Tuesday, March 13, 2012

Hits List: Chicago

This amazing group has been one of The Top American Groups of All-Time*, and either #1 or close to it depending on what measurement you use.  Like all enduring things, Chicago has evolved into different genres and different musical styles but through it all, they have given us some of the best music of their time period.  Here is the complete Hits List from Chicago:
 

1969:  "Questions 67 and 68"(#71)
           "Beginnings"
1970:  "Make Me Smile"(#9)
           "25 or 6 to 4"(#4, #7 U.K.)
           "Does Anybody Really Know What Time It Is?"(#7, #5 Adult)
1971:  "Free" (#20)
           "Lowdown" (#35)
           "Beginnings" (re-released--#7, #1 Adult)
           "Colour My World"(#7)
           "Questions 67 and 68" (#24) --underrated.
           "I'm a Man" (#49, #8 U.K.)
 

1972:  "Saturday in the Park" (#3)
           "Dialogue (Part 1 & II) (#24)
1973:  "Feelin' Stronger Every Day" (#10)
           "Just You N' Me" (#4, #7 Adult)
 

1974:  "(I've Been) Searchin' So Long (#9)--underrated.
           "Call on Me" (#6, #1 Adult)
           "Wishing You Were Here" (#11, #1 Adult)--underrated.
1975:  "Harry Truman" (#13)
           "Old Days" (#5, #3 Adult)
           "Brand New Love Affair (Part I & II)" (#61)
1976:  "Another Rainy Day in New York City" (#32, #2 Adult)
           "If You Leave Me Now" (#1, #1 Adult, #1 U.K.)
 

1977:  "You Are on My Mind" (#49)
           "Baby, What a Big Surprise" (#4, #41 U.K.)
1978:  "Little One" (#44, #41 U.K.)
           "Take Me Back to Chicago" (#63)
           "Alive Again" (#14)
1979:  "No Tell Lover" (#14, #5 Adult Contemporary)
           "Gone Long Gone" (#73)
           "Must Have Been Crazy" (#83)
           "Street Player"
1980:  "Thunder and Lightning" (#56)
           "Song for You"
 

1982:  "Hard to Say I'm Sorry" (#1, #1 AC, #4 U.K.)
           "Love Me Tomorrow" (#22, #8 AC)
1983:  "What You're Missing" (#81)
1984:  "Stay the Night" (#16)
           "Hard Habit to Break" (#3, #3 AC, #8 U.K.)
           "You're the Inspiration" (#3, #1 AC, #14 U.K.)
1985:  "Along Comes a Woman" (#14, #25 AC, #96 U.K.)
1986:  "25 or 6 to 4" (remix--#48)
           "Will You Still Love Me?" (#3, #2 Adult)
 

1987:  "If She Would Have Been Faithful..." (#17, #9 AC)
           "Niagara Falls" (#91)
1988:  "I Don't Wanna' Live Without Your Love" (#3, #5 AC)
           "Look Away" (#1, #1 AC, #77 U.K.)
1989:  "You're Not Alone" (#10, #9 AC)
          "We Can Last Forever" (#55, #12 AC)
          "What Kind of Man Would I Be?" (#5, #2 AC)
1990:  "Hearts in Trouble" (#75)
1991:  "Chasin' the Wind" (#39, #13 AC)
           "Explain It to My Heart"
           "You Come to My Senses" (#11 AC)
1995:  "Dream a Little Dream of Me"
1997:  "Here in My Heart" (#1 AC)
           "The Only One" (#17 AC)
1998:  "All Roads Lead to You" (#14 AC)
           "Show Me a Sign" (#28 AC)
1999:  "Back to You"
2006:  "Feel" (#19 AC)
           "Love Will Come Back" (#21 AC)
2008:  "Let's Take a Lifetime"


Chicago's chart record consists of 47 hits with 21 of those going Top 10, an outstanding mark. Three were number one songs.  On the Adult chart, which they began charting on later in their career, they had 29 hits with 20 Top 10's and eight number ones.

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