Chicago - If you leave me now - 1977 (HQ)

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  • čas přidán 12. 04. 2009
  • Lyrics:
    If you leave me now, youll take away the biggest part of me
    No baby please dont go
    If you leave me now, youll take away the very heart of me
    No baby please dont go
    A love like ours is love thats hard to find
    How could we let it slip away
    Weve come too far to leave it all behind
    How could we end it all this way
    When tomorrow comes well both regret
    Things we said today
    A love like ours is love thats hard to find
    How could we let it slip away
    Weve come too far to leave it all behind
    How could we end it all this way
    When tomorrow comes well both regret
    Things we said today
    If you leave me now, youll take away the biggest part of me
    No baby please dont go
    Oh girl, just got to have you by my side
    No baby, please dont go
    Oh mama, I just got to have your lovin, yeah
    Weve come too far to leave it all behind
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Komentáře • 7K

  • @user-tr1bn1gx5h
    @user-tr1bn1gx5h Před 3 měsíci +383

    Thumbs up if you're listening to this classic in 2024

    • @sylwiamikulska1036
      @sylwiamikulska1036 Před 3 měsíci +4

      Słucham jest marzec2024

    • @kurtafan335
      @kurtafan335 Před 3 měsíci +3

      i play it everytime i travel with my motorcycle and singing it. this song is so difficult i cant keep up but good thing im wearing my helmet no one will hear haha

    • @krug-kr2vh
      @krug-kr2vh Před 3 měsíci

      2024年3月に聴いてますよ🙋‍♀️

    • @UncleBuZ
      @UncleBuZ Před 2 měsíci

      2026 over here

    • @rinsedpie
      @rinsedpie Před 2 měsíci

      Lovely song

  • @ten5487
    @ten5487 Před 2 lety +2716

    I was 20 years old and my first love said she wanted to see other people. This song came out the same week. It was excruciating. After pining away for her and exercising for a full year I walked into a bar and saw a gorgeous brunette. She gave me two great kids and is asleep beside me 45 years later.

    • @jimmortimore3894
      @jimmortimore3894 Před 2 lety +100

      Beautiful, man!!

    • @billklacks9908
      @billklacks9908 Před rokem +153

      Love when ppl share these kind of stories that intertwine with the track I’m listening to. I can imagine all the emotions, music is a powerful thing.

    • @MrMacca6969
      @MrMacca6969 Před rokem +63

      well ya better wake that chick UP and have some fun !

    • @xoxvw
      @xoxvw Před rokem

      Have a good life my good sir 🫡👍

    • @sherigarrettlather8007
      @sherigarrettlather8007 Před rokem +86

      I bet the first one is regretting that decision all these years later. We are dumb as teenagers, We thought, we knew it all... We had no clue .. Haha

  • @BaladasDelRecuerdo2023
    @BaladasDelRecuerdo2023 Před 8 měsíci +204

    Don't care what anyone says, the 70's produced the best music ever!

    • @cindyw7270
      @cindyw7270 Před 7 měsíci +7

      Without a doubt!

    • @BaladasDelRecuerdo2023
      @BaladasDelRecuerdo2023 Před 7 měsíci

      @@cindyw7270 Por favor, apoyen a mis músicos, como el amor que les he dado, les deseo siempre felicidad.

    • @marioiacolucci
      @marioiacolucci Před 3 měsíci +5

      Yes the best ever

    • @tonytuffers
      @tonytuffers Před 3 měsíci +10

      The 70's were cool, but the 80's were better

    • @BaladasDelRecuerdo2023
      @BaladasDelRecuerdo2023 Před 3 měsíci +1

      @@tonytuffers Por favor apoyen a mis chicos de música, como el amor que les di, les deseo siempre felicidad.

  • @nujoc3962
    @nujoc3962 Před 2 měsíci +28

    Was 15 when this beautiful song hit the airwaves... It is march 2024 now and still enjoying as it sent me back to my teens. 😢

  • @choirmaster55
    @choirmaster55 Před měsícem +45

    Like many the 60s, 70s, 80s were the best years for songs and artists. The variety there for everyone. Something that this generation is in need of.❤️

  • @3rdeyedread750
    @3rdeyedread750 Před 3 měsíci +33

    These songs brings tears of joy and sorrow at the same time . Back when music had a heart and soul

  • @pamelad3636
    @pamelad3636 Před rokem +541

    I was 17 when this song came on the radio. I'm so grateful to have spent my teenage years in the 70s. Would love to return!! Such a great time.

    • @user-fy1xn4rj3p
      @user-fy1xn4rj3p Před rokem +2

      И я ТОЖЕ в начале 1970-х была 11-12-летней девочкой.

    • @gogelgebenec5270
      @gogelgebenec5270 Před rokem

      Meine Teenagejahre waren auch in den 70zigern Wir hatten eine sehr gute Zeit! Erinnerung an Fly, Robin, Fly

    • @susangunts
      @susangunts Před rokem +6

      I'm sure glad to have lived in our era of great music. Also much better minds

    • @hellodolly9879
      @hellodolly9879 Před 11 měsíci +6

      I also was 17! The best of times.

    • @clarkstertz4084
      @clarkstertz4084 Před 11 měsíci +3

      Me too

  • @michelelomartire_634
    @michelelomartire_634 Před 3 lety +864

    one of the best things about 64 years old,is the fact that i lived my teenage years in the 70's that is priceless and I am grateful!!!

    • @africaj75
      @africaj75 Před 3 lety +26

      Michele Lomartire I just saw this post although I have listened to this a million times and I'm 48. I wish I could have been a teenager during that time. You are so spot on.! This is Priceless 😃

    • @NotOnYourLife
      @NotOnYourLife Před 3 lety +26

      I will be 58 this year and I am thankful every day that I grew up with this music.

