While You See a Chance

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"While You See a Chance" is a song performed by Steve Winwood, who also wrote it alongside Will Jennings. It was released on his album Arc of a Diver and peaked at #7 on the Billboard Hot 100, and also reached #68 on the Billboard Top 100 for the year 1981, however it only reached #45 in the UK.

One of the song's most iconic features, its keyboard introduction, was not originally intended to be part of the song. The track was thrown together fairly quickly, and Winwood discovered that he had accidentally deleted his intended drum track introduction while preparing for vocals. He wrote a new introduction on the spot as a replacement.

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Many radio stations, when the song was released, played the video version of the single which was quite noticeable for the edit near half way during the song. It is believed to have been done this way as the song in full runs for over five minutes. It is unknown if it is still played this way today.