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"You're the Inspiration" (1984) " Hard Habit to Break " is a song written by Steve Kipner and John Lewis Parker, produced and arranged by David Foster and recorded by the group Chicago for their 1984 album Chicago 17 , with Bill Champlin and Peter Cetera sharing lead vocals.
"You're the Inspiration" is a song written by Peter Cetera and David Foster for the group Chicago and recorded for their fourteenth studio album Chicago 17 (1984), with Cetera singing lead vocals. The third single released from that album, it reached No. 3 on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart in January 1985 and also climbed to the top position on the Adult Contemporary char
The original recording features an electric guitar solo using a wah-wah pedal by Chicago guitarist Terry Kath, and a lead vocal line in the Aeolian mode. [8]According to the recollections of producer James William Guercio and horn player Lee Loughnane, Cetera had to record the vocal while his jaw was still wired together after he had been attacked at a baseball game at Dodger Stadium on May 20 ...
Deviating from Chicago's practice of having mostly band members playing on their albums, "Hard to Say I'm Sorry" featured several session musicians. The song featured producer David Foster on the piano, Michael Landau and Chris Pinnick on guitars as well as two members of the American rock band Toto , including David Paich and Steve Porcaro ...
You're the Inspiration: A Collection is the sixth solo album by Peter Cetera released in 1997. It was the second album released by Cetera for River North Records.The album is a collection of previously recorded duets, a few new songs and a few re-recordings of old Chicago hits.
Peter Cetera originally wrote "If You Leave Me Now" at the same time as Chicago VII's "Wishing You Were Here", and composed it on a guitar. [22] According to information on the sheet music for the song at MusicNotes, "If You Leave Me Now" is written in the key of B major, and Cetera's vocal range varies between F sharp 3 (F♯ 3) and D sharp 5 (D♯ 5).
The Chicago logo, which made its first appearance on the cover of this album, was designed by John Berg and fashioned by Nick Fasciano, [12] who were both nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Album Cover for their efforts. [13] [14] John Berg said the Coca-Cola logo was the inspiration for the Chicago logo. [12]
Record World called it a "James Pankow tune that's done in typical Chicago fashion." [7] In 2019, Bobby Olivier, writing for Billboard, judged the song to be the group's "greatest love song, hard stop." [2] "Just You 'n' Me" was the final song played by Chicago AM radio station WLS before switching to a talk radio format in 1989. [8]