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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),[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"
Released	September 13, 1982 (1982-09-13)
Recorded	1982
Genre	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
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]

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.[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

• Peter Cetera – lead & backing vocals, bass
• David Foster – acoustic piano, electric piano
• David Paich – synthesizer
• Steve Porcaro – synthesizer programming
• Steve Lukather – guitar
• Michael Landau – guitar
• Danny Seraphine – drums

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

References

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