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"Love Me Tomorrow"
"Love Me Tomorrow"
Single by Chicago
from the album Chicago 16
B-side	"Bad Advice"
Released	September 13, 1982
Recorded	1982
Genre	Soft rock
Length	5:06 (original album version) ; 4:58 (2002 remastered album version) ; 3:56 (single edit)
Label	Full Moon/Warner Bros.
Songwriter(s)	Peter Cetera; David Foster;
Producer(s)	David Foster
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"Love Me Tomorrow" is a song written by Peter Cetera and David Foster for the group Chicago and recorded for their album Chicago 16 (1982),^[2] with Cetera singing lead vocals. The second single released from the album, it reached No. 22 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 chart^[3] and No. 8 on the adult contemporary chart.^[4] 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.^[5]

On the Canadian pop singles chart, "Love Me Tomorrow" reached only as high as No. 35. However, on the Adult Contemporary chart it peaked at No. 2.^[6]

Reception

Cash Box called it "a very melodramatic piece that can’t fall to capture pop attention."^[7] Billboard said that in this follow-up to "Hard to Say I'm Sorry" Chicago "reaches for more drama through punched-up guitar accents and a more impassioned vocal."^[8]

Versions

The version of "Love Me Tomorrow" featured on the original Chicago 16 album (also on early Greatest Hits albums featuring the tune) has a length of 5:06. However, on the 2002 remastered edition of Chicago 16, two measures of music are excised from the string-heavy opening sequence for the song's instrumental bridge (essentially, the repetition of the first two measures of the sequence is eliminated), decreasing the length of the track to approximately 4:58. However, subsequent re-releases of Chicago 16 have restored the full original versions of "Love Me Tomorrow" and "What You're Missing" (which had been replaced with its single version on the 2002 remaster).

The single version of the song clocks in at just under four minutes, cutting the extended instrumental outro.

Video

Chicago made a music video for the song. According to Cetera, the videos for "Love Me Tomorrow" and "Hard to Say I'm Sorry" were shot on the same day.^[9]

Charts

Chart (1982–83)	Peak position
Australia KMR	82
Canada RPM Top Singles	35
Canada RPM Adult Contemporary^[6]	2
New Zealand^[10]	50
US Billboard Hot 100^[11]	22
US Billboard Adult Contemporary^[4]	8
US Cash Box Top 100^[12]	22

Personnel

Peter Cetera – lead & backing vocals, bass, BGV arrangements, rhythm arrangements
Bill Champlin – keyboards, guitar, backing vocals, BGV arrangements
Robert Lamm – keyboards, backing vocals
Lee Loughnane – trumpet, flugelhorn, piccolo trumpet
James Pankow – trombone, horn arrangements
Walter Parazaider – woodwinds
Danny Seraphine – drums, rhythm arrangements

Additional Personnel

David Foster – acoustic piano, electric piano
David Paich – synthesizer
Steve Porcaro – synthesizer programming
Chris Pinnick – guitar
Steve Lukather – guitar
Michael Landau – guitar
Gerard Vinci – violin

References

^ Olivier, Bobby (April 25, 2019). "The 50 Best Chicago Songs: Critics' Picks". Billboard.
^ Chicago 16 (audio CD liner notes). Rhino Entertainment Company. 2006. R2 74090. This album was first issued as Full Moon/Warner Bros. #23689 (5/26/82)
^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits, 8th Edition (Billboard Publications)
^ ^a ^b "Chicago Awards". Allmusic. Retrieved 2012-08-17.
^ Dobrin, Gregory (May 19, 1984). "ASCAP Celebrates 70th Anniversary With First Pop Awards Dinner, Gala" (PDF). Cash Box. Vol. XLVI, no. 50. George Albert. pp. 14, 29. Retrieved March 5, 2019 – via AmericanRadioHistory.com.
^ ^a ^b "Image : RPM Weekly - Library and Archives Canada". Bac-lac.gc.ca. Retrieved 2016-11-05.
^ "Reviews" (PDF). Cash Box. September 25, 1982. p. 8. Retrieved 2022-07-07.
^ "Top Single Picks". Billboard. September 25, 1982. p. 60. Retrieved 2023-01-29.
^ Grein, Paul (January 26, 1985). "Record of the Year: Chicago Sustaining Comeback Momentum". Billboard. Vol. 97, no. 4. New York, NY: Billboard Publications, Inc. pp. 6, 79. Retrieved July 23, 2017.
^ "The Official New Zealand Music Chart". THE OFFICIAL NZ MUSIC CHART.
^ Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955-1990 - ISBN 0-89820-089-X
^ "Cash Box Top 100 Singles, November 27, 1982". Archived from the original on May 31, 2016. Retrieved March 26, 2017.

