"Still" is a 1979 song by the

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group the

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. It was released as a single on

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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. ''

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'' said it was a "tender, lilting

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" with "a soft, building piano figure" and "expressive, plaintive lead vocal." ''

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'' praised the " poignant lyric and slow, romantic melodyline." ''

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'' 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

Year-end charts

All-time charts

Cover versions

In 1981, actor-singer John Schneider took a

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to No. 69 on the pop chart. It was the

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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

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version by Hong Kong singer

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as "My Heart Is Only You" (我的心只有你).

References

External links

List of cover versions of "Still"
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