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"No Tell Lover" is a song written by Peter Cetera, Lee Loughnane, and Danny Seraphine for the group Chicago and recorded for their album Hot Streets (1978), with Cetera and Donnie Dacus singing lead vocals. The second single released from that album, it reached No. 14 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 chart and No. 5 on the adult contemporary chart.[1]

"No Tell Lover"
Single by Chicago
from the album Hot Streets
B-side	"Take a Chance"
Released	December 1978
Genre	Soft rock
Length	3:48 (Single version) 4:13 (Album version)
Label	Columbia
Songwriter(s)	Peter Cetera, Lee Loughnane, Danny Seraphine
Producer(s)	Phil Ramone & Chicago
Chicago singles chronology
"Alive Again" (1978) "No Tell Lover" (1978) "Gone Long Gone" (1979)

Cash Box called it a "classy pop single" that tells "a sultry tale of masked love."[2]

After "No Tell Lover", Chicago failed to chart a single in the U.S. top 50 for nearly four years, finally breaking their slump with the 1982 No. 1 hit, "Hard to Say I'm Sorry".

Personnel

• Peter Cetera - lead & backing vocals, bass
• Donnie Dacus - lead & backing vocals, electric guitars
• Robert Lamm - Fender Rhodes electric piano, backing vocals
• Danny Seraphine - drums
• Laudir de Oliveira - percussion
• James Pankow - trombone
• Lee Loughnane - trumpet
• Walt Parazaider - tenor saxophone
• Blue Weaver - ARP String Ensemble synthesizer

Chart performance

References

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