time. The album version of the song is four minutes and 30 seconds long. Critical reception Chuck Taylor of Billboard magazine called "Standing Still" a "jaunty but sophisticated outing, rich in its evolving textures and guitar-fueled folk-pop base". Chart performance "Standing Still" first charted on the US Billboard Hot 100 on November 17, 2001, debuting at number 71. After 13 weeks, on the issue of February 16, 2002, it reached its peak of number 25, and it spent a total of 20 weeks in the top 100. It charted the highest on the Billboard Adult Top 40, rising to number three on February 2, 2002, and it peaked inside the top 20 on the Billboard Adult Alternative Songs and Adult Contemporary listings. In addition, it reached number 22 on the Billboard Mainstream Top 40. At the end of 2002, Billboard ranked the track at number 87 on their year-end chart. The song also found success internationally. In Australia, it debuted at number 39 on the ARIA Singles Chart on November 4, 2001. Two weeks later, it peaked at number 32 and spent eight more nonconsecutive weeks in the top 50. On November 18, 2001, "Standing Still" entered the New Zealand Singles Chart at number 40, reaching its peak of number seven on January 20 and February 10, 2002. It stayed on the listing for 22 weeks and went on to become New Zealand's 40th-most-successful hit of 2002. In Europe, the song peaked at number 32 on the Dutch Top 40, number 11 on Flanders' Ultratip Bubbling Under chart, and number 83 on the UK Singles Chart. Track listings US 7-inch single A. "Standing Still" – 4:29 B. "Grey Matter" (live) – 4:35 European and Australian CD single "Standing Still" – 4:30 "A Long Slow Slide" (live) – 3:50 "Stephenville, TX" (live) – 4:07 Credits and personnel Credits are taken from the European CD single liner notes. Studios Recorded at Ocean Way Nashville, Emerald Entertainment, and the Sound Kitchen (Nashville, Tennessee) Mixed at Emerald Entertainment (Nashville, Tennessee) Mastered at the Mastering Lab (Hollywood, California, US) Personnel Jewel Kilcher – lyrics, music, vocals, production Rick Nowels – music John Willis – acoustic guitar Dann Huff – electric guitar, production Jerry McPherson – electric guitar Jimmie Sloas – bass Chris McHugh – drums Eric Darken – percussion Tim Akers – keyboards Jeff Balding – recording and mixing Doug Sax – mastering Robert Hadley