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词条 Hard to Say I'm Sorry
释义

  1. History

  2. Music video

  3. Personnel

  4. Chart performance

     Weekly charts  Year-end charts  All-time charts 

  5. Az Yet version

     Track listing  Charts  Certifications 

  6. Other cover versions

  7. Sampling

  8. See also

  9. References

  10. External links

{{Infobox song
| name = Hard to Say I'm Sorry
| cover = Hard To Say I´m Sorry Single cover.jpg
| alt =
| caption = Artwork for Italian release
| type = single
| artist = Chicago
| album = Chicago 16
| B-side = Sonny Think Twice
| released = {{start date|1982|05|16}}
| format = 7" single
| recorded = 1982
| studio =
| venue =
| genre = {{hlist|Soft rock[1][2]}}
| length = 5:06 (Album Version, with "Get Away")
3:42 (Single Version)
| label = Full Moon/Warner Bros.
| writer = {{hlist|Peter Cetera|David Foster}}
| producer = David Foster
| prev_title = Song for You
| prev_year = 1980
| next_title = Love Me Tomorrow
| next_year = 1982
}}

"Hard to Say I'm Sorry" is a song written by bassist Peter Cetera, who also sang lead on the track, and producer David Foster[3], for the group Chicago. It was released on May 16, 1982, as the lead single from the album Chicago 16. The song reached No. 1 for two weeks on the Billboard Hot 100 chart on September 11 of that year.[4][5] It was their first top 50 hit since "No Tell Lover" in 1978, spent twelve weeks in the top 5 of the Billboard Hot 100 chart,[6] and was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal.[7] The single was certified Gold by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) in September of the same year.[8] Songwriter Cetera, a member of the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP), won an ASCAP Pop Music Award for the song in the category, Most Performed Songs.[9]

History

The song, as well as the album on which it is featured, was a marked departure from Chicago's traditional soft rock, horn-driven sound, taking on a polished and modern feel. With minimal horns, the track instead featured more layered synthesizers and heavier distorted guitar in a contemporary 1980s styling. This was done to revitalize the band's commercial success.

Deviating from Chicago's practice of having mostly band members playing on their albums, "Hard to Say I'm Sorry" featured several session musicians. The song featured producer David Foster on the piano, as well as three members of the American rock band Toto, including Steve Lukather on guitar and David Paich and Steve Porcaro both contributing synthesizers. The song's vocals were performed by Peter Cetera. The only other member of Chicago besides Cetera that played on the track was drummer Danny Seraphine.

The song was also featured as the ending theme in the movie and soundtrack for Summer Lovers,[10] a 1982 film written and directed by Randal Kleiser, starring Peter Gallagher, Daryl Hannah and Valerie Quennessen, and filmed on location on the island of Santorini, Greece.[11]

Music video

Chicago made a music video for the song. According to Cetera, the videos for "Hard to Say I'm Sorry" and "Love Me Tomorrow" were shot on the same day.[12] The band appears in a black colored room with diamonds on the wall.

Personnel

  • Peter Cetera – lead and backing vocals
  • David Foster – acoustic piano, Minimoog bass
  • Steve Lukather – guitar
  • David Paich – synthesizers
  • Steve Porcaro – synthesizers, synthesizers programming
  • Danny Seraphine – drums
  • Strings arranged by Peter Cetera, David Foster and Jeremy Lubbock

Chart performance

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Weekly charts

{{single chart|Billboardhot100|1|artist=Chicago|url=http://www.billboard.com/artist/299102/chicago/chart|rowheader=true}}
Chart (1982)Peak
position
Australia (Kent Music Report)[13]4
Austrian Singles Chart[14]5
Belgian (Flanders) Singles Chart[15]15
Canada RPM Top Singles[16]1
Canada RPM Adult Contemporary[17]1
German Singles Chart[18]6
Ireland2|1|song=Hard to Say I'm Sorry|accessdate=July 11, 2017
New Zealand Singles Chart[19]2
South Africa (Springbok)[20]14
Swiss Singles Chart[21]1
UK Singles Chart[22]4
US Adult Contemporary[5]1
{{col-2}}

