Take Me Back to Chicago

This article is about the Chicago song. For the compilation album named after the song, see Take Me Back to Chicago (album).

"Take Me Back to Chicago", originally released on the Chicago XI album, was a 1978 chart hit in the U.S. and Canada for the band Chicago. The song features Chaka Khan on backing vocals.^[1]

"Take Me Back to Chicago"
Side A of the US single
Single by Chicago
from the album Chicago XI
B-side	"Policeman"
Released	May 1978
Recorded	1977
Genre	Soft rock
Length	2:57 (Single version) 5:17 (Album version)
Label	Columbia
Songwriter(s)	Danny Seraphine, David "Hawk" Wolinski
Producer(s)	James William Guercio
Chicago singles chronology
"Little One" (1978) "Take Me Back to Chicago" (1978) "Alive Again" (1978)

Released as a single in May 1978, the song reached No. 63 on the Billboard Hot 100 and No. 62 on the Cash Box Top 100 in the United States.^[2] In Canada, it peaked at No. 66.^[3] On the adult contemporary charts, it reached No. 39 in the U.S. and No. 21 in Canada.^[4]

Personnel

• Robert Lamm – keyboards, lead and backing vocals
• Terry Kath – guitars, backing vocals
• Peter Cetera – bass, backing vocals
• James Pankow – trombone
• Walter Parazaider – saxophone
• Lee Loughnane – trumpet
• Danny Seraphine – drums
• Laudir de Oliveira – percussion

Additional personnel

• David "Hawk" Wolinski – ARP synthesizer
• Chaka Khan – backing vocals and "incredible preach"