    • @klasi58
      @klasi58 Před 3 lety +10

      Same here

    • @rosacomm177
      @rosacomm177 Před 3 lety +17

      Hello Michelle. We are of the same generation..66 years old. These times were the best times of my live. !!!!

    • @ToldAlthea
      @ToldAlthea Před 3 lety +12

      Reminds me of a family vacation, in Bailey Island, Maine Summer of ‘77. Girlfriend down in Boston area had just broken up with me. Reading books on a deck overlooking the Harpswell Sound and bummin’ out.

  • @chaos2476
    @chaos2476 Před 2 lety +1086

    This was the song played at my High School Homecoming Dance that I had taken a beautiful girl name Mimi. Hearing this song always reminded me of her and just last month while visiting my mothers grave I noticed Mimi's gravestone just 2 graves away from my mothers. I was shocked at her untimely death and heart broken to see she had passed away and buried so close to my mother. Mimi had passed away 11 years ago while my mother had passed away 20 years ago. Even though we had not seen each other since High School I always thought of her and will always think of her when I hear this song.

  • @sejed3
    @sejed3 Před rokem +455

    This song has always fascinated me. Not because of the lyrics, but how the instruments are used so subtle and simple, yet so perfectly. An instrumental masterpiece.

    • @Lessontobe
      @Lessontobe Před rokem +10

      I agree!

    • @hamishreid8791
      @hamishreid8791 Před rokem +11

      I believe it's a perfect song! Nothing can be added to improve it's beauty. Takes you somewhere else everytime, and has enough interesting chords to keep you in the vibe.

    • @robertstanton3246
      @robertstanton3246 Před rokem +3

      Yes the use of a rhythm guitar in a world of electric guitars was inspired

    • @jimcameron2511
      @jimcameron2511 Před rokem +5

      Their manager and producer won an Emmy for the arrangement. I think Pete should have won one as the writer and composer not to mention performer.

    • @impCaesarAvg
      @impCaesarAvg Před rokem +1

      Especially the trombone.

  • @Mr_Kenneth
    @Mr_Kenneth Před rokem +250

    Possibly one of the most perfect songs ever crafted. Timeless.

    • @jonny-b4954
      @jonny-b4954 Před 9 měsíci +9

      It really is just fantastic. The melodies intertwined within the arrangement. The subtle use of brass, the incredibly immersive lyrics that just take you away. Let alone the melody/hook that is just one of those truly catchy songs. So much emotion within it.

    • @rogerwolfe1888
      @rogerwolfe1888 Před 6 měsíci +2

      Magical ❤the memories are magic too

    • @maureenhopkins317
      @maureenhopkins317 Před 5 měsíci +2

      Love this song. Still my fave 47 years later.

    • @user-ex1lk7md4s
      @user-ex1lk7md4s Před 4 měsíci +2

      Lionel Richie hello еще на все времена песня

    • @monicamagigrana2457
      @monicamagigrana2457 Před 3 měsíci +2

      Canzone che mi faceva impazzire

  • @shayekisitu
    @shayekisitu Před rokem +392

    Peter Cetera’s voice is incredible…..just shoots through the soul.❤

  • @soulsiren69
    @soulsiren69 Před 3 lety +558

    This 1976 hit doesn't age much. This is TIMELESS until 2021 and still counting!

    • @tnuoccaekafsi9808
      @tnuoccaekafsi9808 Před 3 lety +10

      The best music is timeless, the message might fade but the rhythms never will

    • @ianelder1648
      @ianelder1648 Před 2 lety +3

      I get what you’re saying but this song is pretty old 45 years

    • @gluserty
      @gluserty Před 2 lety +4

      @@ianelder1648 Yeah, time waits for no one, time and time again; I do think it's important to remember the past, but if it's bad, don't dwell on it, at least that's what I think:-). Chicago here, well, I DEFINITELY think that's good!

    • @paulreid7129
      @paulreid7129 Před 2 lety +2

      They played this track from Chicago in discos in the 80s, many a slow dance was had by this. Timeless song.

    • @nomzamozondo8410
      @nomzamozondo8410 Před 2 lety

      Watching it now.💖💖💖

  • @DetroitIfa
    @DetroitIfa Před rokem +196

    Here in 2022. Great music never dies 🙏🏿
    I was 4 years old when this came out. My parents were going through a divorce. My dad was in the basement, crying like a baby and playing this over and over. Till this day he doesn't know I saw him at one the lowest most heartbreaking moments of his life. I love both my parents but I'm glad he eventually found someone who he didn't have to play this for again. He just listens to it now because, again, great music never dies 🙏🏿

    • @SOCRATELEFOU
      @SOCRATELEFOU Před rokem +5

      Exactement..belle chanson .
      🇫🇷🇫🇷

    • @gibraltarchan9750
      @gibraltarchan9750 Před rokem +4

      ALL PRE 2000 SONGS ARE FULL OF MEANINGS.....YR PA INSTANCE RELATED TO ME BUT WITH A TWIST, IN THE END, 15 YEARS LATER , THE SONGS LYRIC HAUNTED ME AGAIN .....BUT THIS TIME IT WAS ACTED THROUGHOUT.....YES.SAD, BUT UNLESS DEATH DESCEND ON ME, LIFE STILL HAD TO GO ON

    • @johnshaibujnr5925
      @johnshaibujnr5925 Před rokem +5

      Touching story

    • @sunrisevideo7687
      @sunrisevideo7687 Před rokem +4

      Thanks for sharing your story.

