Take Me Back to Chicago

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"Take Me Back to Chicago"
Take me back to chicago by Chicago US single side-A.png
Side A of the US single
Single by Chicago
from the album Chicago XI
B-side "Policeman"
ReleasedMay 1978
Recorded1977
Genre Soft rock
Length2:57(Single version)
5:17 (Album version)
Label Columbia
Songwriters Danny Seraphine, David "Hawk" Wolinski
Producer James William Guercio
Chicago singles chronology
"Little One"
(1978)		"Take Me Back to Chicago"
(1978)		"Alive Again"
(1978)

"Take Me Back to Chicago", originally released on the Chicago XI album, was a 1978 chart hit in the U.S. and Canada for the band Chicago. The song features Chaka Khan on backing vocals.

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Released as a single in May 1978, the song reached No. 63 on the Billboard Hot 100 and No. 62 on the Cash Box Top 100 in the United States. [1] In Canada, it peaked at No. 66. On the adult contemporary charts, it reached No. 39 in the U.S. and No. 21 in Canada.

Critical reception

Billboard called the song "a cool, easy tempo number which is perfect radio fare for summer" and highlighted the "soft, smooth opening" that "gives way to a hotter sound of horns and soulful female voices". [2] Cashbox wrote that song "bears the group’s distinctive mark of classy horn arrangement and tight vocals" and that Kath's presence on the track "was keenly felt". [3] Record World thought that the song possessed one of the band's "best melodies and arrangements in some time", adding that it would be "a likely hit". [4]

Personnel

Additional personnel

Chart performance

Chart (1978)Peak
position
Canada Top Singles ( RPM ) [5] 66
Canada Adult Contemporary ( RPM ) [6] 21
US Billboard Hot 100 [7] 63
US Adult Contemporary ( Billboard ) [8] 39

References

  1. ↑ "Top 100 1978-06-17". Cashbox Magazine . Archived from the original on 2022-09-01. Retrieved 2015-06-25.
  2. ↑ "Top Single Picks" (PDF). Billboard . May 6, 1978. p. 96. Retrieved October 15, 2025– via World Radio History.
  3. ↑ "Singles | Feature Picks" (PDF). Cashbox . May 6, 1978. p. 18. Retrieved October 15, 2025– via World Radio History.
  4. ↑ "Hits of the Week" (PDF). Record World . May 13, 1978. p. 1. Retrieved October 15, 2025– via World Radio History.
  5. ↑ "Top RPM Singles: Issue 4595." RPM . Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved October 15, 2025.
  6. ↑ "Top RPM Adult Contemporary: Issue 4596." RPM . Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved October 15, 2025.
  7. ↑ "Chicago Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard. Retrieved October 15, 2025.
  8. ↑ "Chicago Chart History (Adult Contemporary)". Billboard. Retrieved October 15, 2025.
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