Will You Still Love Me? (song)

"Will You Still Love Me?"
Single by Chicago
from the album Chicago 18
B-side	"25 or 6 to 4" (1986 version)
Released	October 24, 1986 (US) [1]
Recorded	1986
Genre	Rock
Length	5:44 (album version) 4:14 (7" version/radio edit)
Label	Full Moon, Warner Bros.
Songwriter(s)	David Foster Tom Keane Richard Baskin
Producer(s)	David Foster
Chicago singles chronology
"25 or 6 to 4"/"One More Day" (1986) "Will You Still Love Me?" (1986) "If She Would Have Been Faithful..." (1987)

"Will You Still Love Me?" is a song recorded by the American rock band Chicago for their studio album Chicago 18 (1986). The song was written by David Foster, Tom Keane and Richard Baskin. ^[2]

The second single released from the Chicago 18 album, ^[3] "Will You Still Love Me?" reached number three on the US Billboard Hot 100 ^[4] and number two on the US Adult Contemporary chart. ^[5] The song also reached number three on the US Cash Box Top 100 chart. ^[6]

Background

The song was Chicago's first top-ten hit following the departure of Peter Cetera, and it featured new singer and bassist Jason Scheff on lead vocals. ^[3]

Personnel

• Jason Scheff – bass guitar, lead and backing vocals
• Bill Champlin – keyboards, co-lead vocals, backing vocals
• Robert Lamm – keyboards, backing vocals
• Lee Loughnane – trumpet
• James Pankow – trombone, brass arrangements
• Walter Parazaider – woodwinds
• Danny Seraphine – drums, drum programming
• Vocal arrangements by Chicago, Bill Champlin, and David Foster

Additional musicians

• David Foster – keyboards, additional arrangements
• Tom Keane – keyboards, backing vocals
• Michael Boddicker, David Boruff, Rhett Lawrence, Bo Tomlyn – synthesizer programming
• Michael Landau, Howard "Buzz" Feiten, Steve Lukather – guitars
• Jeremy Lubbock – string arrangements

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (1986–1987)	Peak position
Canada Top Singles ( RPM )	6
US Billboard Hot 100 [7]	3
US Adult Contemporary ( Billboard ) [8]	2
US Cash Box Top 100 [9]	4

Year-end charts

Chart (1987)	Position
US Billboard Hot 100 [10]	50
US Cash Box Top 100 [11]	24

Cover versions

In 2003, jazz group Urban Knights covered the song with vocals by Michelle Williams. ^{[12] [13]}

References

1. Hung, Steffen. "Chicago - Will You Still Love Me?". hitparade.ch.
2. "Will You Still Love Me?". TV80s.com. April 8, 2021.
3. "Throwback Threesome - Chicago". K1047.com. June 30, 2022.
4. Whitburn, Joel (2011). Top Pop Singles 1955-2010. Record Research.
5. Whitburn, Joel (2002). Top Adult Contemporary: 1961-2001. Record Research. p. 55.
6. Whitburn, Joel (2014). Cash Box Pop Hits: 1952-1996. Record Research.
7. "Chicago Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard.
8. "Chicago Chart History (Adult Contemporary)". Billboard.
9. Whitburn, Joel (2014). Cash Box Pop Hits: 1952-1996. Record Research.
10. "1987 The Year in Music & Video: Top Pop Singles". Billboard. Vol. 99, no. 52. December 26, 1987.
11. "Top 50 Pop Singles" (PDF). Cash Box. December 26, 1987. p. 24.
12. "Urban Knights - Urban Knights V". Discogs.com. June 19, 2003.
13. "Urban Knights - Urban Knights, Vol. 5 Album Reviews, Songs & More". Allmusic.com.