    • @NM34000
      @NM34000 Před rokem +3

      ❤‍🩹

  • @ulradeja5380
    @ulradeja5380 Před 9 měsíci +4

    If this song was released today, it could easily break the record of the longest stay at number 1

  • @Mattnova_116
    @Mattnova_116 Před 8 lety +293

    No matter what era, this diamond of a song is purely timeless.

    • @dinaleonard3895
      @dinaleonard3895 Před 8 lety

      Indeed

    • @mikes3827
      @mikes3827 Před 8 lety +3

      +mattyhasselhoff Totally agree. Like the saying goes, they just make music like this nowadays.

    • @laminage
      @laminage Před 8 lety +2

      It may not happen Bae. Remember Peter Cetera in his own way "Was" Chicago. In the 1980's under David Foster's Tutelage, they had hit after hit, from Hard To Say I'm Sorry, You're The Inspiration, and it got to be Peter Cetera & Chicago. They still did well with songs like "Look Away" but to some fans the magic ended to a degree when Peter left.

    • @laminage
      @laminage Před 8 lety

      Yes! Thanks so much for reminding me. David Foster is so amazing. I remember around 2001 when I was watching POPSTARS and boy the Man didn't "Play". He was demanding, a perfectionist, he knew who had it and who didn't. I remember when he played The Piano and he gave the Contestants A "Girl You Better Not Waste My Time" Look.

    • @Sophia1a1
      @Sophia1a1 Před 7 lety +4

      Oh my God I know right

  • @racingdodger55
    @racingdodger55 Před 7 lety +823

    40 years later and it sounds just as good as it did then. The 70's were the greatest decade for music!

    • @thespikecanada3236
      @thespikecanada3236 Před 6 lety +6

      racingdodger55 greatest decade for everything

    • @studio2898
      @studio2898 Před 6 lety +9

      70s 80s 90s greatest Decades and even the early 2000s

    • @williecooper1116
      @williecooper1116 Před 5 lety +11

      I grew up in the 70’s having the best of music from all groups not like today, and I’m taking a lot away from them because the oldies background singers were also good enough to be lead singers.

    • @merseybeat1963
      @merseybeat1963 Před 5 lety +2

      Not really,where I come from (New York City) there was a Plague in the 70's called disco..though I have come to like some of it now : /

    • @radziahrazuan4332
      @radziahrazuan4332 Před 5 lety

      @@merseybeat1963 saudi

  • @leea2112
    @leea2112 Před měsícem +8

    I was 11 when this came out and remember first hearing this out in a store with my mum she smiled at me as I said I loved this song shes passed on now but memories of that day will stay with me forever best days of my life I wish I could go back life was better in the 70s ! 😢❤😪🙏

  • @eggmangoogoogajoob1466
    @eggmangoogoogajoob1466 Před měsícem +7

    I was 6 years old when this charted. It moved me then the same way it moves me today. I became a HUGE Chicago fan in the mid 80's during their ' comeback ', but the Greatest Hits II cassette with this song got the most attention. During my crazy single 20's, I played this as my late night guilty pleasure, drunk ,alone,sing along . Married with a career into my 30's, I took advantage of technology and downloaded every Chicago album, through 18, onto my ipod(!) , enjoying every period of their incredible catalog of progressive jazz/prog rock to .....disco?...
    Something about this song, though, always makes me stop and start singing. My wife of 22 happily married years wonders why such a melancholy song would make me so emotionally HAPPY.
    It's just the SONG.... It's perfect

  • @slickmic6113
    @slickmic6113 Před 5 lety +615

    I was 12 when this came out now I'm 53 wow what a change in music God bless the 1970s

    • @Romulan112
      @Romulan112 Před 4 lety +20

      me too. Same age as yourself. When this song played, I broke up with my g/f. This song brings me right back to the time. Like a time machine.

    • @oldschoolnomad813
      @oldschoolnomad813 Před 4 lety +13

      56 here. I danced with my first girlfriend in Jr. High to this song. And just a couple of days ago I sang this song to my girlfriend before she had to fly back to the UK to tend to her ailing mother. Her and I are going to find a way to stay together even though we are 4500 miles apart.
      While I like modern music the 70's spoke volumes about how to express your true feeling to the one you love.

    • @umarsattar1540
      @umarsattar1540 Před 4 lety +7

      It isn't music anymore. I wasn't alive in the 70s but the 70s and 80s were very much alive and kicking during my childhood. This is real music.

    • @Express-420
      @Express-420 Před 4 lety +2

      @@umarsattar1540 Great song please check out Chicago - Chicago X Album Review on my channel

    • @euromissiles2877
      @euromissiles2877 Před 4 lety +3

      god bless da gals of da 70s 2

  • @Stevieboy130664
    @Stevieboy130664 Před rokem +82

    It's one of those songs. In my adolescence I thought it was OK. Listening to it again after more than 40 years, I realise it is a masterpiece.

    • @magg93
      @magg93 Před 6 měsíci +2

      Wonder why you weren't able to grasp that in your youth

    • @charleswhite758
      @charleswhite758 Před 4 měsíci

      If the emotion didn't get you first time, you missed the whole point. You must have been one of those rare creatures - a well-balanced and happy teenager. This song killed me, I was just 13, starting boarding school and missing home

  • @racheldoesacrylic4089
    @racheldoesacrylic4089 Před rokem +26

    i am 60 and cant believe where the time went ?? i look back and think we had so much great music x

  • @juancarlosvaldes4538
    @juancarlosvaldes4538 Před 8 měsíci +25

    Music from the 70's and the 80's touched your heart, allowed you to express your love to your soulmate, and had meaning behind their lyrics! Music today doesn't even get close to what and how we felt and enjoyed during those times.

    • @pivotmaster9556
      @pivotmaster9556 Před 8 měsíci

      Some of it does, less, but some does if you’re willing to look

    • @yoya4766
      @yoya4766 Před 8 měsíci +1

      well said.

