Does someone tell me if this song was a hit in the US? In Mexico only was a hit in Monterrey, and some DJ in the radio said that in the US it passed with no pain and no glory.
It's amazing when certain songs "stick," and this is definitely one of them. I still can recall hearing this around 1974-75, when I was about 7. I loved it even then as I do now. Enough so that by the time "If You Leave Me Now" came out in '76, I was hooked!
being from chicago...there is no music better than that created by the group of the same name. peter cetera has an awesome voice...and the sound of the group Chicago can never be duplicated. they continue to be awesome 30+ years later.
@ChowHallCommando I think we can say "they don't make music, anymore" and we'd be pretty close to accurate. When our choices are Lady GooGoo and RapCrap, it's pretty easy to see that "entertainment" just isn't what it used to be. Imagine anyone listening to a rap piece by 50 Cent or SnoppDoggieDogg or SistaSoulja and remembering where they were and who they were with. No warm, snuggly, fond memories. I guess alienation really is here. Pick up the marbles, Paul Simon. You win.
When I listen to this song, I can picture exactly where I was when I first heard it, the person I was with and just how it made me feel...all that comes back to me 30 years later and it still almost takes my breath away. Aaaah, sweet memories. Thanks for posting.
This is the most romantic song that i have ever heard from Chicago. It doesnt matter what happend in the band 40 years ago!! Chicago, including Peter Cetera went on to make millions and dont even care what ignorant people have to say about them.
3@3=... first love? the sweet innocence of true love, so deep, so meaningful, all your colours light up with every moment spent together, the sadness of being apart, the emptiness that lingers through the years knowing that no one else can compare, the longing and, finally, God willing, the reality of fulfilling one's... lost dream of being together once again... yes first love never dies... w_ _u sooo much... :)
AAaaaaaarg - I hate to be "Mr. Unpopular" here, and I AM A VERY HUGE CHICAGO FAN - especially when it wasn't "Cool" to be a "Chicago" fan, & was more "popular" to be into Zepplin or the other HARD R&R bands in the 70's & 80's !!!
@CADIEUXGR ...but this track LACKS ALL OF THE ORIGINAL CHICAGO BAND TALENT, which was done PURPOSELY, BY Cetera. Check it out - IT'S ONLY an Acoustic Guitar and VERY SIMPLE DRUMS in the background !!! F - N THAT'S IT, THAT'S NOT "CHICAGO" !!!
@CADIEUXGR F - N CETERA DID THIS ON PURPOSE, He "Launched it, under the Band's name", Sued the Band, and then put this on his first Solo Album !!!! He totally DISSED the band, man so to me, F@#% CETERA - HE NEVER WENT ANYWHERE, BY HIMSELF !!!
You and Leslie/Lesley listen to each other and stay sympathetic with each other. Everything else should be fine if those feelings you state remain between the two of you. Thanks for writing what you did. This song really helps, doesn't it!
Yes, I do remember where I was when this song came out. I was living in So Cal, heading toward a divorce (a marriage neither of us should have been in) and was looking for the lovely lady I'd lost hold of a decade before. This was one of those "stand out" songs of that period. Nothing like a band named Chicago playing a latin beat (calypso?) on a So. Cal. radio station (KNX-FM as I recall). A soft, quiet and comforting song. Since then, it has been my favorite Chicago song.
This song brings shivers down my spine. I think it's one of Chicago's best ones! If you can remember where you were when a song is played, it's a great song. The words to this means so much to me. The 70's were a GREAT time for me. I wish I could go back one day... this song would be playing on my cassette player. Thanks Chicago for the memories. Juniquejulie
just when i thought i was free & easy...you've givin' me somethin' i can understand...;) ya bo...all of my life, seems i have waited.~ hope i've made someone happy, 'tis my only goal...jillygirl~ peace~
Awesome love song - hands down!!! My bro Eric H. and I used to listen to Chicago and others (Santana, Tower Of Power, WAR, Eagles, Fleetwood Mac) ALL the time when my parents had parties. 1977- 1987. Good times! RUSH - Nation 2112.
wow, this is a great love song, my girlfriend/future wife leslie, thought of this song recently after 25 years, this song is definetely me, i am so happy right now, she is the best girl in the world! i love her more than anything,she is also the best thing that happened to me..weve waited so long for eachother as we were just kids, i want to make her the happiest and a special woman she deserves to be,oh god i love her so, if your in love i wish you felt like me and lesley, les, i love you
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@heavnnnsent Dude, I guess your entitled to ur own opinion man, but you WAAAAAAY OFF BASE, YO !! From a "Talent" Perspective, this track ain't shit, yo !!!
THERE IS NO F-N TALENT IN THIS F-N TRACK, AT ALL !!!!! HOW CAN U SAY "one of their greatest" ???? dat make NO SENSE !!! THIS IS ONE OF THEITR WORST !!!! EVER !!!
the first minute or so of this song is just the sh^@
MrHooLee 1 month ago 2
good music!
jddevore01 2 months ago
Does someone tell me if this song was a hit in the US? In Mexico only was a hit in Monterrey, and some DJ in the radio said that in the US it passed with no pain and no glory.
nl1962 2 months ago
One of my favorites ballads regardless of genre.
