"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)PeakpositionAustralia (Kent Music Report)38Canada RPM Adult Contemporary 15Canada RPM Top Singles 2New Zealand (RIANZ)13UK Singles Chart4US Billboard Hot 100Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955–1990 - 1US Billboard Adult Contemporary6US Billboard R&B Singles1US Cash Box Top 100 Cash Box Top 100 Singles, November 17, 19791
Year-end charts Chart (1979)RankU.S. Cash Box Cash Box Year-End Charts: Top 100 Pop Singles, December 29, 197955 Chart (1980)RankCanada 77U.S. Billboard Hot 100 Musicoutfitters.com23
All-time charts Chart (1958–2018) PositionUS Billboard Hot 100322
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.
In 1991, UK artist Shirley Bassey covered this song on her album titled, "Keep The Music Playing". This album was a hit both in the United Kingdom and New Zealand. Shirley included this song in her worldwide concert line-up throughout the 1990s.
The song was covered in a Cantonese version by Hong Kong singer Alan Tam as "My Heart Is Only You" (我心只有您).
References
External links List of cover versions of "Still" at SecondHandSongs.com