Love Me Tomorrow

"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),[1] with Cetera singing lead vocals. The second single released from the album, it reached No. 22 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 chart[2] and No. 8 on the adult contemporary chart.[3] 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.[4]

"Love Me Tomorrow"
Single by Chicago
from the album Chicago 16
B-side"Bad Advice"
ReleasedSeptember 13, 1982 (1982-09-13)
Recorded1982
GenreRock
Length4:58 (album version)
3:58 (single edit)
LabelFull Moon/Warner Bros.
Songwriter(s)Peter Cetera
David Foster
Producer(s)David Foster
Chicago singles chronology
"Hard to Say I'm Sorry"
(1982)
"Love Me Tomorrow"
(1982)
"What You're Missing"
(1983)

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.[5]

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.[6]

Charts

Chart (1982–83) Peak
position
Australia KMR 82
Canada RPM Top Singles 35
Canada RPM Adult Contemporary[7] 2
New Zealand[8] 50
US Billboard Hot 100[9] 22
US Billboard Adult Contemporary[10] 8
US Cash Box Top 100[11] 22

Personnel

  • Strings arranged by Peter Cetera, David Foster and Jeremy Lubbock

References

  1. 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)
  2. Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits, 8th Edition (Billboard Publications)
  3. "Chicago Awards". Allmusic. Retrieved 2012-08-17.
  4. 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.
  5. "Image : RPM Weekly - Library and Archives Canada". Bac-lac.gc.ca. Retrieved 2016-11-05.
  6. 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.
  7. "Image : RPM Weekly - Library and Archives Canada". Bac-lac.gc.ca. Retrieved 2016-11-05.
  8. NZ Top 40 Singles Chart, 27 February 1983
  9. Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955-1990 - ISBN 0-89820-089-X
  10. "Chicago Awards". Allmusic. Retrieved 2012-08-17.
  11. "Cash Box Top 100 Singles, November 27, 1982". Archived from the original on May 31, 2016. Retrieved March 26, 2017.
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