Chicago

Released: January 26, 1970

Songwriter: Robert Lamm Terry Kath

Producer: James William Guercio

[Verse]
Hey, everybody
Won't you just look around
Can't anybody see
Just what's going down
Can't you take the time
Just to feel
Just to feel what is real
If you do
Then you'll see
That we got a raw deal
They're killing everybody
They're killing me and you
They're fighting and killing everybody
I wish it weren't true
They say we got to make war
Or the economy will fall
But if we don't stop
We won't be around no more
They're ruining this world
For you and me
The big heads of state
Won't let us be free
They made the rules once
But it didn't turn out
Now we must try again
Before they kill us off
No more dying
No more killing
No more dying
No more fighting
We don't want to die
We don't want to die
Please let's change it all
Please let's make it all
Good for the present
And better for the future
Love one another
Show peace for each other
We can make it happen
Let's just make it happen
We can change this world
Please let's change this world
Please
Let's make it happen
For our children
For our women
Change the world
Please make it happen, come on
Come on
Yeah, please
Come on
It's up to me
It's up to you
Come on, let's do it now
Yeah, do it now

Chicago is a rock band hailing from the Illinois city of the same name. With its multitude of certified gold and platinum hits, the band has had enough longevity to last for over fifty years.

Chicago was formed on February 15, 1967, between keyboardist/singer Robert Lamm, trumpeter Lee Loughnane, saxophonist Walter Parazaider, drummer Danny Seraphine, guitarist Terry Kath, and trombonist James Pankow. The group called themselves “The Big Thing,” and played Top 40 hits in nightclubs in Chicago. In 1968, the band relocated to Los Angles, and changed their name to Chicago Transit Authority. They gained massive amounts of exposure to famous musicians of the time by regularly playing at the Whiskey A Go Go nightclub. In 1969, they released a self-titled album which peaked at No. 17 on the Billboard Hot 200 chart. The next year, the band shortened their name to “Chicago” to avoid a lawsuit from the actual company of the same name.

The band has released a plethora of albums, most of them titled Chicago enumerated with Roman numerals. The band changed its sound in the late 70s and 80s following the death of Terry Kath. Since then, the band has still carried on a legacy for the decades following, but has slowed the release of original music to a trickle.

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