    • @doloresfowler596
      @doloresfowler596 Před měsícem

      Love. This song so much love the lead singer sex on legs

  • @richg4189
    @richg4189 Před 6 lety +914

    Cetera voice amazing. No auto tune, no bullshit. Just talent

  • @sherryballington1583
    @sherryballington1583 Před 8 lety +633

    I am 47 and when I look at this crazy world now I feel sorry for the young people of this generation. We were so much at ease and free when I was a kid. We could run, play and ride bikes and did not have to worry about getting kidnapped. The whole neighborhood stood together and watched all the kids when they roamed. Such a wonderful time. It is a little sad for me when I listen to the music because so many people I loved, friends and family, are now gone. Just 24 hours to be young and care free again. I remember my parents and the extended family being so young and dancing to these songs.

    • @VolumedMusicMan
      @VolumedMusicMan Před 8 lety +11

      Very true Sherry....

    • @cvetkomickoski6205
      @cvetkomickoski6205 Před 6 lety +10

      Beautiful Sherry

    • @marine4lyfe85
      @marine4lyfe85 Před 5 lety +19

      Yes, I'm 51 and feel the same way. I was 10 years old when this came out, and life was so simple and fun back then.

    • @marcelopepinho
      @marcelopepinho Před 5 lety +14

      Yeahh! We didn't have all the eletronics that have turned this new generation so indoor ...tasteless for good music and the world was much much more peaceful.. despite the Cold War .... Vietnam War

    • @thecurtray
      @thecurtray Před 5 lety +16

      it does take a community to raise a child.

  • @SoftRockMusic88
    @SoftRockMusic88 Před 4 měsíci +13

    I believe that somewhere in the world, there are people who feel the same emotions that I feel when I listen to masterpieces like this song.

  • @joeblow4785
    @joeblow4785 Před rokem +37

    After Peter left Chicago they have NEVER had a replacement singer as good as Peter !!!

    • @user-bm6cm4ii3m
      @user-bm6cm4ii3m Před 3 měsíci

      Really?! You have an very unique taste though 😂

    • @MP5..
      @MP5.. Před měsícem +4

      Replace Peter with Terry and your statement is more accurate

    • @bettymounier2585
      @bettymounier2585 Před 7 dny

      I agree

  • @LukeBeGrubbin
    @LukeBeGrubbin Před 4 lety +895

    I'm a millennial, this song was before my time, but i love it. It reminds me of the most precious thing i ever had in my life.. My mom. She use to sing it all the time. So this song stays in my heart where she remains eternally.

    • @LukeBeGrubbin
      @LukeBeGrubbin Před 4 lety +12

      @The Weeping Willow WOW.. thanks so much 🙏

    • @Express-420
      @Express-420 Před 4 lety +2

      @The Weeping Willow Great song please check out Chicago - Chicago X Album Review on my channel

    • @Express-420
      @Express-420 Před 4 lety +1

      @@LukeBeGrubbin Great song please check out Chicago - Chicago X Album Review on my channel

    • @reston81
      @reston81 Před 4 lety +9

      Beautiful touching tribute

    • @rhondamckay5925
      @rhondamckay5925 Před 4 lety +23

      I'm a mum...your post has me in tears.
      Love to you.
      🖤

  • @annaaquino1191
    @annaaquino1191 Před rokem +239

    I lost my husband 6 months ago, this song hit me hard. Beautiful song, brought me to tears during their concert tonight. I've heard it many times but today, I felt it.

    • @andraiharris7428
      @andraiharris7428 Před rokem +10

      My condolences. I pray god keeps you and bless you beyond measure. Stay encouraged

    • @stevejones466
      @stevejones466 Před rokem +3

      ❤️

    • @primovid
      @primovid Před rokem +5

      So sad...I'm sorry 😞😞

    • @sheenabeck3318
      @sheenabeck3318 Před rokem +3

      ❤️

    • @laminage
      @laminage Před rokem +2

      God Bless. It will get better. Take care of yourself and know it will get better

  • @mjphoto45
    @mjphoto45 Před 8 měsíci +19

    I'm so glad I was born in 1958. I wouldn't change a thing.

  • @robindew9072
    @robindew9072 Před 7 měsíci +16

    I was. Kid in the 70s and a teenager in the 80s. Chicago was a great band. 70s & 80s were the best decades for music 🎶.

  • @brucetrappleton6984
    @brucetrappleton6984 Před 3 lety +46

    I’m 59. I did all me high school in the 70s. If I have to choose a decade to spend my teenage years again, it will be 70s over and over a million times.

    • @ANew-cs5vy
      @ANew-cs5vy Před 3 lety +2

      Class of 74 here, couldn’t agree more

    • @felixramos3078
      @felixramos3078 Před 2 lety +3

      Graduated from high school in 1981, so I experienced the best of the 70s, and 80s. Those two decades had a lot of great music. I definitely feel sorry, for these Millennials.

    • @animaljustice7774
      @animaljustice7774 Před 2 lety +1

      Me too! I was class of 86 but the 70’s was the best decade

    • @santaclaus3077
      @santaclaus3077 Před 2 lety +2

      @@felixramos3078 It sucks man. Im 34 and was born in the wrong time. All I listen to is 70s.

  • @roedigasik1435
    @roedigasik1435 Před 3 lety +234

    1977, when I separated with my girl, on d last day, she gave me this cassette. Then I worked abroad for almost 3 years. But, she has been my wife for 38 years now. What a world...

    • @ihs51
      @ihs51 Před 3 lety +8

      You're a lucky man. Cherish her while I am hoping to meet my ex gf after 36 years ..... a wonderful girl, simple and kind .

