Still (Commodores song)

"Still"
Single by Commodores
from the album Midnight Magic
B-side "Such a Woman"
Released September 14, 1979 (US)
Format 7" single
Genre Pop, R&B
Length 5:50
3:45 (single edit)
Label Motown
Writer(s) Lionel Richie
Producer(s) James Anthony Carmichael, Commodores
Commodores singles chronology
"Sail On"
(1979)
"Still"
(1979)
"Wonderland"
(1979)

"Still" is a song by the soul music group the Commodores. It reached number one in the U.S. in 1979. It was released as a single on Motown Records with "Such a Woman" as the B-side. The song appears on their hit album Midnight Magic. The song reached the top of both the pop and R&B charts.[1] It is one of the group's most popular singles. The song is also notable for being their last R&B #1 before Lionel Richie went solo. It also reached #4 in the UK Singles Charts.

In 1981, actor-singer John Schneider took a cover version to number 69 on the pop charts. It was the b-side to his country single "Them Good Ol' Boys Are Bad", which reached number 13 on the country charts.[2]

References

  1. Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Record Research. p. 130.
  2. Whitburn, Joel (2008). Hot Country Songs 1944 to 2008. Record Research, Inc. pp. 370–371. ISBN 0-89820-177-2.

External links

Preceded by
"Heartache Tonight" by Eagles
Billboard Hot 100 number one single
November 17, 1979
Succeeded by
"No More Tears (Enough is Enough)" by Barbra Streisand and Donna Summer
Preceded by
"Ladies' Night" by Kool & the Gang
Billboard's Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs number one single
November 24, 1979
Succeeded by
"I Wanna Be Your Lover" by Prince


This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the Tuesday, April 19, 2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.