ANOTHER ALL-TIME MASTERPIECE..."IF YOU LEAVE ME NOW" is the title of a popular hit ballad by the American rock group Chicago, from their album Chicago X. It was written and sung by bass guitar player Peter Cetera and released as a single. It topped the US charts on October 23, 1976, and stayed there for two weeks, making it the first number one hit for the group as well as hitting number one on the Easy Listening charts. "If You Leave Me Now" was also Chicago's biggest hit internationally, topping the charts in other countries such as the UK, Australia, Ireland, Canada, and Netherlands. The song has been featured in the movies like: Three Kings (1999), Shaun of the Dead (2004), A Lot Like Love (2005), Happy Feet (2006), and Daddy's Home 2 (2017); the television series Sex and the City and South Park; and the video game Grand Theft Auto V. A sock puppet sang a version of the song in a 2000 Super Bowl commercial for Pets.com that was ranked as the number one Super Bowl commercial that year by the USA Today AdMeter.





Released: July 31, 1976
Format: MP3 (320kbs)
Size: 70 Mb
Recorded: March – April 1976
Genre: Soft rock
Length: 3:55
Label: Columbia
Songwriter: Peter Cetera
Producer: James William Guercio
Engineer: Wayne Tarnowski

Multi-Track sessions:

01. drums_1
02. drums_2
03. guitars
04. keys_brass
05. percussion_strings
06. rythm_bass
07. vocals (Peter Cetera)
08. song_instrumental

Personnel
Peter Cetera - lead & backing vocals
Terry Kath - twelve-string acoustic guitar & bass
Robert Lamm - Fender Rhodes electric piano
Danny Seraphine - drums
Laudir de Oliveira - congas, shakers, finger cymbals, wind chimes
Jimmy Pankow - trombone
Lee Loughnane - trumpet
Walt Parazaider - woodwinds
James William Guercio - acoustic guitar
Jimmie Haskell - string & French horn orchestrations

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astroboy700

Link received.

Thank You so much, astroboy700! :)

I just listened to it - Man, does it give me even more appreciation of the song, now that I can hear all the parts that went into creating it!

I wish more songs would be released in this manner...

I wish more songs would be released in this manner...

Any song featured in the Rock Band and Guitar Hero games have been ripped/converted like this one. With a little digging you can find them. They're very interesting to listen to.

Link received. Thanks so much!

Link received, thank you!

So true!!

Any song featured in the Rock Band and Guitar Hero games have been ripped/converted like this one. With a little digging you can find them. They're very interesting to listen to.

Thank You for the tip, potzorbie - I'll look into that :)

Link I received was the one for Frank Sinatra... I love Frank but two times the same file seems overkill ;-)
Could you correct this. Thx!