    • @HETFIELD
      @HETFIELD Před 3 lety

      Whats a 1977?

    • @janettezuluaga
      @janettezuluaga Před 3 lety +2

      roedi gasik what a beautiful memory! Read that and it made me smile.

    • @DarhaLB
      @DarhaLB Před 2 lety +2

      Congratulations 🎉🎊🍾🥂
      Completely wonderful. 🧉
      Here’s to many many more

    • @Raughwe
      @Raughwe Před 2 lety

      Do it, brougham!!! Give us that gift!!!

  • @paisleyprincess7996
    @paisleyprincess7996 Před 2 lety +106

    This song has made me cry since I was a little girl. I vaguely remember hearing it on the radio as a preschooler, when we lived in a two-bedroom apartment in the projects. My one memory of this song was when my brother and sister’ dad took my mom and us to her father’s gravesite, and she couldn’t find it. Then we drove around the neighborhood…My mom is gone, their dad is gone, and the neighborhood has changed so much. It’s just sad how the older you get the more people you lose

  • @rdee6692003
    @rdee6692003 Před 7 měsíci +31

    Ughhh, That voice!!! This surely is a timeless hit. I can never just listen to it once. I have to have it on repeat for a while and just let it sink in. Peter Ceteras voice captivates you. Definitely one of my top 10 best of all time. I'm 51 now and glad to have been alive during it's release. ❤

  • @heydireyes2806
    @heydireyes2806 Před 2 lety +182

    This song has been the number one in my "Top 10 list" for almost 20 years and I still love it!

  • @topazfire974
    @topazfire974 Před 6 lety +367

    I miss this kind of music

  • @SPAM56VA
    @SPAM56VA Před 2 lety +11

    When Peter left Chicago, the band lost someone special. It was never the same for me.

    • @user-px4iu1gx8c
      @user-px4iu1gx8c Před rokem

      Hello Pamela, how are you doing today, hope you’re fine and safe from the Virus??

  • @timshoemaker.9752
    @timshoemaker.9752 Před 4 měsíci +10

    Omgosh- 82, just discovered Chicago- friends telling me it was ungodly music- kicked out of Bible college for listening to it … such great memories 🥹

    • @domeslacker
      @domeslacker Před měsícem +1

      Whaaaat? Sounds like that school was set to suck out all the enjoyment from life

  • @DreamerIntoxicate
    @DreamerIntoxicate Před 10 lety +397

    I feel you Trevor...

  • @KeenasKorner
    @KeenasKorner Před 3 lety +69

    I heard this around my elementary years. I’m 27 now. This song came out in the 70’s! Thank you dad for showing me diversity in music. Got this on my repeat list in 2021.

  • @normschoonover2451
    @normschoonover2451 Před 7 měsíci +6

    Crazy how this song so deeply brings back the pains of young love.

  • @sghomeinvestment
    @sghomeinvestment Před 10 měsíci +11

    One of my all-time favourites. How time has flies and I'm going into my 60s now.

  • @coolcat6303
    @coolcat6303 Před 9 lety +128

    This song is a masterpiece & I love it just as much now as I did back in the 70's.

  • @shannonpearson4416
    @shannonpearson4416 Před 3 lety +141

    I know this came out in 1976, but I was born in 1981. And when I first heard this I was 11 years old. My eleven year old heart was breaking over a love I never knew about. Lol I absolutely love this song and this group.

    • @wdym5758
      @wdym5758 Před 2 lety +3

      The classics are beautiful😢♥️

    • @TheKonga88
      @TheKonga88 Před 2 lety +1

      I remember when you brought your ventriloquist dummy into school 🏫 and he started shouting at me and my mom 🌃🎄🥳🥳💃🏼💃🏼🤡🤓

    • @VnnDgd
      @VnnDgd Před 2 lety +4

      @@TheKonga88 🤣 wtf

    • @TheKonga88
      @TheKonga88 Před 2 lety +1

      @@VnnDgd 🤭🤭🤭🤭💃🏻

    • @bijouxdoum6199
      @bijouxdoum6199 Před 2 lety

      4-9-1981 And this song gives me such nostalgia of riding in my dad's caddy. Times were simple and no stress

  • @ledanasser
    @ledanasser Před 10 měsíci +38

    Essa musica me emocionava quando eu tinha 16 anos e me emociona hoje que tenho 59. Da mesma forma

    • @oumouba5030
      @oumouba5030 Před 8 měsíci +3

      Tout comme moi..quand je l'écoute j'ai la chaire de poule

  • @janowens2212
    @janowens2212 Před rokem +5

    Keep loving.♥️🤙😇If they walk they will know what they lost later.Hearts never forget but they forgive. That’s real love. Thanks for sharing.

  • @drewkembrey4760
    @drewkembrey4760 Před 4 lety +384

    Dammit Butters, putting this song in my head...

    • @SophiaPetrillo_
      @SophiaPetrillo_ Před 4 lety +53

      I kept scrolling to see if anyone else came from South Park 😂😂 Butters' version tops everything tho..

    • @abum1886
      @abum1886 Před 4 lety +15

      Lol I thought I was the only one here from South Park

    • @mangashu911gt
      @mangashu911gt Před 4 lety +4

      Lol

    • @m.e.8613
      @m.e.8613 Před 4 lety +5

      I just watched it myself... 😂

    • @tharris114
      @tharris114 Před 4 lety +2

      😅😅😅😅That's why I'm here.

  • @lindagarcia8826
    @lindagarcia8826 Před 5 lety +280

    Let me close my eyes then open them to have me back in 1977 just for a day or so. The music was so great back in the day.

    • @colinbaker3916
      @colinbaker3916 Před 4 lety +2

      Linda Garcia This was from 1976, but you make a good point.

