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1979 single by Commodores
"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. This was their last No. 1 hit in the United States.

Cash Box said it was a "tender, lilting ballad" with "a soft, building piano figure" and "expressive, plaintive lead vocal." Billboard praised the " poignant lyric and slow, romantic melodyline." 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."

Chart history

Weekly charts

Chart (1979–1980) Peak
position
Australia (Kent Music Report) 38
Canada RPM Adult Contemporary 15
Canada RPM Top Singles 2
Ireland (IRMA) 3
New Zealand (RIANZ) 13
UK Singles Chart 4
US Billboard Hot 100 1
US Billboard Adult Contemporary 6
US Billboard R&B Singles 1
US Cash Box Top 100 1

Year-end charts

Chart (1979) Rank
U.S. Cash Box 55
Chart (1980) Rank
Canada 77
U.S. Billboard Hot 100 23

All-time charts

Chart (1958–2018) Position
US Billboard Hot 100 322

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.

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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