… A love like ours is love that's hard to find How could we let it slip away. Most of this disc takes on a mellow mood along the lines of the title. Please enable Cookies and reload the page. We've come too far to leave it all behind How could we end it all this way //, Sorry, we have to make sure you're a human before we can show you this page. Anonymous: The greatest American hero. "http":"https";t.getElementById(r)||(n=t.createElement(e),n.id=r,n.src=i+"://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js",s.parentNode.insertBefore(n,s))}(document,"script","twitter-wjs"); And if you leave me now You'll take away the very heart of me Oooh no, baby please don't go Oooh girl, I just want you to stay. If You Leave Me Now Lyrics: Why are you leaving me now, boy? This selection's sound really shows it's age! 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"If You Leave Me Now" is a song by the American rock group Chicago, from their album Chicago X. [6] According to writer Zachary Houle of PopMatters, "The song was so pervasive on radio upon its release that, reportedly, those tuning in in New York could hear the song playing on four different stations, each with varying formats, simultaneously. ", "K-Gee's 'Care' Launches Instant Karma Label", "GRAMMY® Salute to Music Legends ~ About | Great Performances | PBS", The Very Best of Chicago: Only the Beginning, The Best of Chicago: 40th Anniversary Edition. Chicago- If You Leave Me Now1976La mejor música de los años 70's y 80'sEditado con Filmora Suscríbete Like para más! [5] It was one of five "non-disco" songs to make it to number one in the US in a nine-month period of 1976. Peter Cetera re-recorded "If You Leave Me Now" as a solo artist for his 1997 album You're the Inspiration: A Collection,[57] and most recently recorded a duet version of the song with Italian vocalist, Filippa Giordano, for her 2018 album, Friends and Legends Duets. "If You Leave Me Now" is a song by the American rock group Chicago, from their album Chicago X. Follow @genius on Twitter for updates [17][18][19], Peter Cetera originally wrote "If You Leave Me Now" at the same time as Chicago VII's "Wishing You Were Here", and composed it on a guitar. ^ Shipments figures based on certification alone. The easy, fast & fun way to learn how to sing: 30DaySinger.com (Don't go, please don't go) If you leave me now, you'll take away the biggest part of me Oh, oh, oh, oh, no, baby please don't go And if you leave me now, you'll take away the very heart of me Oh, oh, oh, oh, no, baby please don't go A love like ours is love that's hard to find How could we let it slip away? If you leave me now You'll take away the biggest part of me Oooh no, baby please don't go. The Philippines' Soul Diva Jaya's hit US single "If You Leave Me Now" (original version) from her first album JAYA (1989). He … And if you leave me now You'll take away the very heart of me Oooh no, baby please don't go Oooh girl, I just want you to stay. If You Leave Me Now by Luiz Carlos de Luca and Marilou Ikeno The most brash offering is "25 or 6 to 4". [13] It has been certified gold and platinum by the RIAA. [11] It also received a Grammy nomination for Record of the Year. [58][59], The website SecondHandSongs lists over 130 covers of "If You Leave Me Now" by recording artists from around the world between 1976 and 2020, among them:[60], British DJ, producer, songwriter and former member of the Outlaw Posse, K-Gee, and Michelle Escoffery performed a hip hop remix of "If You Leave Me Now" for K-Gee's 2002 album, Bounce to This. If You Leave Me Now. Does Anybody Really Know What Time It Is? [CDATA[ The title number "If You Leave Me Now" was the groups first #1 hit back in 1976, and it's biggest world hit. In the UK it maintained the number one position for three weeks. If you leave me now, you'll take away the very heart of me The rest of the song is Cetera making his case for why the girl shouldn't leave, in very histrionic fashion. A love like ours is love that's hard to find How could we let it slip away. [21], According to Mike Stahl, Chicago's live audio engineer during the 1970s, Terry Kath would always "quietly" walk off stage when the band was about to perform "If You Leave Me Now" because he was not present in the studio when the band recorded the song, and since he wasn't on the recording "he would never, ever play it live. "If You Leave Me Now" is a song by American singer Charlie Puth, featuring American vocal group Boyz II Men. B Badd9 B Badd9 B B If you leave me now, G#m7 F#6 you'll take away the biggest part of me G#m7 C# F# B Badd9 B Ooh-Ooh Oo-Ooh No baby please don't go B If you leave me now, G#m7 F#6 you'll take away the very heart of me G#m7 C# F# B Ooh-Ooh Ooh-Ooh No baby please don't go G#m7 C# F# B Ooh-Ooh Ooh-Ooh I just want you to stay. "[22] However, recordings exist of Kath playing bass on the song during the band's 1977 tour.[23][24]. Subject: What TV them song sounds like the opening of "if you leave me now" by Chicago? [12] In addition, by August 1978 it had sold 1.4 million copies in the United States alone. If you leave me now You'll take away the biggest part of me Oooh no, baby please don't go. We've come too far to leave it all behind How could we end it all this way It is also the title of a Chicago compilation album released by Columbia Records (Columbia 38590) in 1983. About “If You Leave Me Now” “If You Leave Me Now” is one of Chicago’s hits, topping the Billboard Hot 100 and Adult Contemporary chart in 1976. Their cover version is also on the compilations Larry präsentiert: Neue Smash-Hits 93 (englisch: Larry presents: New Smash-Hits 93) und Maxi Dance Sensation 9. In 1992, the German music group Chess covered the song and landed a modest success. !function(t,e,r){var n,s=t.getElementsByTagName(e)[0],i=/^http:/.test(t.location)? The background music in the theme song sounds like of like the background music from the Chicago song. It was released via Atlantic Records on January 5, 2018, as the first promotional single from Puth's second studio album, Voicenotes (2018). If You Leave Me Now ~Performed by: Chicago ~Music & Lyrics by: Peter Paul Cetera ~I love this song! "[15], In 2010 Chicago teamed with the American Cancer Society and offered the opportunity to bid on the chance to sing their hit, "If You Leave Me Now" with them on stage live at their concerts, with proceeds going to the American Cancer Society to fight breast cancer. " If You Leave Me Now " is a song by American singer Charlie Puth, featuring American vocal group Boyz II Men. "[7], The song won Grammy Awards for Best Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist(s) (strings) for arranger Jimmie Haskell[8] and producer James William Guercio[9] and Best Pop Vocal Performance by a Duo, Group or Chorus,[10] the first Grammy Award won by the group. In 2000, K-Gee told Billboard writer Kwaku that he thought the chorus of "If You Leave Me Now" "'sounds phat. Watch the video for If You Leave Me Now from Chicago's The Chicago Story for free, and see the artwork, lyrics and similar artists. While the original is a ballad, the version of Chess is much more danceable and adapted to the state of dance music of the 1990s. Contains the band's only #1 hit, "If You Leave Me Now." It was written and sung by bass player Peter Cetera and released as a single on July 31, 1976. [14] In an article from June 2020, The Guardian listed "If You Leave Me Now" as number 73 on its list of "The Greatest UK No 1s: 100–1", noting, "It’s impossibly lush and beautifully written, but its sadness is pervasive and affecting. 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