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"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.[1] It is notable for being their last No. 1 before Lionel Richie went solo.

"Still"
Single by Commodores
from the album Midnight Magic
B-side"Such a Woman"
ReleasedSeptember 14, 1979 (US)
GenrePop, soul
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)

Cash Box said it was a "tender, lilting ballad" with "a soft, building piano figure" and "expressive, plaintive lead vocal."[2] Billboard praised the " poignant lyric and slow, romantic melodyline."[3]


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.[15]

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. The Commodores: Midnight Magic. Motown Records. 1979.
  2. "CashBox Singles Reviews" (PDF). Cash Box. September 29, 1979. p. 18. Retrieved 2022-01-01.
  3. "Top Single Picks" (PDF). Billboard. September 29, 1979. p. 71. Retrieved 2022-06-13.
  4. "Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada". Collectionscanada.gc.ca. 1980-01-19. Retrieved 2018-12-21.
  5. "Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada". 1980.
  6. "The Irish Charts – Search Results – Still". Irish Singles Chart. Retrieved December 31, 2018.
  7. "Official Charts Company". Retrieved 2018-12-06.
  8. Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955–1990 - ISBN 0-89820-089-X
  9. Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Record Research. p. 130.
  10. Cash Box Top 100 Singles, November 17, 1979
  11. Cash Box Year-End Charts: Top 100 Pop Singles, December 29, 1979
  12. "Top 100 Singles (1980)". RPM. Retrieved 2017-07-21.
  13. Musicoutfitters.com
  14. "Billboard Hot 100 60th Anniversary Interactive Chart". Billboard. Retrieved 10 December 2018.
  15. 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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