What You're Missing

"What You're Missing" is a song by the American rock band Chicago. It was released in 1983 as the third and last single of their thirteenth studio album Chicago 16. It was written by American songwriters Joseph Williams and Jay Gruska.

"What You're Missing"
Single by Chicago
from the album Chicago 16
B-side	"Rescue You"
Released	January 1983 (1983-01)[1]
Recorded	1982
Genre	Pop rock
Length	4:10
Label	Full Moon
Songwriters	Joseph Williams Jay Gruska
Producer	David Foster
Chicago singles chronology
"Love Me Tomorrow" (1982) "What You're Missing" (1983) "Stay the Night" (1984)

"What You're Missing" peaked at No. 81 on the Billboard Hot 100.^[2][3]

Reception

Something Else! Reviews described "What You're Missing" as a powerful and fitting opener for Chicago 16, calling it "the right track to open the album, and perhaps their best or at least most in-your-face opening track since their earliest albums." The reviewer praised producer David Foster for transforming Joseph Williams's original demo into a full-band arrangement complete with a bright keyboard fanfare, noting that the song perfectly captured the band's rebirth and transition into the polished, radio-friendly pop-rock sound that defined Chicago's 1980s era, representing "a new Chicago — a Chicago for the 1980s."^[4]

Personnel

Chicago

• Peter Cetera – bass, lead and backing vocals, BGV arrangements, rhythm arrangements
• Bill Champlin – keyboards, guitars, backing vocals, BGV arrangements
• Robert Lamm – keyboards, backing vocals
• Lee Loughnane – trumpet, flugelhorn, piccolo trumpet
• James Pankow – trombone, horn arrangements
• Walter Parazaider – woodwinds
• Danny Seraphine – drums, rhythm arrangements

Additional personnel

• Chris Pinnick – guitars
• Steve Lukather – guitars
• David Foster – keyboards, synth bass, rhythm arrangements, additional horn arrangements
• David Paich – synthesizers
• Steve Porcaro – synthesizers, synthesizer programming

Charts

Chart (1983)	Peak position
US Billboard Hot 100[5]	81