Standing Still (Jewel song)

"Standing Still"
Single by Jewel
from the album This Way
Released	October 2, 2001
Format	Single
Recorded	2001
Genre	Pop rock
Length	4:30 (album version) 3:58 (radio edit)
Label	Atlantic
Writer(s)	Jewel Kilcher, Rick Nowels
Producer(s)	Jewel, Dann Huff, John Kurzweg
Jewel singles chronology
"Life Uncommon" (1999) "Standing Still" (2001) "Break Me" (2001)

"Standing Still" is a single by female American artist Jewel. Recorded in 2001, this song is featured on the album This Way. The single charted best in New Zealand, where it reached number seven. It also charted in the United States at number 25.^[1][2]

"Standing Still" was the first single released by Jewel in 'album' format to radio and commercially. All previous singles had either been re-worked vocally with new instrumental arrangements, or had been edited or slightly altered for radio release.

Media

The song was featured as a promo for the famous teen soap Dawson's Creek; as well as multiple other songs which include: "Hands", "You Were Meant for Me", "Foolish Games", and "Down So Long". This song was also featured on Tiger Electronic's Hit Clips.

Chart positions

Chart (2001)	Peak position
Australia (ARIA)[3]	32
Belgium (Ultratip Flanders)[4]	11
Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)[5]	32
Netherlands (Single Top 100)[6]	68
Scotland (Official Charts Company)[7]	100
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)[8]	7
Taiwan (Taiwan Charts)	7
Poland (ZPAV)[9]	42
UK Singles (Official Charts Company)[10]	83
US Billboard Hot 100[11]	25
US Adult Contemporary (Billboard)[12]	19
US Mainstream Top 40 (Billboard)[13]	22
US Adult Top 40 (Billboard)[14]	3
US Radio Songs (Billboard)[15]	28

Year-end charts

Chart (2002)	Position
New Zealand Singles Chart[16]	42

References

1. "australian-charts.com". australian-charts.com. Retrieved 2007-07-29.
2. "Billboard Music Charts". billboard.com. Retrieved 2007-07-29.
3. "Australian-charts.com – Jewel – Standing Still". ARIA Top 50 Singles. Retrieved 2010-08-31.
4. "Ultratop.be – Jewel – Standing Still" (in Dutch). Ultratip. Retrieved 2010-08-31.
5. "Nederlandse Top 40 – Jewel search results" (in Dutch) Dutch Top 40. Retrieved 2010-08-31.
6. "Dutchcharts.nl – Jewel – Standing Still" (in Dutch). Single Top 100. Retrieved 2010-08-31.
7. "Archive Chart: 2002-03-17". Scottish Singles Top 40. Retrieved 2010-08-31.
8. "Charts.org.nz – Jewel – Standing Still". Top 40 Singles. Retrieved 2010-08-31.
9. "Lista Przebojów Trójki - Polskie Radio Online". Lp3.polskieradio.pl. Retrieved 2014-01-12.
10. "Jewel: Artist Chart History" Official Charts Company. Retrieved January 29, 2011.
11. "Jewel – Chart history" Billboard Hot 100 for Jewel. Retrieved 2010-08-31.
12. "Jewel – Chart history" Billboard Adult Contemporary for Jewel. Retrieved 2010-08-31.
13. "Jewel – Chart history" Billboard Pop Songs for Jewel. Retrieved 2010-08-31.
14. "Jewel – Chart history" Billboard Adult Pop Songs for Jewel. Retrieved 2010-08-31.
15. "Jewel – Chart history" Billboard Radio Songs for Jewel. Retrieved 2010-08-31.
16. "2002 New Zealand Singles Chart". Rianz. Retrieved 9 May 2010.