Love Me Tomorrow
| "Love Me Tomorrow" | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
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| Single by Chicago | ||||
| from the album Chicago 16 | ||||
| B-side | "Bad Advice" | |||
| Released | September 13, 1982 | |||
| Recorded | 1982 | |||
| Genre | Soft rock[1] | |||
| Length | 5:06 (original album version) 4:58 (2002 remastered album version) 3:56 (single edit) | |||
| Label | Full Moon/Warner Bros. | |||
| Songwriter(s) | ||||
| Producer(s) | David Foster | |||
| Chicago singles chronology | ||||
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"Love Me Tomorrow" is a song written by Peter Cetera and David Foster for the group Chicago and recorded for their album Chicago 16 (1982),[2] with Cetera singing lead vocals. The second single released from the album, it reached No. 22 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 chart[3] and No. 8 on the adult contemporary chart.[4] Songwriter Cetera, a member of the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP), won an ASCAP Pop Music Award for the song in the category, Most Performed Songs.[5]
On the Canadian pop singles chart, "Love Me Tomorrow" reached only as high as No. 35. However, on the Adult Contemporary chart it peaked at No. 2.[6]
Reception
[edit]Cash Box called it "a very melodramatic piece that can’t fail to capture pop attention."[7] Billboard said that in this follow-up to "Hard to Say I'm Sorry" Chicago "reaches for more drama through punched-up guitar accents and a more impassioned vocal."[8]
Versions
[edit]The version of "Love Me Tomorrow" featured on the original Chicago 16 album (also on early Greatest Hits albums featuring the tune) has a length of 5:06. However, on the 2002 remastered edition of Chicago 16, two measures of music are excised from the string-heavy opening sequence for the song's instrumental bridge (essentially, the repetition of the first two measures of the sequence is eliminated), decreasing the length of the track to approximately 4:58. However, subsequent re-releases of Chicago 16 have restored the full original versions of "Love Me Tomorrow" and "What You're Missing" (which had been replaced with its single version on the 2002 remaster).
The single version of the song clocks in at just under four minutes, cutting the extended instrumental outro.
Video
[edit]Chicago made a music video for the song. According to Cetera, the videos for "Love Me Tomorrow" and "Hard to Say I'm Sorry" were shot on the same day.[9]
Charts
[edit]| Chart (1982–83) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Australia KMR | 82 |
| Canada RPM Top Singles | 35 |
| Canada RPM Adult Contemporary[6] | 2 |
| New Zealand[10] | 50 |
| US Billboard Hot 100[11] | 22 |
| US Billboard Adult Contemporary[4] | 8 |
| US Cash Box Top 100[12] | 22 |
Personnel
[edit]- Peter Cetera – lead & backing vocals, bass, BGV arrangements, rhythm arrangements
- Bill Champlin – keyboards, guitar, backing vocals, BGV arrangements
- Robert Lamm – keyboards, backing vocals
- Lee Loughnane – trumpet, flugelhorn, piccolo trumpet
- James Pankow – trombone, horn arrangements
- Walter Parazaider – woodwinds
- Danny Seraphine – drums, rhythm arrangements
Additional Personnel
[edit]- David Foster – acoustic piano, electric piano
- David Paich – synthesizer
- Steve Porcaro – synthesizer programming
- Chris Pinnick – guitar
- Steve Lukather – guitar
- Michael Landau – guitar
- Gerard Vinci – violin
References
[edit]- ^ Olivier, Bobby (April 25, 2019). "The 50 Best Chicago Songs: Critics' Picks". Billboard.
- ^ Chicago 16 (audio CD liner notes). Rhino Entertainment Company. 2006. R2 74090.
This album was first issued as Full Moon/Warner Bros. #23689 (5/26/82)
- ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits, 8th Edition (Billboard Publications)
- ^ a b "Chicago Awards". Allmusic. Retrieved 2012-08-17.
- ^ Dobrin, Gregory (May 19, 1984). "ASCAP Celebrates 70th Anniversary With First Pop Awards Dinner, Gala" (PDF). Cash Box. Vol. XLVI, no. 50. George Albert. pp. 14, 29. Retrieved March 5, 2019 – via AmericanRadioHistory.com.
- ^ a b "Image : RPM Weekly - Library and Archives Canada". Bac-lac.gc.ca. Retrieved 2016-11-05.
- ^ "Reviews" (PDF). Cash Box. September 25, 1982. p. 8. Retrieved 2022-07-07.
- ^ "Top Single Picks". Billboard. September 25, 1982. p. 60. Retrieved 2023-01-29.
- ^ Grein, Paul (January 26, 1985). "Record of the Year: Chicago Sustaining Comeback Momentum". Billboard. Vol. 97, no. 4. New York, NY: Billboard Publications, Inc. pp. 6, 79. Retrieved July 23, 2017.
- ^ "The Official New Zealand Music Chart". THE OFFICIAL NZ MUSIC CHART.
- ^ Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955-1990 - ISBN 0-89820-089-X
- ^ "Cash Box Top 100 Singles, November 27, 1982". Archived from the original on May 31, 2016. Retrieved March 26, 2017.