Year-end charts

Chart (1982)Rank
Australia [23]10
Canada [24]9
Switzerland [25]5
UK [26]27
US Billboard Hot 100[27]10

All-time charts

Chart (2018) Position
US Billboard Hot 100[28]213
{{col-end}}

Az Yet version

{{Infobox song
| name = Hard to Say I'm Sorry
| cover = Hard to Say I'm Sorry by Az Yet.jpg
| alt =
| type = single
| artist = Az Yet featuring Peter Cetera
| album = Az Yet
| released = {{start date|1997|2|3}}
| format = CD
| recorded = 1996
| studio =
| venue =
| genre = R&B, adult contemporary
| length = 3:17
| label = LaFace Records
| writer = Peter Cetera and David Foster
| producer = Babyface
| prev_title = Last Night
| prev_year = 1996
| next_title = You're the Inspiration
| next_year = 1997
}}

In 1996, the R&B group Az Yet included a cover version on their self-titled debut album. The song, later released as a single, was produced by Babyface,[29] remixed by David Foster,[30] featured vocals from Peter Cetera,[30][31] and peaked at number eight on the Billboard Hot 100.[32] The single reached platinum status[33] and was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Performance by an R&B Group or Duo with Vocal.[34][35] David Foster won a BMI Pop Award for this version.[36]

Track listing

CD-Single
  1. "Hard To Say I'm Sorry" (David Foster Remix Featuring Peter Cetera) 3:18
  2. "Hard To Say I'm Sorry" (Album Version) 3:14
  3. "Hard To Say I'm Sorry" (Acappella) 3:14
  4. "Hard To Say I'm Sorry" (Chase Extended Mix) 5:14

Charts

Weekly charts
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Chart (1997)Peak
position
Canada Top Singles (RPM)[37]26
Year-end charts
Chart (1997)Position
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)[38]13

Certifications

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Other cover versions

  • In 2003, the Canadian boy band b4-4 recorded a cover version included as a bonus track on the "limited edition" of their second album In Your Face.{{cn|date=September 2018}}
  • In 2007, Irish boy band Westlife covered the song on the B-side to their single "Home" from the band's seventh UK #1 album Back Home. The song charted itself without being properly released as a single.{{cn|date=September 2018}}
Charts (2007)Peak
position
UK Singles (Official Charts Company)135
  • In 2008, Barry Manilow covered the song on his album The Greatest Songs of the Eighties.
  • In 2015, country music star Tim McGraw released a "behind-the-scenes" video of him and his band performing "Hard to Say I’m Sorry" as a warm-up for his show in Chicago. At the end of the song he turns to the camera and says, "Hello, Chicago."[40]
  • After interviewing Peter Cetera while he was in Lucerne, Switzerland to perform at the Retro Festival in 2016, Swiss interviewer and musician, Phil Dankner, performed the song for Cetera.[41][42]
  • In January 2017, Roger Federer tweeted a video of him singing the song with fellow professional tennis players, Tommy Haas and Grigor Dimitrov, with David Foster at the piano, while at the Australian Open. Haas is the son-in-law of Foster.[43]

Sampling

  • German Eurodance group Aquagen sampled the verses of the song (omitting the chorus) on their song with the same title, from the 2002 album Weekender.

See also

  • List of RPM number-one singles of 1982
  • List of number-one hits of 1982 (Switzerland)
  • List of Hot 100 number-one singles of 1982 (U.S.)
  • List of number-one adult contemporary singles of 1982 (U.S.)

References

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3. ^{{Cite AV media notes |title=Chicago 16|title-link= Chicago 16|year=2006|type=audio CD liner notes|publisher= Rhino Entertainment Company |id=R2 74090|quote=This album was first issued as Full Moon/Warner Bros. #23689 (5/26/82)}}
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