Chicago discography | |
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Chicago in 2004 (L-R): Keith Howland, James Pankow, Bill Champlin, Walt Parazaider, Tris Imboden, Lee Loughnane, Robert Lamm (view blocked) and Jason Scheff. | |
Studio albums | 24 |
Live albums | 7 |
Compilation albums | 11 |
Singles | 64 |
No. | Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Certifications | |||||
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US [5] | AUS [6] | CAN [7] | GER [8] | ITA | UK [9] | ||||
1 | Chicago Transit Authority |
| 17 | 23 | 10 | -- | -- | 9 |
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2 | Chicago |
| 4 | 5 | 4 | 20 | 8[12] | 6 |
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3 | Chicago III |
| 2 | 6 | 7 | 17 | 9[13] | 9 |
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4 | Chicago at Carnegie Hall |
| 3 | 26 | 3 | -- | -- | -- |
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5 | Chicago V |
| 1 | 5 | 1 | -- | 13[14] | 24 |
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6 | Chicago VI |
| 1 | 12 | 2 | -- | 22[15] | -- |
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7 | Chicago VII |
| 1 | 13 | 4 | -- | -- | -- |
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8 | Chicago VIII |
| 1 | 27 | 3 | -- | -- | -- |
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9 | Chicago IX: Chicago's Greatest Hits |
| 1 | 16 | 1 | -- | -- | -- |
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10 | Chicago X |
| 3 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 8[16] | 21 |
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11 | Chicago XI |
| 6 | 7 | 4 | 39 | 15[18] | -- |
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12 | Hot Streets |
| 12 | 14 | 10 | -- | -- | -- |
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13 | Chicago 13 |
| 21 | 24 | 21 | -- | -- | -- |
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14 | Chicago XIV |
| 71 | 71 | 60 | -- | -- | -- | |
15 | Greatest Hits, Volume II |
| 171 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | |
16 | Chicago 16 |
| 9 | 22 | 17 | 11 | 13[19] | 44 |
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17 | Chicago 17 |
| 4 | 65 | 4 | 12 | -- | 24 |
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18 | Chicago 18 |
| 35 | -- | 53 | 49 | -- | -- |
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19 | Chicago 19 |
| 37 | -- | 38 | 42 | -- | -- |
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20 | Greatest Hits 1982–1989 Issued as: The Heart of Chicago in Europe. |
| 37 | 92 | 73 | 47 | 23[20] | 6 |
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21 | Twenty 1 |
| 66 | -- | 73 | 66 | -- | -- | |
22 | Night & Day Big Band |
| 90 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | |
23 | The Heart of Chicago 1967–1997 |
| 55 | -- | 47 | -- | -- | 21 |
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24 | The Heart of Chicago 1967–1998 Volume II |
| 154 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | |
25 | Chicago XXV: The Christmas Album Reissued as: What's It Gonna Be, Santa? (2003). |
| 47 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
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26 | Chicago XXVI: Live in Concert |
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27 | The Very Best of Chicago: Only the Beginning Issued as: The Chicago Story: Complete Greatest Hits in Europe. |
| 20 | 86 | -- | 25 | -- | 11 |
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28 | The Box |
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29 | Love Songs |