    • @careystrother9785
      @careystrother9785 Před 4 lety +8

      Without a doubt....we were a better caliber of people also ...majority of homosapieans today are Neanderthals ...😈😉 ...just say'n ...😶

    • @punipuk8507
      @punipuk8507 Před 4 lety +2

      Not bell bottoms, but Hash jeans.

    • @danielpeters73103
      @danielpeters73103 Před 4 lety +1

      Not to mention Star Wars

    • @MikeSrok
      @MikeSrok Před 4 lety

      @@punipuk8507 heck, yeah
      ! Don't forget Star Jeans and Brittanias!

  • @gilsonsilva-gs
    @gilsonsilva-gs Před rokem +40

    Peter Cetera é extremamente talentoso! Ele simplesmente reproduziu ao vivo a versão de estúdio. Absolutamente incrível!

  • @Tiberius291
    @Tiberius291 Před rokem +51

    One of my favorite Chicago songs when i was a teenager in the 1970s. 🕊 🌻

  • @saus675
    @saus675 Před 7 lety +53

    Music does not get any better than this, wow

  • @LonelyLeo100
    @LonelyLeo100 Před 3 lety +68

    My favorite Chicago song. Peter has great vocals for this song.

    • @adamdorgant9454
      @adamdorgant9454 Před 2 lety

      Agreed!!

    • @thomaspick4123
      @thomaspick4123 Před 2 lety

      If he really wrote it, a complex chordal arrangement. Of course, beautiful vocal. Writing pussy whipped apology songs can make one a lot of money, and get you a lot of tail. John Lennon caught on to this when he wrote, “Woman”. The guitar gods are skillful, but when I look out at their crowds, it is all men. I would rather play to women whose panties are soaking from my songs. There might be a treat for me later too.

    • @Light-Shift
      @Light-Shift Před rokem

      Peter has great vocals for any song.

    • @lourinaldogomes489
      @lourinaldogomes489 Před rokem

      Loco por ela

  • @cacildapaulino1588
    @cacildapaulino1588 Před rokem +44

    Abril de 2023 estou ouvindo essa música lindíssima. Saudades deste tempo que não volta mais 😢😢

  • @alfonsosoriano171
    @alfonsosoriano171 Před rokem +5

    This damn music suddenly drags me back in time when I was still in high school. The times of my life where everything is good and carefree.

  • @NC-se9zj
    @NC-se9zj Před 4 lety +349

    Anyone growing up in the 70's as soon as you hear those first few beats, you know what's coming ........

  • @amy-xd6hu
    @amy-xd6hu Před 3 lety +82

    My husband as been in ICU for six weeks, this song comes on everytime I get in my car.

  • @Nostalgic-Lady
    @Nostalgic-Lady Před rokem +17

    Over 40 years ago but I remember this like it was yesterday - some performances just stay with you. Peter Cetera, so expressive and watchable - lovely hair too! Beautiful, heart-rending song with a sublime orchestral blend, yet managing a focus on the guitars - a real masterpiece. Sheer class 💜🇬🇧

  • @mjnmjd
    @mjnmjd Před 7 lety +74

    Great version! Cetera killing it! Hard song to sing too!

  • @deborahbarber3966
    @deborahbarber3966 Před 2 lety +24

    Having spent the weekend away with my then boyfriend in 1976, going home, this song came on the radio and at the time, I thought I was losing him to a former girlfriend. Two nights later, I told him that if he chose to leave me, he was making the biggest mistake he could possibly make. Instead, he proposed. We got married March 18, 1977 before he was depoyed to Israel on UN Peacekeeping duty. We would have been married 45 years this year. I lost him to lung cancer, February 2, 2015, 44 days short of our 38th anniversary. Oh how I miss him.

    • @user-px4iu1gx8c
      @user-px4iu1gx8c Před rokem +2

      Hello Deborah, how are you doing today, hope you’re fine and safe from the Virus??

    • @ekana317
      @ekana317 Před 3 měsíci +2

      Much loved souls never die, only the bodies they traveled in do. When his soul became a part of yours in 1976 it was a forever thing. He’s still with you now, just in a different and perhaps far more special way. ❤

    • @HUESITOS2302
      @HUESITOS2302 Před měsícem +1

      QUÉ BUENO QUE SIGUIÓ A SU CORAZÓN Y SE CASÓ CONTIGO.
      DALE GRACIAS A DIOS POR HABER DISFRUTADO MUCHOS AÑOS DE AMOR BONITO CON LOS PROBLEMAS Y ALEGRÍAS NORMALES DE UN BUEN MATRIMONIO.
      🙏🥰🙏🥰🙏🥰🙏

  • @dianasadlemire-chabra1903
    @dianasadlemire-chabra1903 Před 4 měsíci +2

    Remembering my sweet husband got married in "76" this was always playing on the radio. Thinking of u Tom!

  • @jonathan45278
    @jonathan45278 Před 8 měsíci +6

    I was 10 years old when I heard this song on TV on a Saturday morning. I was playing chasey in the house and outside at the time. I stopped and heard how beautiful this song was and looked at the TV. I think this was the first song I liked. I thought the singing and the instruments sounded so smooth and soft like silk. It seemed like perfection.

  • @delt50
    @delt50 Před 7 lety +146

    One of the most beatiful love songs ever writen,,,,,,,, thanks Peter Cetera

  • @tatianarod8194
    @tatianarod8194 Před 3 lety +69

    Wow... sounded exactly the same live as on the radio. That voice was such a gift and so effortless! ❤️

  • @paulhewitt5198
    @paulhewitt5198 Před rokem +7

    March 2023. Song is still as fresh as ever and I'm 76 ffs!!

