"Still the One" is a song written by Johanna Hall and John Hall, and recorded by the soft rock

Soft rock

Soft rock is a style of music which uses the techniques of rock music to compose a softer, more toned-down sound. Soft rock songs generally tend to focus on themes like love, everyday life and relationships. The genre tends to make heavy use of acoustic guitars, pianos, synthesizers and sometimes...

 group Orleans

Orleans (band)

Orleans is an American pop-rock band best known for its hits "Dance with Me" , "Still the One", from the album Waking and Dreaming and "Love Takes Time" . The group's name evolved from the music it was playing at the time of their formation, which was inspired by Louisiana artists such as Allen...

 on their album Waking and Dreaming

Waking and Dreaming

Waking and Dreaming is a 1976 album from the soft rock band Orleans. The album reached number 30 on the Billboard charts and it spawned the singles "Still the One" and "Reach"...

, released in 1976

1976 in music

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, which made it to No. 5 on the Billboard Hot 100

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Country singer Bill Anderson recorded and released a successful cover version, peaking at No. 11 on Billboards Hot Country Singles

Hot Country Songs

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 chart in 1977.

Song lyrics

The lyrics of the song are of a man describing his feelings for a woman whom he has a long lasting and of course intimate relationship with ("You're still the one, I want to talk to in bed; Still the one that turns my head") and all the reasons why she is "Still the One" for whom he has feelings.

In popular culture

In 2004, the Bush campaign

George W. Bush presidential campaign, 2004

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 played the song at campaign events until Orleans co-founder (and future Democratic

Democratic Party (United States)

The Democratic Party is one of two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party. The party's socially liberal and progressive platform is largely considered center-left in the U.S. political spectrum. The party has the lengthiest record of continuous...

 congressman and Bush critic) John Hall commented publicly that the campaign had never received permission to use the song. The campaign later dropped the song from its playlist. Hall expressed similar criticisms when John McCain

John McCain

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 used the song in his 2008 presidential campaign.

The song was played for senator Ted Kennedy

Ted Kennedy

Edward Moore "Ted" Kennedy was a United States Senator from Massachusetts and a member of the Democratic Party. Serving almost 47 years, he was the second most senior member of the Senate when he died and is the fourth-longest-serving senator in United States history...

 when he made a surprise appearance at the 2008 Democratic National Convention

2008 Democratic National Convention

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