[1] Olivier, Bobby (April 25, 2019). "The 50 Best Chicago Songs: Critics' Picks". Billboard.

[16_Rhino_liner_notes-2] Chicago 16 (audio CD liner notes). Rhino Entertainment Company. 2006. R2 74090. This album was first issued as Full Moon/Warner Bros. #23689 (5/26/82)

[3] Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits, 8th Edition (Billboard Publications)

[auto1-4] "Chicago Awards". Allmusic. Retrieved 2012-08-17.

[ASCAP84-5] Dobrin, Gregory (May 19, 1984). "ASCAP Celebrates 70th Anniversary With First Pop Awards Dinner, Gala" (PDF). Cash Box. Vol. XLVI, no. 50. George Albert. pp. 14, 29. Retrieved March 5, 2019 – via AmericanRadioHistory.com.

[auto-6] "Image : RPM Weekly - Library and Archives Canada". Bac-lac.gc.ca. Retrieved 2016-11-05.

[7] "Reviews" (PDF). Cash Box. September 25, 1982. p. 8. Retrieved 2022-07-07.

[8] "Top Single Picks". Billboard. September 25, 1982. p. 60. Retrieved 2023-01-29.

[Grein_Jan1985-9] Grein, Paul (January 26, 1985). "Record of the Year: Chicago Sustaining Comeback Momentum". Billboard. Vol. 97, no. 4. New York, NY: Billboard Publications, Inc. pp. 6, 79. Retrieved July 23, 2017.

[10] "The Official New Zealand Music Chart". THE OFFICIAL NZ MUSIC CHART.

[11] Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955-1990 - ISBN 0-89820-089-X

[12] "Cash Box Top 100 Singles, November 27, 1982". Archived from the original on May 31, 2016. Retrieved March 26, 2017.