  • @massimolombardi1569
    @massimolombardi1569 Před 5 měsíci +5

    La canteremo ancora per 100 mila anni, Immensa,super meravigliosa ,fantastica, dove una volta si faceva musica di straordinaria qualità.

  • @janisandersen3089
    @janisandersen3089 Před 7 lety +24

    Beautiful Songs.....Love Chicago!!!

  • @philiptucci2458
    @philiptucci2458 Před 7 lety +21

    very special classic, Peter Cetera and Chicago, solid gold standard of excellence for 50 years, great music & great memories of life

  • @dominiccunanan9723
    @dominiccunanan9723 Před rokem +4

    I was born 1968, in 1977 i witnessed my eldest brother and his wife argued all the time, my sister in law then played our toshiba player with this 45 single titled "if you leave me now"

  • @Cylance-ji9tn
    @Cylance-ji9tn Před 10 měsíci +12

    The vibes they created with this song... are something special!✨

  • @hahe3598
    @hahe3598 Před 7 lety +88

    "If You Leave Me Now"
    If you leave me now, you'll take away the biggest part of me
    Ooohh no
    Baby please don't go
    And if you leave me now, you'll take away the very heart of me
    Ooohh no
    Baby please don't go
    Ooohh girl
    I just want you to stay
    A love like ours is love that's hard to find
    How could we let it slip away
    We've come too far to leave it all behind
    How could we end it all this way
    When tomorrow comes and we'll both regret
    The things we said today
    A love like ours is love that's hard to find
    How could we let it slip away
    We've come too far to leave it all behind
    How could we end it all this way
    When tomorrow comes and we'll both regret
    The things we said today
    If you leave me now, you'll take away the biggest part of me
    Ooohh no
    Baby please don't go
    Ooohh girl
    I just got to have you by my side
    Ooohh no
    Baby please don't go
    Ooohh mama
    I just got to have your loving here

  • @staceyrounds5845
    @staceyrounds5845 Před 4 lety +169

    My mom introduced this to me as a kid and I’m still listening in 2019, anyone else?

    • @Speedhantu89
      @Speedhantu89 Před 4 lety +6

      i love your mom for doing so... =) good choice

    • @gustaaf1892
      @gustaaf1892 Před 4 lety +3

      Yup, your Mum introduced me to this song as well. What are the odds?

    •  Před 4 lety +3

      My mom introduced me to traffic, she always told me to go play in it.

    • @scottbowerphotography736
      @scottbowerphotography736 Před 4 lety +2

      for shure stacy so much talent almost magical lyrics

    •  Před 3 lety

      I wish your mom would introduce me to you.💋❤💋

  • @MR-gx3gc
    @MR-gx3gc Před 9 měsíci +8

    The most beautiful ballad which the pop has ever produced. An absolute masterpiece. No musical group has surpassed this composition in brilliance and beauty. I grew up during this time and associate the most wonderful memories with this song.

  • @deaneawilliams2272
    @deaneawilliams2272 Před 7 měsíci +15

    This group was absolutely phenomenal. I'm 44 yrs old and I appreciate the passion that they put into music. This arrangement is so soothing. ❤❤

  • @kanjafridah575
    @kanjafridah575 Před 3 lety +11

    The best part is having a 71yr old mum who used to listen this with me when I was young..she indicted me to this priceless music..at 33 i can't just get enough.

  • @johnorabone6112
    @johnorabone6112 Před 4 lety +35

    CETERA STILL TOURS WITH HIS OWN BAND. SAW HIM AT FOXWOODS LIVE. HASN'T LOST A THING. DOESN'T USE AUTO TUNE, PRE RECORDED TRACKS, OR ANY TECHNO GIMMICKS. JUST INCREDIBLE TALENT AND VOICE. THE REAL DEAL. DON'T MISS HIM

  • @janabrancafernandes5430
    @janabrancafernandes5430 Před rokem +15

    30/04/74, com apenas 03 anos eu me lembro dos meus pais dançando romanticamente e ouvindo essa música! Estou fazendo 49 anos hoje e ainda me lembro da linda cena e carinho! Amo essa música por demais!!! Alguém em 2023 ouvindo tb??? Amor! Jana 🇧🇷❤

  • @bunnyboiled
    @bunnyboiled Před rokem +8

    I never tire of this song, it kinda takes me back to a time of innocence in my youth, a hopeless romantic trying to find love

  • @jacquelinedeniston9108
    @jacquelinedeniston9108 Před 3 lety +73

    I love Cetera. My hopeless romantic imagination needs and craves music from the 70’s and 80’s.

    • @edwardlowe7260
      @edwardlowe7260 Před 3 lety

      no need to panic,,,the music of life will sustain your forever,,,,put on the earphones,,,pour the wine ,,and turn up the volume,,,then phone me

    • @edwardlowe7260
      @edwardlowe7260 Před 3 lety +1

      then play RADAR LOVE

    • @billreay7970
      @billreay7970 Před 3 lety

      @@edwardlowe7260 I saw Golden Earring live in Leicester Ed,when they were just about to release that,they were a support band for Leo Sayer no less,in his pierrot days,Epic mate :)

  • @claralbowling
    @claralbowling Před 10 lety +11

    I still have a wooden plaque I made....( in junior high) ...the best group around for its time. You can't find music like this anymore ......

  • @jac2013
    @jac2013 Před 11 měsíci +5

    I was in school and there were hard days. I remember that if I heard this song on the radio before I left for school, I took it as a good omen because it meant so much to me. What a beautiful and delicate song this was.