| 57 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | |
30 | Chicago XXX |
| 41 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | |
31 | The Best of Chicago: 40th Anniversary Edition |
| 100 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |
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32 | Chicago XXXII: Stone of Sisyphus |
| 122 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | |
33 | Chicago XXXIII: O Christmas Three |
| 170 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | |
34 | Chicago XXXIV: Live in ‘75 |
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35 | Chicago XXXV: The Nashville Sessions |
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36 | Chicago XXXVI: Now |
| 82 | -- | -- | 56 | -- | 181 | |
'—' denotes releases that did not chart or were not released. |
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Year | Title | US 100 [5] | US AC [5][23] | AUS [6] | UK [9] | IRE [9] | CAN [24] | Certification | Lead singer | Album | B-side | Label and cat# |
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July 1969 | 'Questions 67 and 68' | 71 | -- | -- | -- | -- | 54 | Peter Cetera/Robert Lamm | Chicago Transit Authority | 'Listen' | Columbia 44909 | |
Oct. 1969 | 'Beginnings' | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | Lamm | 'Poem 58' | Columbia 45011 | ||
March 1970 | 'Make Me Smile' | 9 | -- | 33 | -- | -- | 11 | Terry Kath | Chicago II | 'Colour My World' | Columbia 45127 | |
June 1970 | '25 or 6 to 4' | 4 | -- | 12 | 7 | 13 | 2 | Cetera | 'Where Do We Go from Here' | Columbia 45194 | ||
Oct. 1970 | 'Does Anybody Really Know What Time It Is?' | 7 | 5 | 35 | -- | -- | 2 | Lamm | Chicago Transit Authority | 'Listen' | Columbia 45264 | |
Feb. 1971 | 'Free' | 20 | -- | 99 | -- | -- | 12 | Kath | Chicago III | 'Free Country' | Columbia 45331 | |
April 1971 | 'Lowdown' | 35 | -- | -- | -- | -- | 19 | Cetera | 'Loneliness Is Just a Word' | Columbia 45370 | ||
June 1971 | 'Beginnings' (A-side) | 7 | 1 | -- | -- | -- | 8 | Lamm | Chicago Transit Authority | Columbia 45417 | ||
June 1971 | → 'Colour My World' (B-side) | 7 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | Kath | Chicago II | Columbia 45417 | ||
Sept. 1971 | 'Questions 67 and 68' (A-side) | 24 | 34 | -- | -- | -- | -- | Cetera/Lamm | Chicago Transit Authority | Columbia 45467 | ||
Sept. 1971 | → 'I'm a Man' (B-side) | 49 | -- | -- | 8 | 13 | 8 | Kath/Cetera/Lamm | Columbia 45467 | |||
July 1972 | 'Saturday in the Park' | 3 | 8 | 43 | -- | -- | 2 |
| Lamm/Cetera | Chicago V | 'Alma Mater' | Columbia 45657 |
Oct. 1972 | 'Dialogue (Part I & II)' | 24 | -- | 91 | -- | -- | 26 | Cetera/Kath | 'Now That You've Gone' | Columbia 45717 | ||
June 1973 | 'Feelin' Stronger Every Day' | 10 | -- | 74 | -- | -- | 12 | Cetera | Chicago VI | 'Jenny' | Columbia 45880 | |
Sept. 1973 | 'Just You 'n' Me' | 4 | 7 | 23 | -- | -- | 3 |
| Cetera | 'Critic's Choice' | Columbia 45933 | |
Feb. 1974 | '(I've Been) Searchin' So Long' | 9 | 8 | 44 | -- | -- | 5 | Cetera | Chicago VII | 'Byblos' | Columbia 46020 | |
June 1974 | 'Call on Me' | 6 | 1 | -- | -- | -- | 9 | Cetera | 'Prelude to Aire' | Columbia 46062 | ||
Oct. 1974 | 'Wishing You Were Here' | 11 | 1 | 51 | -- | -- | 12 | Kath/Cetera | 'Life Saver' | Columbia 10049 | ||
Feb. 1975 | 'Harry Truman' | 13 | 23 | -- | -- | -- | 16 | Lamm | Chicago VIII | 'Till We Meet Again' | Columbia 10092 | |
April 1975 | 'Old Days' | 5 | 3 | 80 | -- | -- | 6 | Cetera | 'Hideaway' | Columbia 10131 | ||
Aug. 1975 | 'Brand New Love Affair (Part I and II)' | 61 | 27 | -- | -- | -- | 65 | Kath/Cetera | 'Hideaway' | Columbia 10200 | ||
