Will You Still Love Me? (song)
| "Will You Still Love Me?" | ||||
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| Single by Chicago | ||||
| from the album Chicago 18 | ||||
| B-side | "25 or 6 to 4" (1986 version) | |||
| Released | October 1986 | |||
| Format | 7" | |||
| Genre | Rock | |||
| Length |
5:44 (Album version) 4:12 (Single version) | |||
| Label | Full Moon/Warner Bros. | |||
| Writer(s) | David Foster, Tom Keane, Richard Baskin | |||
| Producer(s) | David Foster | |||
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"Will You Still Love Me?" (where the Roland MKS-50 patch "Bell Chimes 1" was heard) is a song written by David Foster, Tom Keane and Richard Baskin for the group Chicago and recorded for their album Chicago 18 (1986). The second single released from that album, it reached number three on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 chart in early 1987, prevented from further chart movement by "Keep Your Hands to Yourself" by The Georgia Satellites and "Livin' on a Prayer" by Bon Jovi, and also number two on the Adult Contemporary chart.[1]
The song was Chicago's first top ten hit following the departure of Peter Cetera, and it featured new singer and bassist Jason Scheff on lead vocals. One of the song's co-writers, Tom Keane had previously fronted the early 1980s band Keane, for whom Jason Scheff played bass.
In 2003, jazz group Urban Knights, led by pianist Ramsey Lewis, covered the song with vocals by Michelle Williams (Destiny's Child).
Personnel
- Bill Champlin – keyboards, vocals[2]
- Robert Lamm – keyboards, vocals
- Lee Loughnane – trumpet
- James Pankow – trombone, brass arrangements
- Walter Parazaider – woodwinds
- Jason Scheff – bass, vocals
- Danny Seraphine – drums, drum programming
- Vocal arrangements by Chicago, Bill Champlin, and David Foster
Additional musicians
- Michael Landau – guitar[2]
- Howard "Buzz" Feiten – guitar
- Steve Lukather – guitar
- David Foster – keyboards, additional arrangements, and brass contributions
- Tom Keane – keyboards, background vocals
- Bo Tomlyn – synthesizer programming
- Rhett Lawrence – synthesizer programming
- David Boruff- synthesizer programming
- Michael Boddicker – synthesizer programming
- Jeremy Lubbock – string arrangements
- Jules Chakin – string contractor
- Gerald Vinci – concertmaster
References
- ↑ Whitburn, Joel (2002). Top Adult Contemporary: 1961-2001. Record Research. p. 55.
- 1 2 All credits from CD booklet.
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