If You Leave Me Now

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" If You Leave Me Now " is a popular ballad hit title by Chicago rock group Chicago, from their album Chicago X . It was written and sung by bass guitarist Peter Cetera and released as a single on July 31, 1976. It is also the title of a Chicago compilation album released by Columbia Records (Columbia 38590) in 1983.

The single topped the US charts on October 23, 1976, and stay there for two weeks, making it the first number one hit for the group, and also hit number one on the Easy Listening charts. "If You Leave Me Now" is also the biggest hit in Chicago internationally, topped the charts in other countries such as the UK, Australia, Ireland, Canada, and the Netherlands. In the UK retains the number one position for three weeks. It is one of only five songs "non-disco" to make it number one in the US in the period of nine months of 1976. According to the author Zachary Houle of PopMatters, "This song is very pervasive in the radio after its release that, reportedly, they are set in New York can hear the song was played at four different stations, each with a variety of formats, simultaneously. "

The song won the Grammy Awards for Best Arrangement Compompanying Vocalist (sings) for arranger Jimmie Haskell and producer James William Guercio and Best Pop Vocal Performance by Duo, Group or Chorus, the first Grammy Award won by the group. It also received a Grammy nomination for Record of the Year. In addition, in August 1978 it had sold 1.4 million copies in the United States alone. It has been certified gold and platinum by the RIAA.

In 2010 Chicago teamed up with the American Cancer Society and offered the opportunity to bid the chance to sing their hit song, "If You Leave Me Now" with them onstage directly at their concert, with proceeds going to the American Cancer Society to fight the breasts. cancer. Fundraising efforts continue in the following years.

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Composition

Peter Cetera originally wrote "If You Leave Me Now" at the same time as Chicago Wishes You Were Here, and composed it on the guitar. According to the information on sheet music for the song on MusicNotes, "If You Leave Me Now" is written in B major key, and the Cetera vocal range varies between F sharp 4 (F? ₄ ) and D sharp 6 (D ? ₆ ).

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Personnel

• Peter Cetera - lead & amp; backing vocals
• Terry Kath - acoustic guitar twelve chords & amp; bass
• Robert Lamm - Fender Rhodes electric piano
• Danny Seraphine - drums
• Laudir de Oliveira - congas, shakers, cymbals, wind chimes
• Jimmy Pankow - trombone
• Lee Loughnane - trumpet
• Walt Parazaider - woodwinds
• James William Guercio - acoustic guitar
• Jimmie Haskell - string & amp; French horn orchestration

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Performance chart

Succession

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Certification

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cover version

There are more than 100 "If You Leave Me Now" versions recorded by artists around the world, including:

• Brotherhood of Man on their 1980 album Sing 20 Number One Hits
• Elkie Brooks released a version of the song on his album Pearls in 1981
• Viola Wills released a Disco version of the song as a single in 1981
• Mina released the song version on her album Finalment con con conto il conte Dracula... in 1985
• Marti Webb inserted a song on his album Encore (1985) which was then re-released on the CD titled If You Leave Me Now (1995)
• The River Series (featuring Alex Charles on vocals) released a maxi single containing three Eurodance remixes of the song on the Dance Pool label in 1995
• Upside Down, boy band from England, charted at number 27 of 1996
• Peter Cetera re-recorded the song as a solo artist for his 1997 album You're the Inspiration: A Collection
• The Isley Brothers on their 2001 album Eternal
• Egotrippi has released a Finnish version called "Jos SÃÆ'¤ LÃÆ'¤hdet Pois" in 2001
• Maggie Reilly on her 2002 album Save It For A Rainy Day
• Popstar Denmark Christine Milton recorded an uptempo version of her debut album Friday in 2003
• 3T released it as a single non-album in 2004
• Khalil Fong, R & amp; B based in Hong Kong, recorded a version on their second Mandarin album, Love It , in 2006
• Filipino bossa nova singer Sitti recorded the cover of this song for her second album My Bossa Nova in 2007
• Suzy Bogguss on her 2007 album Sweet Danger
• John Barrowman in his 2007 album Other Side
• Boyz II Men in their 2009 album Love
• Brazilian pop singer Afonso Nigro recorded a Portuguese version called "Se Voce me Deixar" on Afonso's album in 2010
• Laura Zakian's Jazz Singer on 2014's Album Song for Modern Lovers
• Gilmar Monteiro, the Brazilian singer Arrocha (the music genre from Bahia), recorded a Portuguese version called "NÃÆ' Â £ o me Deixe Amor" on his album Gilmar Monteiro Vol 8 (2016)

Live cover show

• Philip Bailey from Earth, Wind & amp; The fire sang the song during their combined concert with Chicago in 2004-2006. This version is included in the album Love Songs by Chicago.

Sampling

• Daft Punk uses samples from the Viola Wills 1981 cover for the song "Fresh", released on 1997 album Homework .
• The example of this song is used by British electronica duo Lemon Jelly on "Nice Weather For Ducks" B-side "Soft" (2003).

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Use in popular culture

This song has been featured in the movie Three Kings (1999), Shaun of the Dead (2004), A Lot Like Love (2005), < i> Happy Feet (2006), and Daddy's Home 2 (2017); the Sex and the City television series and South Park ; and video games Grand Theft Auto V. The doll socks sang a version of the song in the Super Bowl 2000 ad for Pets.com that was ranked as the number one Super Bowl ad of that year by USA Today Ad Meter.

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See also

• List of number one singles in Australia during the 1970s
• List of Dutch number-one top-40 in 1976
• List number one from 1970's (English)
• List number 100 single number one from 1976 (US)
• The list of contemporary adult number one 1976 (US)
• List hit number one in Europe in 1977

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References

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External links

• If You Leave Me Now at allmusic.com
• Lyrics of this song in MetroLyrics

Source of the article : Wikipedia