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| name = Look Away | cover = Look Away (Chicago single - cover art).jpg | alt = | type = single | artist = Chicago | album = Chicago 19 | B-side = Come in from the Night | released = September 9, 1988[1] | format = 7" | recorded = | studio = | venue = | genre = Rock | length = 4:02 | label = Full Moon/Reprise | writer = Diane Warren | producer = Ron Nevison | prev_title = I Don't Wanna Live Without Your Love | prev_year = 1988 | next_title = You're Not Alone | next_year = 1989 }} "Look Away" is a 1988 power ballad by American rock band Chicago. Written by Diane Warren, produced by Ron Nevison, and with Bill Champlin on lead vocals, it is the second single from the band's album Chicago 19. "Look Away" is Chicago's largest selling single of all, topping the Billboard Hot 100 for two weeks in December 1988, matching the chart success of the group's "If You Leave Me Now" (1976) and "Hard to Say I'm Sorry" (1982). "Look Away" is Chicago's seventh song to have peaked at No. 1 on the Adult Contemporary chart as well as the No. 1 song on the 1989 year-end Billboard Hot 100 chart, even though it never held the No. 1 spot at all in 1989. The song, unlike hits from early in Chicago's career, does not prominently feature horns. It is also the band's only No. 1 single following the 1985 departure of Peter Cetera. ProductionAccording to drummer Danny Seraphine, Chicago's manager Howard Kaufman suggested that the band bring in outside songwriting help. Kaufman recommended Diane Warren, who also composed the band's single "I Don't Wanna Live Without Your Love," and producer Ron Nevison, who had worked with Heart on the number one hits "These Dreams" and "Alone."[1] Warren wrote "Look Away" from the man's perspective and submitted a demo to Chicago's management company. "Diane's demos always sound really good," Nevison said. "Her demos are always very simple, but they always have great vocal performances."[3] Bassist Jason Scheff remarked, "The songs that last for me are the ones I don't get at first," and added, "I remember hearing 'Look Away' and thinking it's okay, but not great. Thank God I'm not an A&R man."[2] Before being submitted to Chicago, the song was one of two ballads offered by Epic Records to Cheap Trick, who chose "The Flame" instead.[3] The song featured Bill Champlin on lead vocals and furthered Chicago's shift towards de-emphasizing the band's brass section compared to their earlier years.[4] Scheff noted that with Peter Cetera having left the group and "making his own records, it was good for us to release some songs with a different sound (like) Bill's voice. Then we wouldn't be saturating radio with Chicago-sounding songs."[2] Reception{{Listen|filename=Chicago - Look Away.ogg |title=Chicago "Look Away" (1988) |description=25-second sample of Chicago's "Look Away". |format=Ogg}} "Look Away" entered the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 singles chart in September 1988 and reached No. 1, where it spent two weeks, in December.[2][4] Champlin said he was unaware of the feat at the time. "Everybody said, 'I hear your song every day,'" he recalled. "I go, 'What song?' I was kind of oblivious to the whole thing, busy working on new stuff. That's what happens. As everybody else gets aware of what you're doing, you're usually about five or six tunes past it."[5] The single was certified gold in January and ranked No. 1 on the 1989 Billboard Year-End singles chart.[6][7] It also reached No. 1 on the Adult Contemporary chart.[8] Outside the U.S., "Look Away" peaked at No. 1 in Canada, No. 10 in the Netherlands, No. 15 in Sweden, and No. 20 in Belgium.[9][10] A British man now claims he is the author of the song and has launched legal proceedings.[11] Track listing
| title1 = Look Away | length1 = 3:59 | writer1 = Diane Warren | title2 = Come In From the Night | length2 = 4:39 | writer2 = Bill Champlin, Bruce Gaitsch }} Charts and certifications{{col-begin}}{{col-2}}Weekly charts
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References1. ^{{cite book | last=Seraphine | first=Danny| title=Street Player: My Chicago Story| edition=| publisher=Wiley| pages=242–3 | location=Hoboken, N.J. | year=2010 | isbn=978-0470416839}} 2. ^1 2 3 4 {{cite book| last=Bronson| first=Fred| title=The Billboard Book of Number One Hits | edition=5th | publisher=Billboard Books| page=716| location=New York| year=2003| isbn=978-0823076772}} 3. ^{{cite web|last1=Galipault|first1=Garry|title=Cheap Trick Wants You to Want Them Again {{!}} Pause & Play CD and Music Site|url=http://www.pauseandplay.com/cheap-trick-wants-you-to-want-them-again/|website=Pause and Play|accessdate=26 September 2016|date=11 May 1998}} 4. ^1 2 {{cite web| last=Hogan| first=Ed| url=http://www.allmusic.com/song/look-away-mt0017279403| title='Look Away' - Song Review| publisher=Allmusic (Rovi Corporation)| accessdate=15 September 2012}} 5. ^{{cite news| title=Chicago keeps churning out hits| last=Pickle| first=Betsy| newspaper=The Telegraph| agency=Scripps| date=21 February 1989| page=23}} 6. ^1 2 {{cite web |url=https://www.riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.php?artist=chicago |title=RIAA searchable database: Chicago |publisher=Recording Industry Association of America |accessdate=15 September 2012}} 7. ^1 {{cite journal | date=25 December 1999| title=1999: The Year in Music| journal=Billboard| publisher=Nielsen Business Media, Inc.| volume=111| issue=52| page=YE-42 | issn=0006-2510}} 8. ^{{cite book |title= Top Adult Contemporary: 1961-2001|last=Whitburn |first=Joel |authorlink=Joel Whitburn |year=2002 |publisher=Record Research |page=54}} 9. ^1 {{cite journal | date=24 December 1988| title=RPM 100| journal=RPM | publisher=RPM Music Publications Ltd.| volume=49| issue=10| issn=0315-5994}} 10. ^1 2 3 {{cite web| title=Ultratop - 'Look Away'| url=http://www.ultratop.be/nl/showitem.asp?interpret=Chicago&titel=Look+Away&cat=s\\| publisher=hitparade.ch| accessdate=15 September 2012}} 11. ^{{Cite web|url=https://news.sky.com/story/yorkshire-man-sues-for-20m-over-30-year-old-us-rock-song-11396088|title=Yorkshire man sues for $20m over 30-year-old US rock song|last=Burgess|first=Sanya|date=6 June 2018|website=Sky News|language=en|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=26 March 2019}} 12. ^{{cite web| title=Chart Archive - Chicago - 'Look Away'| url=http://www.theofficialcharts.com/search-results-album/_/Look+Away#single| publisher=Chart Archive| accessdate=15 September 2012}} 13. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-100-60th-anniversary|title=Billboard Hot 100 60th Anniversary Interactive Chart|work=Billboard|accessdate=10 December 2018}} External links
12 : 1988 singles|Chicago (band) songs|Billboard Hot 100 number-one singles|Billboard Adult Contemporary number-one singles|Songs written by Diane Warren|Rock ballads|1980s ballads|RPM Top Singles number-one singles|Song recordings produced by Ron Nevison|1988 songs|Full Moon Records singles|Reprise Records singles |
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