You're the Inspiration
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| "You're the Inspiration" | ||
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| Single by Chicago | ||
| from the album Chicago 17 | ||
| B-side(s) | "Once In a Lifetime" | |
| Released | November 1984 | |
| Format | 7" | |
| Genre | Rock | |
| Length | 3:49 | |
| Label | Full Moon/Warner Bros. | |
| Writer(s) | Peter Cetera, David Foster | |
| Producer(s) | David Foster | |
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| Chicago singles chronology | ||
| Hard Habit to Break (1984) |
You're the Inspiration (1984) |
Along Comes a Woman (1985) |
"You're the Inspiration" is a song written by Peter Cetera and David Foster for the group Chicago and recorded for their album Chicago 17 (1984), with Cetera singing lead vocals. The third single released from that album, it reached #3 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 chart in January of 1985, and also climbed to the top position on the adult contemporary chart at the same time.
[edit] Music video
The music video for this song was a simple blend of performance miming and scenario playing interspersed throughout. Various couplings are shown showing affection for one another. Cetera is shown strumming his bass (which is flipped upside down, perhaps to better fit the shot or possibly done by Cetera as a bit of a joke) while seated informally on a plush chair for most of the video's duration. The keen-eyed observer can note something of interest: Cetera is shown throughout the video wearing a t-shirt for the goth rock pioneers Bauhaus. The band's name is hidden but the logo is unmistakable. This is noteworthy because Bauhaus and Peter Cetera are so incongruous in the public's perception of the two.
[edit] Cover versions
- "You're the Inspiration" was covered by UK singer Elkie Brooks on her 1989 Inspiration album.
- Another cover version is used in the 2006 Nintendo DS game Elite Beat Agents, accompanying the one serious vignette in an otherwise comical game. The stage follows a little girl attempting to deal with her father's death, without forgetting him.
| Chicago |
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| Robert Lamm | James Pankow | Lee Loughnane | Walter Parazaider | Bill Champlin Jason Scheff | Tris Imboden | Keith Howland Terry Kath | Peter Cetera | Danny Seraphine | Laudir DeOliveira | Donnie Dacus | Chris Pinnick | Dawayne Bailey |
| Discography |
| Studio albums: The Chicago Transit Authority | Chicago | Chicago III | Chicago V | Chicago VI |Chicago VII | Chicago VIII | Chicago X | Chicago XI | Hot Streets | Chicago 13 | Chicago XIV | Chicago 16 | Chicago 17 | Chicago 18 | Chicago 19 | Twenty 1 | Night & Day Big Band | Chicago XXX |
| Live albums: Chicago at Carnegie Hall | Chicago XXVI: Live in Concert |
| Compilations: Chicago IX - Chicago's Greatest Hits | Greatest Hits, Volume II | Greatest Hits 1982-1989 The Heart of Chicago 1967-1997 | The Heart of Chicago 1967-1998 Volume II | The Very Best of: Only the Beginning | Love Songs |
| Christmas albums: Chicago XXV: The Christmas Album | What's It Gonna Be, Santa? |
| Unreleased album: Stone of Sisyphus |
| Box sets: The Box |
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