Look Away (Chicago song)

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  UK 77 01/14/1989 (2 weeks)
  US 1Template: Infobox chart placements / maintenance / NR1 link 09/24/1988 (24 weeks)

Look Away is a 1988 song by Chicago band . It was written by Diane Warren and produced by Ron Nevison. It appeared on the Chicago 19 album .

history

According to drummer Danny Seraphine, the band's manager Howard Kaufman suggested that the band could use outside help for the upcoming album. Kaufman suggested one of the songwriters Diane Warren, who also worked on the song I Don't Wanna Live Without Your Love , and producer Ron Nevison, who also worked on the Heart songs These Dreams and Alone .

Warren wrote Look Away from a man's perspective and handed a demo to the rest of the album's contributors. Nevison said: "Diane's demos always sound really good" (German: Diane's demos always sound very good), he added: "Her demos are always very simple, but they always have great vocal performances." (German: Their demos are simple, but their vocal performances are great). Bassist Jason Scheff remarked: "The songs that last for me are the ones I don't get at first," (German: The songs that captivate me are also the ones that I don't understand at first) and noted: "I remember hearing 'Look Away' and thinking it's okay, but not great. Thank God I'm not an A&R man. " (German: I remember when I heard Look Away and thought it was okay, but not outstanding. Fortunately, I'm not from the A&R ).

This time, Bill Champlin could be won as singer , who demanded that the usual brass instruments be omitted for Chicago . Scheff also noticed that since Peter Cetera left the band, new musical opportunities opened up for the band, to be able to develop accordingly and to try out new methods. So Look Away became the only number one hit without Peter Cetera and also Chicago's last.

Released on September 9, 1988, the rock ballad became a number one hit in the United States and Canada . Along with Cheap Tricks The Flame from the same year, it was the second rock ballad to be released by Epic Records .

Cover versions

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Chart placements: chartsurfer.de . Accessed May 31, 2018.
  2. ^ Danny Seraphine: Street Player: My Chicago Story . Wiley , Hoboken, NJ 2010, ISBN 978-0470416839 , pp. 242-3.
  3. ↑ Fred Bronson: The Billboard Book of Number One Hits , 5th. Edition, Billboard Books , New York 2003, ISBN 978-0823076772 , p. 716.
  4. ↑ Ed Hogan: 'Look Away' - Song Review . Allmusic ( Rovi Corporation ). Retrieved September 15, 2012.
  5. ↑ Garry Galipault: Cheap Trick Wants You to Want Them Again | Pause & Play CD and Music Site . May 11, 1998. Retrieved September 26, 2016.