Beneath Still Waters (song)

{{Infobox song

| name = Beneath Still Waters

| cover =

| alt =

| type = single

| artist = Diana Trask

| album =

| B-side = Heartbreak Hotel

| released = March 28, 1970

| format =

| recorded =

| studio =

| venue =

| genre = Country

| length =

| label = Dot

| writer = Dallas Frazier

| producer = Buddy Killen

| prev_title = I Fall to Pieces

| prev_year = 1969

| next_title = The Chokin' Kind

| next_year = 1970

}}

"Beneath Still Waters" is a song written by Dallas Frazier in 1967 and first recorded the same year by George Jones, who released it on his 1968 album My Country. Country singer Carl Vaughn's version was released as the B-side to his single "Love Thy Neighbor" in October 1968 on Monument Records, before the release of Jones' album in December 1968.

In 1970, it was recorded and released as a single by Diana Trask. "Beneath Still Waters" was her second hit on the country chart, spending two weeks and peaking at number 38 on the chart.{{cite book |title= The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition|last=Whitburn |first=Joel |author-link=Joel Whitburn |year=2004 |publisher=Record Research |page=350}}

Chart performance

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!align="left"|Chart (1970)

!align="center"|Peak
position

{{singlechart|Billboardcountrysongs|38|artist=Diana Trask}}
align="left"|Canadian RPM Country Tracks

|align="center"|50

{{Infobox song

| name = Beneath Still Waters

| cover =

| alt =

| type = single

| artist = Emmylou Harris

| album = Blue Kentucky Girl

| B-side = 'Til I Gain Control Again

| released = March 1, 1980

| format =

| recorded =

| studio =

| venue =

| genre = Country

| length = 3:45

| label = Warner Bros. Nashville

| writer = Dallas Frazier

| producer = Brian Ahern

| prev_title = Blue Kentucky Girl

| prev_year = 1979

| next_title = Wayfaring Stranger

| next_year = 1980

}}

Emmylou Harris version

In March 1980, Emmylou Harris scored her fourth number one hit on the country chart with her version of the song, which was the second single from her album Blue Kentucky Girl.{{cite book |title= The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition|last=Whitburn |first=Joel |author-link=Joel Whitburn |year=2004 |publisher=Record Research |page=152}}

Charts

=Weekly charts=

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!align="left"|Chart (1980)

!align="center"|Peak
position

{{singlechart|Billboardcountrysongs|1|artist=Emmylou Harris}}
align="left"|Canadian RPM Country Tracks

|align="center"|3

=Year-end charts=

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!Chart (1980)

!Position

US Hot Country Songs (Billboard){{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/1980/hot-country-songs|title=Hot Country Songs – Year-End 1980|magazine=Billboard|accessdate=July 17, 2021}}

|align="center"|21

References