Along Comes a Woman

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"Along Comes a Woman"
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Single by Chicago
from the album Chicago 17
B-side "We Can Stop the Hurtin'" [1]
ReleasedFebruary 11, 1985 [2]
Genre Pop rock
Length
  • 4:14 (album version) [3]
  • 3:47 (single version) [4]
Label Full Moon/Warner Bros. [4]
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s) David Foster [4]
Chicago singles chronology
"You're the Inspiration"
(1984)		"Along Comes a Woman"
(1985)		"25 or 6 to 4"
(1986)

"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]

Contents

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

Additional personnel

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (1985)Peak
position
Canada Top Singles ( RPM ) [15] 17
UK Singles (OCC) [16] 96
US Billboard Hot 100 [17] 14
US Adult Contemporary ( Billboard ) [18] 25

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