June 1976 | 'Another Rainy Day in New York City' | 32 | 2 | -- | -- | -- | 37 | Cetera | Chicago X | 'Hope for Love' | Columbia 10360 | |
July 1976 | 'If You Leave Me Now' | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Cetera | 'Together Again' | Columbia 10390 | |
March 1977 | 'You Are on My Mind' | 49 | 17 | -- | -- | -- | 75 | James Pankow | 'Gently I'll Wake You' | Columbia 10523 | ||
Sept. 1977 | 'Baby, What a Big Surprise' | 4 | 8 | 14 | 41 | -- | 3 | Cetera | Chicago XI | 'Takin' It on Uptown' | Columbia 10620 | |
Jan. 1978 | 'Little One' | 44 | 40 | -- | -- | -- | 49 | Kath | 'Till the End of Time' | Columbia 10683 | ||
May 1978 | 'Take Me Back to Chicago' | 63 | 39 | -- | -- | -- | 66 | Lamm | 'Policeman' | Columbia 10737 | ||
Oct. 1978 | 'Alive Again' | 14 | 39 | 37 | -- | -- | 11 | Cetera/Dacus | Hot Streets | 'Love Was New' | Columbia 10845 | |
Dec. 1978 | 'No Tell Lover' | 14 | 5 | 67 | -- | -- | 10 | Cetera/Dacus | 'Take a Chance' | Columbia 10879 | ||
March 1979 | 'Gone Long Gone' | 73 | -- | -- | -- | -- | 93 | Cetera | 'The Greatest Love on Earth' | Columbia 10935 | ||
Aug. 1979 | 'Must Have Been Crazy' | 83 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | Dacus | Chicago 13 | 'Closer to You' | Columbia 11061 | |
Oct. 1979 | 'Street Player'* | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | Cetera | 'Window Dreamin' | Columbia 11138 | ||
July 1980 | 'Thunder and Lightning' | 56 | 46 | -- | -- | -- | -- | Cetera/Lamm | Chicago XIV | 'I’d Rather Be Rich' | Columbia 11345 | |
Oct. 1980 | 'Song for You' | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | Cetera | 'The American Dream' | Columbia 11376 | ||
May 1982 | 'Hard to Say I'm Sorry' | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 |
| Cetera | Chicago 16 | 'Sonny Think Twice' | Full Moon/Warner 29979 |
Sept. 1982 | 'Love Me Tomorrow' | 22 | 8 | 82 | -- | -- | 35 | Cetera | 'Bad Advice' | Full Moon/Warner 29911 | ||
Jan. 1983 | 'What You're Missing' | 81 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | Cetera | 'Rescue You' | Full Moon/Warner 29798 | ||
April 1984 | 'Stay the Night' | 16 | -- | -- | -- | -- | 47 | Cetera | Chicago 17 | 'Only You' | Full Moon/Warner 29306 | |
July 1984 | 'Hard Habit to Break' | 3 | 3 | 20 | 8 | 3 | 5 | Cetera/Bill Champlin | 'Remember the Feeling' | Full Moon/Warner 29214 | ||
Nov. 1984 | 'You're the Inspiration' | 3 | 1 | 43 | 14 | 9 | 5 | Cetera | 'Once in a Lifetime' | Full Moon/Warner 29126 | ||
Feb. 1985 | 'Along Comes a Woman'** | 14 | 25 | -- | 96 | -- | 17 | Cetera | 'We Can Stop the Hurtin' | Full Moon/Warner 29082 | ||
Aug. 1986 | '25 or 6 to 4' (Newly re-recorded version) | 48 | -- | -- | -- | -- | 52 | Jason Scheff | Chicago 18 | 'One More Day' | Full Moon/Warner 28628 | |
Oct. 1986 | 'Will You Still Love Me?' | 3 | 2 | -- | -- | -- | 6 | Scheff/Champlin | '25 or 6 to 4' (Newly re-recorded version) | Full Moon/Warner 28512 | ||
March 1987 | 'If She Would Have Been Faithful...' | 17 | 9 | -- | -- | -- | 54 | Scheff/Champlin | 'Forever' | Full Moon/Warner 28424 | ||
June 1987 | 'Niagara Falls' | 91 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | Scheff/Champlin | 'I Believe' | Full Moon/Warner 28283 | ||
May 1988 | 'I Don't Wanna Live Without Your Love' | 3 | 5 | 60 | -- | -- | 4 | Champlin | Chicago 19 | 'I Stand Up' | Full Moon/ Reprise 27855 | |
Sept. 1988 | 'Look Away' | 1 | 1 | -- | 77 | -- | 1 |
| Champlin | 'Come in from the Night' | Full Moon/ Reprise 27766 | |
Jan. 1989 | 'You're Not Alone' | 10 | 9 | -- | -- | -- | 22 | Champlin | 'It’s Alright' | Full Moon/ Reprise 27757 | ||
