A Heart-Tugging Song From the Whisperin’ Bill
Written by Bill Anderson himself, “Still” tells the tale of a man who misses his girl since she went away. He hopes to have her back again someday soon, saying that he is still here.
“I don’t know who you’re with. I don’t even know where you’ve gone. My only hope is that someday you might hear this song. And you’ll know, I wrote it especially for you. I love you still. And I love you wherever you are. Still, after all this time. Still, you’re still on my mind. I love you still,” the song goes.
Although on the surface, the song seemed to be about the man in the song’s heartache over a breakup, on a deeper level, it could be a man mourning the death of someone he loved. Because of its powerful double meaning, it was no surprise when Anderson gets a little emotional every time he performs the song.
“Still” is also mostly spoken in the two verses, instead of being sung, except for the repeated refrains, which were done with a female chorus. The song played up Anderson’s persona as a crooner, with the sound of the song resting somewhere between country and doo-wop. It was one of the earliest songs that established Anderson as a long-term power player in country music.
