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Along Comes a Woman
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Wikipedia article
"'Along Comes a Woman'" is a song written by Peter Cetera and Mark Goldenberg for the group Chicago and recorded for their album 'Chicago 17' (1984), with Cetera singing lead vocals. The fourth single released from that album, it is the last Chicago single released with original singer/bassist Cetera, who left the band in the summer of 1985.
Upon its release in 1985, 'Billboard' magazine highlighted the single in its "Singles: Pop: Picks" section, as a "new release with the greatest chart potential," and called it a "hard rocker." At the end of the year, 'Billboard' magazine music critic, Linda Moleski, listed the single among her top ten highlights of the year as, An excellent funk-pop sound thats reflective of 1985.
The original album version was 4:14 in length. It was remixed to a more high-tech mid-80's sound for the single release which runs 3:47 in length.
Music video
The music video, shot in black and white, combined themes from the films 'Raiders of the Lost Ark' and 'Casablanca' and featured Peter Cetera, the lead vocalist on the song, in the Indiana Jones/Rick Blaine-type role. It was produced by Jon Small of Picture Vision, Inc., and was directed by Jay Dubin, who also directed the syndicated TV series 'The Wombles' in the 1980s. The video was released in 1985, during what some call the "golden era" of MTV.
Personnel
*Peter Cetera lead and background vocals
*Bill Champlin keyboards, guitars, background vocals
*Robert Lamm keyboards, background vocals
*Lee Loughnane trumpet
*James Pankow trombone, horn arrangements
*Walter Parazaider woodwinds
*Danny Seraphine drums
*Chris Pinnick guitar
'Additional personnel'
*Michael Landau guitar
*Paul Jackson, Jr. guitar
*Mark Goldenberg guitar, additional arrangements
*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
*Kenny Cetera background vocals
Chart performance
"Along Comes a Woman" reached a peak of on the U.S. 'Billboard' Hot 100 chart and on the Adult Contemporary chart.
References
Category:1984 songs
Category:1985 singles
Category:Chicago (band) songs
Category:Songs written by Peter Cetera
Category:Songs written by Mark Goldenberg
Category:Song recordings produced by David Foster
Category:Full Moon Records singles
Category:Warner Records singles
Category:Black-and-white music videos
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