Jazzelegance 3 months ago
It's amazing when certain songs "stick," and this is definitely one of them. I still can recall hearing this around 1974-75, when I was about 7. I loved it even then as I do now. Enough so that by the time "If You Leave Me Now" came out in '76, I was hooked!
JimmBailey 3 months ago 2
Shame on the 4 folk who are lacking in understanding of what real music is!
curVature30 3 months ago
So many good memories...
de27motta 4 months ago
Chicago could do it all. Amazing humble talent.
probrojeffro 4 months ago
Is there a more beautiful and romantic song? Hardly sounds like it's 36 years old! Pardon me while I melt!
2beekate 4 months ago 2
i really like Chicago singers since high school yr 1975. more power of the group!
GerardWay26 4 months ago
being from chicago...there is no music better than that created by the group of the same name. peter cetera has an awesome voice...and the sound of the group Chicago can never be duplicated. they continue to be awesome 30+ years later.
ordraised 5 months ago
This is my wedding song...my husband sang it to me himself...love it!
mijacons 6 months ago
!!!(",)!!!
biboingka 6 months ago
Lucky me, I have one. He's the best most unexpected surprise... All these years waiting
, I'm such a happy woman!!!
wranglerss71 7 months ago
I'm happy, but sometimes, i wonder how it it to go out of this place...don't know why...:-S
FelipeZucchetti 7 months ago
man, I was trying to remember this song for WEEKS. ah, finally..music nirvana.
maobolongaita 8 months ago
Ô saudade!
Bebethbaby123 8 months ago
I want this to be my wedding song. No matter what.
tboneandmore 8 months ago 5
@ChowHallCommando I think we can say "they don't make music, anymore" and we'd be pretty close to accurate. When our choices are Lady GooGoo and RapCrap, it's pretty easy to see that "entertainment" just isn't what it used to be. Imagine anyone listening to a rap piece by 50 Cent or SnoppDoggieDogg or SistaSoulja and remembering where they were and who they were with. No warm, snuggly, fond memories. I guess alienation really is here. Pick up the marbles, Paul Simon. You win.
ODellRon 9 months ago 3
It brings all those happy days back...I was 13 yrs...wow! Played on and on over the air..in Manila, Philippines...puberty years...hahaha!
bahaghari121460 9 months ago
It brings all those happy days back...I was 15 yrs...wow! Played on and on over the air..in Manila, Philippines...puberty years...hahaha!
bahaghari121460 9 months ago 2
My husband dedicated this song to me when we met. I stil cry when I hear it. My husband sings it to me while he plays the congas......love it!
mijacons 9 months ago
ddint andy gibbsing this song with marie osmond onher show ,,,wow love the osng so much xxxxxxbabs
blondiebabs 9 months ago
funny how songs bring back memories. i was driving around back in 1995 listenting to this song when i found out my mom was dying of cancer.
heathcolandrea 10 months ago
sweet - thanks
lnasution76 10 months ago
sweet
lnasution76 10 months ago
linda musica
angeloleo1000 10 months ago
thanks for posting..one of those "feel good" songs
enelyem 10 months ago
When I listen to this song, I can picture exactly where I was when I first heard it, the person I was with and just how it made me feel...all that comes back to me 30 years later and it still almost takes my breath away. Aaaah, sweet memories. Thanks for posting.
anita2u 10 months ago
so amazing, gives me the goosebumps all over.. the lyrics fit just right in
MortalGarlic 10 months ago
bhfrhufr
epichalocat 11 months ago
i wish we could have music like this forever...this is so soothing and pleasing to the ears...thank you for posting...
kolorete52 1 year ago 2
excelente!
fgibson100 1 year ago
I LOVE THIS SONG. MANY GOOD MEMORIES.
229jma 1 year ago
Very good.... no more words listen
omalvado099 1 year ago
suave.... =)
riverajoana16 1 year ago
@riverajoana16 suaveng suave
gerald22macoolit 1 year ago
excelente canción..........................
efra368 1 year ago
This is a hidden treasure... stunning, understated beauty. Wish there was more scatting!
LawrenceBean11 1 year ago 5
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merelybychance 1 year ago
This is the most romantic song that i have ever heard from Chicago. It doesnt matter what happend in the band 40 years ago!! Chicago, including Peter Cetera went on to make millions and dont even care what ignorant people have to say about them.
coulettey71 1 year ago 3
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3@3=... first love? the sweet innocence of true love, so deep, so meaningful, all your colours light up with every moment spent together, the sadness of being apart, the emptiness that lingers through the years knowing that no one else can compare, the longing and, finally, God willing, the reality of fulfilling one's... lost dream of being together once again... yes first love never dies... w_ _u sooo much... :)
13PITIMINISFDMQC 1 year ago
♥ *¨*•♪♫•*¨*•.¸¸♥ one of the most beautiful songs ever perfomed ♥ *¨*•♪♫•*¨•.¸¸♥
heavnnnsent 1 year ago 6
AAaaaaaarg - I hate to be "Mr. Unpopular" here, and I AM A VERY HUGE CHICAGO FAN - especially when it wasn't "Cool" to be a "Chicago" fan, & was more "popular" to be into Zepplin or the other HARD R&R bands in the 70's & 80's !!!
