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Hard Habit to Break
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Wikipedia article
"'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. Released as the second single from the album, it reached on the 'Billboard' Hot 100 and was prevented from any more chart movement by "Caribbean Queen" by Billy Ocean and "I Just Called to Say I Love You" by Stevie Wonder. "Hard Habit to Break" also peaked at on the Adult Contemporary chart. Overseas it peaked at on the UK Singles Chart.
"Hard Habit to Break" was nominated for four Grammy Awards: Foster and Jeremy Lubbock won the award for Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocal(s); Chicago were nominated for the song in the categories Record of the Year and Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal; and Cetera and Foster were nominated for Best Vocal Arrangement for Two or More Voices. Songwriters Kipner and Parker won an ASCAP award in 1986 for most-performed song.
Critical reception
In 2020, music reviewer Perplexio on the website 'Something Else!' labeled "Hard Habit to Break" a "pop masterpiece" and gave it a rating of a "perfect 10", calling the pairing of the voices of Cetera and Champlin "lightning-in-a-bottle vocal chemistry."
Charts
Personnel
*Peter Cetera lead and background vocals
*Bill Champlin keyboards, lead and background vocals
*Robert Lamm background vocals
*Lee Loughnane trumpet
*James Pankow trombone, horn arrangements
*Walter Parazaider woodwinds
*Danny Seraphine drums
'Additional personnel'
*Michael Landau guitar
*Paul Jackson, Jr. guitar
*Paulinho da Costa percussion
*David Foster keyboards, synth bass, synthesizer programming, rhythm and vocal arrangements
*John Van Tongeren synthesizer programming
*Erich Bulling synthesizer programming
*Marcus Ryle synthesizer programming
*Gary Grant trumpet
*Greg Adams trumpet
*David Foster and Jeremy Lubbock orchestration
Cover versions
Puerto Rican singer Glenn Monroig recorded a Spanish-language cover version entitled "El Vicio Que No Puedo Romper" for his album 'Apasionado' (1986). All-4-One also recorded a cover version on their compilation album 'Greatest Hits' (2004).
References
Category:1984 songs
Category:1984 singles
Category:Chicago (band) songs
Category:Songs written by Steve Kipner
Category:Song recordings produced by David Foster
Category:Warner Records singles
Category:Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist(s)
Category:Full Moon Records singles
Category:Rock ballads
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