April 1989 | 'We Can Last Forever' | 55 | 12 | -- | -- | -- | 74 | Scheff | 'One More Day' | Full Moon/ Reprise 22985 | ||
Nov. 1989 | 'What Kind of Man Would I Be?' | 5 | 2 | -- | -- | 14 | 4 | Scheff | Chicago 19/Greatest Hits 1982-1989 | '25 or 6 to 4' | Full Moon/ Reprise 22741 | |
July 1990 | 'Hearts in Trouble' | 75 | -- | 77 | -- | -- | -- | Champlin | Days of Thundersoundtrack | 'Car Building' | DGC 19679 | |
Jan. 1991 | 'Chasin' the Wind' | 39 | 13 | -- | -- | -- | 50 | Champlin | Twenty 1 | 'Only Time Can Heal the Wounded' | Reprise 19466 | |
Apr. 1991 | 'Explain It to My Heart' | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | Scheff/Champlin | 'God Save the Queen' | Reprise 19449 | ||
Aug. 1991 | 'You Come to My Senses' | -- | 11 | -- | -- | -- | 57 | Scheff | 'Who Do You Love' | Reprise 19205 | ||
June 1995 | 'Dream a Little Dream of Me' | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | Scheff/Jade | Night & Day Big Band | Giant | ||
April 1997 | 'Here in My Heart' | 59* | 1 | -- | -- | -- | -- | Champlin/Scheff | The Heart of Chicago 1967–1997 | Reprise | ||
Oct. 1997 | 'The Only One' | -- | 17 | -- | -- | -- | -- | Lamm/Champlin/Scheff | Reprise | |||
June 1998 | 'All Roads Lead to You' | -- | 14 | -- | -- | -- | -- | Champlin/Lamm/Scheff | The Heart of Chicago 1967–1998 Volume II | Reprise | ||
Oct. 1998 | 'Show Me a Sign' | -- | 28 | -- | -- | -- | -- | Scheff/Champlin | Reprise | |||
Sept. 1999 | 'Back to You' | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | Scheff | Chicago XXVI: Live in Concert | Chicago Records | ||
Feb. 2006 | 'Feel' | -- | 19 | -- | -- | -- | -- | Lamm | Chicago XXX | Rhino | ||
May 2006 | 'Love Will Come Back' | -- | 21 | -- | -- | -- | -- | Scheff/Champlin | Rhino | |||
June 2008 | 'Let's Take a Lifetime' | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | Scheff | Chicago XXXII: Stone of Sisyphus | Rhino | ||
Dec 2011 | 'My Favorite Things' | -- | 9 | -- | -- | -- | -- | Lamm | Chicago XXXIII: O Christmas Three | Chicago Records II |
Year | Song | Year-End Position |
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1970 | 'Make Me Smile' | 59 |
1970 | '25 or 6 to 4' | 61 |
1971 | 'Beginnings'/'Colour My World' | 56 |
1972 | 'Saturday in the Park' | 76 |
1973 | 'Feelin' Stronger Every Day' | 54 |
1974 | '(I've Been) Searchin' So Long' | 73 |
1974 | 'Call On Me' | 98 |
1976 | 'If You Leave Me Now' | 48 |
1982 | 'Hard to Say I'm Sorry' | 10 |
1984 | 'Hard Habit to Break' | 45 |
1985 | 'You're the Inspiration' | 37 |
1987 | 'Will You Still Love Me?' | 50 |
1988 | 'I Don't Wanna Live Without Your Love' | 48 |
1989 | 'Look Away' | 1 |
1990 | 'What Kind of Man Would I Be?' | 71 |
Year | Song | Album |
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1985 | 'Good for Nothing' | We Are the World |
Year | Video | Director[26] |
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1976 | 'If You Leave Me Now' (Live) | |
1978 | 'Alive Again' (Live) | |
1982 | 'Love Me Tomorrow' (Live) | |
1984 | 'Stay the Night' | Gilbert Bettman Jr. |
1984 | 'Hard Habit to Break' | Leslie Libman |
1984 | 'You're The Inspiration' | Leslie Libman |
1985 | 'Along Comes a Woman' | Jay Dubin |
1986 | '25 or 6 to 4' | Andy Brenton |
1986 | 'Will You Still Love Me?' | |
1988 | 'I Don't Wanna Live Without Your Love' | Paul Boyington |
1988 | 'Look Away' | |
1989 | 'You're Not Alone' | Richard Levine |
1990 | 'Hearts in Trouble' | Michael Bay |
1991 | 'Chasin' the Wind' | |
1991 | 'Explain It to My Heart' | |
2006 | 'Feel' |
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