressive, plaintive lead vocal."[3] Billboard praised the " poignant lyric and slow, romantic melodyline."[4] Record World said that "The fragile piano and sensitive vocal ballad make an impact with a simple arrangement that bursts into a horn/string melodrama."[5]

Chart history

Cover versions

In 1981, actor-singer John Schneider took a cover version to No. 69 on the pop chart. It was the B-side to his country single "Them Good Ol' Boys Are Bad", which reached No. 13 on the country chart.[17]

The song was covered in a Cantonese version by Hong Kong singer Alan Tam as "My Heart Is Only You" (我的心只有你).

References

  1. ^ Breihan, Tom (April 13, 2020). "The Number Ones: Kenny Rogers' "Lady"". Stereogum. Retrieved July 15, 2023. ...he became famous for writing and singing smash easy-listening ballads like "Three Times A Lady" and "Still".
  2. ^ The Commodores: Midnight Magic. Motown Records. 1979.
  3. ^ "CashBox Singles Reviews" (PDF). Cash Box. September 29, 1979. p. 18. Retrieved 2022-01-01.
  4. ^ "Top Single Picks" (PDF). Billboard. September 29, 1979. p. 71. Retrieved 2022-06-13.
  5. ^ "Hits of the Week" (PDF). Record World. September 29, 1979. p. 1. Retrieved 2023-02-11.
  6. ^ "Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada". Collectionscanada.gc.ca. 1980-01-19. Retrieved 2018-12-21.
  7. ^ "Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada". 1980.
  8. ^ "The Irish Charts – Search Results – Still". Irish Singles Chart. Retrieved December 31, 2018.
  9. ^ "Official Charts Company". Retrieved 2018-12-06.
  10. ^ Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955–1990 - ISBN 0-89820-089-X
  11. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Record Research. p. 130.
  12. ^ Cash Box Top 100 Singles, November 17, 1979
  13. ^ Cash Box Year-End Charts: Top 100 Pop Singles, December 29, 1979
  14. ^ "Top 100 Singles (1980)". RPM. Retrieved 2017-07-21.
  15. ^ Musicoutfitters.com
  16. ^ "Billboard Hot 100 60th Anniversary Interactive Chart". Billboard. Retrieved 10 December 2018.
  17. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2008). Hot Country Songs 1944 to 2008. Record Research, Inc. pp. 370–371. ISBN 978-0-89820-177-2.
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