  • @stephaniesmith9715
    @stephaniesmith9715 Před rokem +2

    So thankful I can watch this this

  • @ronaldmcreynolds7345
    @ronaldmcreynolds7345 Před 8 lety +94

    One of the top five acts and groups of all time. I am not kidding. Match numbers, hits, quality, whatever you want. This is nearly the best band of all time. If I had to tell you how many times I've played their records..... oh man!

    • @jesus828
      @jesus828 Před 6 lety

      Ronald McReynolds ikr one of the best selling of all time

    • @jasonraczkowski6001
      @jasonraczkowski6001 Před 6 lety

      Ronald McReynolds chicago is up there in the conversation
      Beatles
      Rolling stones
      Eagles
      Led zeppelin
      Fleetwood Mac
      U2
      Chicago
      Theyre up.there

    • @Soknik01
      @Soknik01 Před 6 lety +1

      Jason Raczkowski it's nice to finally come across someone who knows what the hell he's talking about! You hit the nail directly on the head Jason.

    • @blakehire3817
      @blakehire3817 Před 5 lety

      @@jasonraczkowski6001 lynyrd skynyrd

  • @jacquelineramphal1911
    @jacquelineramphal1911 Před 4 lety +55

    The strings, horns, and Peter's voice really set this band apart from others!

  • @kiddozoo
    @kiddozoo Před 7 měsíci +7

    Chicago.....doesn't get any better.....

  • @sharonwoods9547
    @sharonwoods9547 Před rokem +10

    When I heard this song in the 70’s I told my mom I was going to marry this man. He could sing me to sleep. I listen to his songs all the time. Such a wonderful man. Great voice. 🥂

  • @SnowPink90
    @SnowPink90 Před 2 lety +8

    I agree with so many comments on here, the 70’s was a great time for being a teen. We use to couple roller skate to this song. Loved it!! Brings back special memories.🥰💗

    • @user-px4iu1gx8c
      @user-px4iu1gx8c Před rokem

      Hello Pam, how are you doing today, hope you’re fine and safe from the Virus??

  • @parabrahm
    @parabrahm Před 9 lety +153

    They don't write songs like this anymore!

    • @kaylamcafee5070
      @kaylamcafee5070 Před 5 lety +2

      I get this sentiment, but like my dad once told me "Why would they? Those days are long gone" (in reference to why they don't make any REAL music anymore... I mean Baroque/Classical)

    • @adolfomeza1312
      @adolfomeza1312 Před 5 lety +3

      You’re not looking hard enough

    • @e.4191
      @e.4191 Před 5 lety +2

      parabrahm Lucky thing they don't make this anymore.This song use to make me feel very sad when i was a 6 year old little boy.I just said that to be sarcastic,because in fact they do.You hav to look a bit more as Adolfo Meza said.

    • @clintpappan2577
      @clintpappan2577 Před 5 lety

      Kayla McAfee
      You are stupid, how could they? Girl plezz.😠😠😠😠

    • @johnnellpates2500
      @johnnellpates2500 Před 4 lety +2

      Chicago was one of the best bands. And I say they are still tops !!

  • @carlosmazo6632
    @carlosmazo6632 Před 8 měsíci +5

    I was 13 years of age , what an amazing song.

  • @BigOvlogger
    @BigOvlogger Před 3 měsíci +2

    Outstanding! I was born in the 1960's. This is real music.

  • @HeruOfKemet
    @HeruOfKemet Před 8 lety +42

    An all time masterpiece!

  • @llP4ssivell
    @llP4ssivell Před 4 lety +1053

    2020 who still listening?

  • @cyndianderson7056
    @cyndianderson7056 Před rokem +8

    Love the 70s. The best music ever. I'm glad I got to experience it. Now this stuff is on oldies stations and that weirds me out. It doesn't feel that long ago.

    • @user-px4iu1gx8c
      @user-px4iu1gx8c Před rokem

      Hello Cyndi, how are you doing today, hope you’re fine and safe from the Virus??

  • @youngchoi18
    @youngchoi18 Před 4 měsíci +28

    Who is watching in 2024

  • @lizzekemouse4791
    @lizzekemouse4791 Před 3 lety +19

    Always loved this song, although i was born in 1979. Music from the seventies is the best ❤️

  • @srdhain8257
    @srdhain8257 Před 8 lety +9

    I was three years old when this came on the t.v. and i can still remember to this day that what riveted me to the spot, was the presence of all the other instrumentalists. I can also remember walking and sitting right next to the speaker, as to ( in my mind) hear all the instruments better & how they blended in with the vocal. That held me in good stead in later years when i worked with music ( my own and other people's) and with other musicians.
    It remained one of my favourite songs for years, and even when i became old enough to realise it's a plea and quite an angst laden lyric, the music never failed to move me. That remains to this day.

  • @josemaurocardosodealmeida1678
    @josemaurocardosodealmeida1678 Před 11 měsíci +7

    Tenho 63 anos, Vivi tudo isso, simplesmente fantástico. Agradeço a Deus por ter vivido tudo isso. 🙏🙏

  • @townfool6859
    @townfool6859 Před 24 dny +2

    So many parts of the is song are beautiful.
    The strings, the brass exclamations, the lyrics.

  • @s.bolton1539
    @s.bolton1539 Před 5 lety +82

    Such a distinctive voice. Love Cetera and Chicago!

  • @bonniegarrison2255
    @bonniegarrison2255 Před 4 lety +19

    This is a beautiful song. Thank God we had the 70s. I was teenager then and I loved this music. My parents called it noise.

    • @chrisrichards3509
      @chrisrichards3509 Před 4 lety

      But what a lovely "noise!"

    • @tonnymontana7040
      @tonnymontana7040 Před 4 lety +1

      The BEST ...MY.GOD!!!!!.
      THIS IS THE WORLD SHOULD BE...LOVE LOVE ALL THE WAY❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