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+"'''Love Me Tomorrow'''" is a song written by [[Peter Cetera]] and [[David Foster]] for the group [[Chicago (band)|Chicago]] and recorded for their album ''[[Chicago 16]]'' (1982),<ref name= "16 Rhino liner notes">{{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)}}</ref> with Cetera singing lead vocals. The second single released from the album, it reached No. 22 on the U.S. [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]] chart<ref>[[Joel Whitburn|Whitburn, Joel]] (2004). ''The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits'', 8th Edition (Billboard Publications)</ref> and No. 8 on the [[Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks|adult contemporary]] chart.<ref name="auto1">{{cite web|title=Chicago Awards|url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/chicago-mn0000110161/awards|publisher=[[Allmusic]]|accessdate=2012-08-17}}</ref> 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.<ref name=ASCAP84>{{cite magazine |last= Dobrin|first= Gregory|title= ASCAP Celebrates 70th Anniversary With First Pop Awards Dinner, Gala|url=https://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-Cash-Box/80s/1984/CB-1984-05-19.pdf |magazine=Cash Box |volume=XLVI|issue=50|publisher=George Albert |pages=14, 29 |date=May 19, 1984 |via=AmericanRadioHistory.com|access-date=March 5, 2019 }}</ref>
-On the Canadian pop singles chart, "Love Me Tomorrow" reached only as high as #35.  However, on the Adult Contemporary chart it peaked at number two.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/films-videos-sound-recordings/rpm/Pages/image.aspx?Image=nlc008388.6929&URLjpg=http%3a%2f%2fwww.collectionscanada.gc.ca%2fobj%2f028020%2ff4%2fnlc008388.6929.gif&Ecopy=nlc008388.6929 |title=Image : RPM Weekly - Library and Archives Canada |website=Bac-lac.gc.ca |date= |accessdate=2016-11-05}}</ref>
+On the Canadian pop singles chart, "Love Me Tomorrow" reached only as high as No. 35.  However, on the Adult Contemporary chart it peaked at No. 2.<ref name="auto">{{cite web|url=http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/films-videos-sound-recordings/rpm/Pages/image.aspx?Image=nlc008388.6929&URLjpg=http%3a%2f%2fwww.collectionscanada.gc.ca%2fobj%2f028020%2ff4%2fnlc008388.6929.gif&Ecopy=nlc008388.6929 |title=Image : RPM Weekly - Library and Archives Canada |website=Bac-lac.gc.ca |accessdate=2016-11-05}}</ref>
+==Reception==
+''[[Cash Box]]'' called it "a very melodramatic piece that can’t fall to capture pop attention."<ref>{{cite magazine|title=Reviews|magazine=Cash Box|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Cash-Box/80s/1982/CB-1982-09-25.pdf|date=September 25, 1982|accessdate=2022-07-07|page=8}}</ref>  ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' said that in this follow-up to "Hard to Say I'm Sorry" Chicago "reaches for more drama through punched-up guitar accents and a more impassioned vocal."<ref>{{cite magazine|magazine=Billboard|date=September 25, 1982|accessdate=2023-01-29|page=60|title=Top Single Picks|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mSQEAAAAMBAJ}}</ref>
+==Versions==
+The version of "Love Me Tomorrow" featured on the original ''Chicago 16'' album (also on [[Greatest Hits 1982–1989|early Greatest Hits albums]] featuring the tune) has a length of 5:06.  However, on the 2002 remastered edition of ''Chicago 16'', two measures of music are excised from the string-heavy opening sequence for the song's instrumental bridge (essentially, the repetition of the first two measures of the sequence is eliminated), decreasing the length of the track to approximately 4:58.  However, subsequent re-releases of ''Chicago 16'' have restored the full original versions of "Love Me Tomorrow" and "What You're Missing" (which had been replaced with its single version on the 2002 remaster).
+The single version of the song clocks in at just under four minutes, cutting the extended instrumental outro.
 ==Video==
 Chicago made a music video for the song. According to Cetera, the videos for "Love Me Tomorrow" and "[[Hard to Say I'm Sorry]]" were shot on the same day.<ref name="Grein Jan1985">{{cite magazine|last=Grein|first=Paul|title=Record of the Year: Chicago Sustaining Comeback Momentum|magazine= Billboard|location= New York, NY|date=January 26, 1985|publisher=Billboard Publications, Inc.|volume=97|number=4|pages=6, 79|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7CQEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PT152|accessdate=July 23, 2017}}</ref>
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-|[[Official New Zealand Music Chart|New Zealand]]<ref>[http://nztop40.co.nz/chart/singles?chart=3035 NZ Top 40 Singles Chart, 27 February 1983]</ref>
+|[[Official New Zealand Music Chart|New Zealand]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://nztop40.co.nz/|title=The Official New Zealand Music Chart|website=THE OFFICIAL NZ MUSIC CHART}}</ref>
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-|US ''Billboard'' [[Adult Contemporary (chart)|Adult Contemporary]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Chicago Awards|url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/chicago-mn0000110161/awards|publisher=[[Allmusic]]|accessdate=2012-08-17}}</ref>
+|US ''Billboard'' [[Adult Contemporary (chart)|Adult Contemporary]]<ref name="auto1"/>
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-|US [[Cash Box (magazine)|''Cash Box'']] Top 100<ref>[http://tropicalglen.com/Archives/80s_files/19821127.html Cash Box Top 100 Singles, November 27, 1982]</ref>
+|US [[Cash Box (magazine)|''Cash Box'']] Top 100<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://tropicalglen.com/Archives/80s_files/19821127.html |title=Cash Box Top 100 Singles, November 27, 1982 |access-date=March 26, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160531112310/http://tropicalglen.com/Archives/80s_files/19821127.html |archive-date=May 31, 2016 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
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 ==Personnel==
-* [[Peter Cetera]] – lead & backing vocals, bass
+* [[Peter Cetera]] – lead & backing vocals, bass, BGV arrangements, rhythm arrangements
+* [[Bill Champlin]] – keyboards, guitar, backing vocals, BGV arrangements
+* [[Robert Lamm]] – keyboards, backing vocals
+* [[Lee Loughnane]] – trumpet, flugelhorn, piccolo trumpet
+* [[James Pankow]] – trombone, horn arrangements
+* [[Walter Parazaider]] – woodwinds
+* [[Danny Seraphine]] – drums, rhythm arrangements
+===Additional Personnel===
 * [[David Foster]] – acoustic piano, electric piano
 * [[David Paich]] – synthesizer
 * [[Steve Porcaro]] – synthesizer programming
+* [[Chris Pinnick]] – guitar
 * [[Steve Lukather]] – guitar
 * [[Michael Landau]] – guitar
-* [[Danny Seraphine]] – drums
+* Gerard Vinci – violin
-* [[Lee Loughnane]] – flugelhorn
-* [[James Pankow]] – trombone
-* [[Walt Parazaider]] – French horn
-*Strings arranged by Peter Cetera, David Foster and Jeremy Lubbock
 ==References==
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-==External links==
-* {{MetroLyrics song|chicago|love-me-tomorrow}}<!-- Licensed lyrics provider -->
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 [[Category:1982 singles]]
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-[[Category:Rock ballads]]
 [[Category:Song recordings produced by David Foster]]
-[[Category:1982 songs]]
+[[Category:Full Moon Records singles]]
+[[Category:Warner Records singles]]
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