Lowdown (Chicago song)

Not to be confused with Lowdown (Boz Scaggs song).
"Lowdown"
Single by Chicago
from the album Chicago III
B-side "Loneliness Is Just A Word"
Released April 1971
Format 7"
Genre Rock
Length 3:35
Label Columbia
Writer(s) Peter Cetera, Danny Seraphine
Producer(s) James William Guercio
Chicago singles chronology
"Free"
(1971)
"Lowdown"
(1971)
"Beginnings"/"Colour My World"
(1971)

"Lowdown" is a song written by Peter Cetera and Danny Seraphine for the rock band Chicago and recorded for their third album Chicago III (1971). It was the second single released from this album, and peaked at #35 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100.[1]

Cetera provided lead vocals while guitarist Terry Kath used a fuzzbox and wah-wah pedal for his guitar solo and Robert Lamm made prominent use of the Hammond organ. A Japanese-language version of the song was recorded in 1972 for the Japan market and released as a single. It would be released digitally on the Japan-only compilation CD The Heart Of Chicago 1967-1971 Volume II Special Edition (green cover), which also contains "Questions 67 And 68" sung in Japanese.

The group performed the song live with the Japanese lyrics during tours of Japan in 1972, documented on the Live In Japan album.

Personnel

References

  1. "Chicago Awards". Allmusic. Retrieved 2012-08-17.

External links

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