Chicago 17

Chicago 17
Studio album by Chicago
Released	May 14, 1984 (1984-05-14)[1]
Recorded	mid 1983 – early 1984
Genre	Soft rock
Length	41:53
Label	Full Moon/Warner Bros.
Producer	David Foster
Chicago chronology
If You Leave Me Now (1983) Chicago 17 (1984) Chicago 18 (1986)
Singles from Chicago 17
"Stay the Night" Released: April 18, 1984[1] "Hard Habit to Break" Released: July 18, 1984[1] "You're the Inspiration" Released: October 31, 1984[1] "Along Comes a Woman" Released: February 6, 1985[1]

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Chicago 17 is the fourteenth studio album by American band Chicago, released on May 14, 1984. It was the group's second release for Full Moon/Warner Bros. Records and their last with founding bassist/vocalist Peter Cetera.

A total of four singles were released from the album, all of which placed in the top 20 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart.^[3] The success of the singles propelled Chicago 17 to achieve an RIAA certification of six times platinum.

In 2006, Rhino Entertainment remastered and reissued the album, using the original analog versions of "Please Hold On" (which was co-written with Lionel Richie who was enjoying success from his album Can't Slow Down) and "Prima Donna" and adding a Robert Lamm demo, "Where We Begin" as a bonus track.

Track listing

1. "Stay the Night" (Peter Cetera, David Foster) – 3:50
2. "We Can Stop the Hurtin'" (Robert Lamm, Bill Champlin, Deborah Neal) – 4:11
3. "Hard Habit to Break" (Steve Kipner, Jon Parker) – 4:44
4. "Only You" (James Pankow, Foster) – 3:53
5. "Remember the Feeling" (Cetera, Champlin) – 4:28
6. "Along Comes a Woman" (Cetera, Mark Goldenberg) – 4:14
7. "You're the Inspiration" (Cetera, Foster) – 3:51
8. "Please Hold On"* (Champlin, Foster, Lionel Richie) – 3:41
9. "Prima Donna"* (Cetera, Goldenberg) – 4:13
   • Featured in the 1983 movie Two of a Kind
10. "Once in a Lifetime" (Pankow) – 4:11
11. "Where We Begin"** (Lamm) – 3:53

"*" indicates an original analog version on the Rhino re-release
"**" indicates a bonus track on the Rhino re-release

Songs that were not released:

A song called Sweet Marie was intended to be released for the album but was cut from the release. It was written by Bill Champlin. The song was performed in Tokyo at Budokan Hall on January 10, 1984 and has surfaced online as bootlegs.

Good For Nothing was planned to be on the album. It was later released on the We Are the World superstar charity album in 1985.

Tender is The Night was likely recorded during the sessions. It currently remains unreleased.

Personnel

• Peter Cetera – Lead vocals, bass
• Bill Champlin – guitars, keyboards, vocals
• Robert Lamm – keyboards, vocals
• Lee Loughnane – trumpet
• James Pankow – trombone
• Walter Parazaider – woodwinds
• Chris Pinnick – guitar
• Danny Seraphine – drums

Additional personnel

• Michael Landau – guitar
• Paul Jackson, Jr. – guitar
• Mark Goldenberg – guitar
• Jeff Porcaro – drums (uncredited) on "Stay the Night"
• Carlos Vega – drums (uncredited) on "You're the Inspiration"
• Paulinho da Costa – percussion
• David Foster – synthesizer programming
• Jon Van Tongeren – synthesizer programming
• Erich Bulling – synthesizer programming
• Marcus Ryle – synthesizer programming
• Gary Grant – horns
• Greg Adams – horns
• Kenny Cetera – background vocals on "Stay the Night", "Prima Donna", "You're the Inspiration" and "Along Comes a Woman"
• Donny Osmond – background vocals on "We Can Stop the Hurtin'"
• Richard Marx – background vocals on "We Can Stop the Hurtin'"
• David Pack – background vocals on "Where We Begin"

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Album

Singles

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