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Wishing You Were Here

Chicago / The Very Best of Chicago: Only the Beginning

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Chicago

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Album

The Very Best of Chicago: Only the Beginning

Release date

March 11, 1974

Duration

4:35

Genres

Rock

Label

Rhino

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Peter Cetera

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"Wishing You Were Here" is a song written by Peter Cetera for the group Chicago and recorded for their album Chicago VII (1974), with lead vocals by Terry Kath, while Cetera sang the song's bridge. The third single released from that album, it reached No. 11 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100, No. 9 on the Cash Box Top 100, and hit No. 1 on the Easy Listening chart.

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