Along Comes a Woman
1985 single by Chicago From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
"Along Comes a Woman" is a song written by Peter Cetera and Mark Goldenberg[5] for the group Chicago and recorded for their album Chicago 17 (1984), with Cetera singing lead vocals. The fourth single released from that album,[6] it is the last Chicago single released with original singer/bassist Cetera, who left the band in the summer of 1985.[7][8]
| "Along Comes a Woman" | ||||
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| Single by Chicago | ||||
| from the album Chicago 17 | ||||
| B-side | "We Can Stop the Hurtin'"[1] | |||
| Released | February 11, 1985[2] | |||
| Genre | Pop rock | |||
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| Label | Full Moon/Warner Bros.[4] | |||
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| Producer(s) | David Foster[4] | |||
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Upon its release in 1985, Billboard magazine highlighted the single in its "Singles: Pop: Picks" section, as a "new release with the greatest chart potential," and called it a "hard rocker."[4] At the end of the year, Billboard magazine music critic, Linda Moleski, listed the single among her top ten highlights of the year as, “An excellent funk-pop sound that’s reflective of 1985.”[9]
The original album version was 4:14 in length.[3] It was remixed to a more high-tech mid-80's sound for the single release which runs 3:47 in length.[4]
Music video
The music video, shot in black and white, combined themes from the films Raiders of the Lost Ark and Casablanca[10][11] and featured Peter Cetera, the lead vocalist on the song, in the Indiana Jones/Rick Blaine-type role.[7] It was produced by Jon Small of Picture Vision, Inc., and was directed by Jay Dubin,[10] who also directed the syndicated TV series The Wombles in the 1980s.[12][13] The video was released in 1985, during what some call the "golden era" of MTV.[14]
Personnel
- Peter Cetera – lead and backing vocals
- Bill Champlin – keyboards, guitars, backing vocals
- Robert Lamm – keyboards, backing vocals
- Lee Loughnane – trumpet
- James Pankow – trombone, horn arrangements
- Walter Parazaider – woodwinds
- Danny Seraphine – drums
- Chris Pinnick — guitars
Additional personnel
- David Foster – keyboards, synth bass, synthesizer programming, rhythm and vocal arrangements
- John Van Tongeren – synthesizer programming
- Erich Bulling – synthesizer programming
- Marcus Ryle – synthesizer programming
- Michael Landau – guitars
- Paul Jackson, Jr. – guitars
- Mark Goldenberg – guitars, additional arrangements
- Paulinho da Costa – percussion
- Gary Grant – trumpet
- Greg Adams – trumpet
- Kenny Cetera – backing vocals
Charts
Weekly charts
| Chart (1985) | Peak position |
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| Canada Top Singles (RPM)[15] | 17 |
| UK Singles (OCC)[16] | 96 |
| US Billboard Hot 100[17] | 14 |
| US Adult Contemporary (Billboard)[18] | 25 |
References
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