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| album = [[Still Waters Run Deep (Four Tops album)|Still Waters Run Deep]]
| album = [[Still Waters Run Deep (Four Tops album)|Still Waters Run Deep]]
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| writer = [[Smokey Robinson]], [[Frank Wilson (musician)|Frank Wilson]]<ref>{{cite web|title=secondhandsongs.com|url=https://www.secondhandsongs.com/work/136897|website=secondhandsongs.com|accessdate=February 19, 2021}}</ref>{{unreliable source|date=March 2021}}
| writer = [[Smokey Robinson]], [[Frank Wilson (musician)|Frank Wilson]]<ref>{{cite web|title=secondhandsongs.com|url=https://www.secondhandsongs.com/work/136897|website=secondhandsongs.com|accessdate=February 19, 2021}}</ref>{{unreliable source|date=March 2021}}
| producer = [[Smokey Robinson]], [[Frank Wilson (musician)|Frank Wilson]]
| producer = [[Smokey Robinson]], [[Frank Wilson (musician)|Frank Wilson]]
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| prev_title = [[It's All in the Game (song)|It's All in the Game]]
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| next_title = [[River Deep – Mountain High]]
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Revision as of 18:39, 12 November 2022

"Still Water (Love)"
Single by The Four Tops
from the album Still Waters Run Deep
B-side"Still Water (Peace)"
Released1970
GenreSoul, pop
Length3:13
LabelMotown
Songwriter(s)Smokey Robinson, Frank Wilson[1][unreliable source?]
Producer(s)Smokey Robinson, Frank Wilson
The Four Tops singles chronology
"It's All in the Game"
(1970) 		"Still Water (Love)"
(1970) 		"River Deep – Mountain High"
(1970)

"Still Water (Love)" is a 1970 hit single written by Smokey Robinson and Frank Wilson (who also produced the track) for the Motown singing group Four Tops. The B-side was "Still Water (Peace)"[2] and both songs appear on the 1970 album Still Waters Run Deep.

Background

The socially conscious single was a departure from the group's past recordings and produced a smoother sound than the raucous Norman Whitfield productions that belayed on The Temptations. The single features Miracles member Marv Tarplin on guitar and The Andantes adding in additional background vocals shouting out "Still water!". Singers Brenda Joyce Evans and Billie Rae Calvin, brought to Motown by Bobby Taylor (and soon to be part of Norman Whitfield's group The Undisputed Truth), also add backing vocals. This song was noted for its repeated chord phrases, beginning with E-Flat Major, shifting to C Minor, then to B-Flat Major, before re to E-Flat Major, over and over again, with any changes or alterations to the song's fade.

Personnel

Chart performance

"Still Water (Love)" went to #4 on the Hot Soul Singles chart,[3] and to #11 in the US Pop Chart.[4] Outside the US, the song peaked at #10 on the UK Singles Chart.[5]

Cover versions

References

  1. ^ "secondhandsongs.com". secondhandsongs.com. Retrieved February 19, 2021.
  2. ^ "Four Tops – Still Water (1970, Vinyl)". Discogs.
  3. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Record Research. p. 212.
  4. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2010). The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits, 9th Edition: Complete Chart Information. Billboard Books. ISBN 9780307985125.
  5. ^ "officialcharts.com". officialcharts.com. Retrieved February 19, 2021.
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