CADIEUXGR 1 year ago
@CADIEUXGR ...but this track LACKS ALL OF THE ORIGINAL CHICAGO BAND TALENT, which was done PURPOSELY, BY Cetera. Check it out - IT'S ONLY an Acoustic Guitar and VERY SIMPLE DRUMS in the background !!! F - N THAT'S IT, THAT'S NOT "CHICAGO" !!!
CADIEUXGR 1 year ago
@CADIEUXGR F - N CETERA DID THIS ON PURPOSE, He "Launched it, under the Band's name", Sued the Band, and then put this on his first Solo Album !!!! He totally DISSED the band, man so to me, F@#% CETERA - HE NEVER WENT ANYWHERE, BY HIMSELF !!!
CADIEUXGR 1 year ago
@CADIEUXGR F - N The Band "Chicago" DIED AT ALBUM 10 - CHICAGO X !!! NOT EVEN A F - N "PULSE" at ten, man !!!!!
CADIEUXGR 1 year ago
rocknrolldad1--
You and Leslie/Lesley listen to each other and stay sympathetic with each other. Everything else should be fine if those feelings you state remain between the two of you. Thanks for writing what you did. This song really helps, doesn't it!
ODellRon 1 year ago
Yes, I do remember where I was when this song came out. I was living in So Cal, heading toward a divorce (a marriage neither of us should have been in) and was looking for the lovely lady I'd lost hold of a decade before. This was one of those "stand out" songs of that period. Nothing like a band named Chicago playing a latin beat (calypso?) on a So. Cal. radio station (KNX-FM as I recall). A soft, quiet and comforting song. Since then, it has been my favorite Chicago song.
ODellRon 1 year ago 2
@ODellRon Wow friend, how times change. They don't make music like this anymore and KNX is all news now. ....sad
ChowHallCommando 10 months ago
This song brings shivers down my spine. I think it's one of Chicago's best ones! If you can remember where you were when a song is played, it's a great song. The words to this means so much to me. The 70's were a GREAT time for me. I wish I could go back one day... this song would be playing on my cassette player. Thanks Chicago for the memories. Juniquejulie
juniquejulie 1 year ago 4
One of the best !!!!
pontepolentepontepi 1 year ago 2
My man sings this song to me when playing the congas~~my favorite!!
mijacons 1 year ago 5
just when i thought i was free & easy...you've givin' me somethin' i can understand...;) ya bo...all of my life, seems i have waited.~ hope i've made someone happy, 'tis my only goal...jillygirl~ peace~
jillyhawk 2 years ago 2
Love This-- Thx --!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
stephystills 2 years ago 4
Awesome love song - hands down!!! My bro Eric H. and I used to listen to Chicago and others (Santana, Tower Of Power, WAR, Eagles, Fleetwood Mac) ALL the time when my parents had parties. 1977- 1987. Good times! RUSH - Nation 2112.
randall21122112 2 years ago 5
Good call Randall. How many women would like to find a guy that has these kinds of feelings?
popitas1 2 years ago 24
@randall21122112 I AGREE 100 % Happy Man was a great 70's song one of there BEST! juniquejulie
juniquejulie 1 year ago 2
this is the kind of song that should be place in mars, saturn, moon and all the planets....GOD bless this group!!!!love you guys forever!!!
zackyko 2 years ago 20
@zackyko
amen
godblessourtroops100 1 year ago
@godblessourtroops100 jejejeje!!!
zackyko 1 year ago
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jillyhawk 2 years ago
thanks for posting such a beautiful song i havent heard it for so many years , it brings me back to best time of my life long live the 70"s
carlosinjune818 2 years ago 5
wow, this is a great love song, my girlfriend/future wife leslie, thought of this song recently after 25 years, this song is definetely me, i am so happy right now, she is the best girl in the world! i love her more than anything,she is also the best thing that happened to me..weve waited so long for eachother as we were just kids, i want to make her the happiest and a special woman she deserves to be,oh god i love her so, if your in love i wish you felt like me and lesley, les, i love you
rocknrolldad1 2 years ago 3
I love Chicago!! I love this song!! They are one of my all time favorite bands. From the city I love....the city I was born in!!
GODSAlexandra 2 years ago 4
:o great lyrics love it<3
KIAIZYZL 2 years ago 3
This is one of Chicago's greatest, and thats saying alot!
heavnnnsent 2 years ago 6
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@heavnnnsent Dude, I guess your entitled to ur own opinion man, but you WAAAAAAY OFF BASE, YO !! From a "Talent" Perspective, this track ain't shit, yo !!!
THERE IS NO F-N TALENT IN THIS F-N TRACK, AT ALL !!!!! HOW CAN U SAY "one of their greatest" ???? dat make NO SENSE !!! THIS IS ONE OF THEITR WORST !!!! EVER !!!
CADIEUXGR 1 year ago