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Fun Music Information -> Chicago
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Band Name Origins:
- Terry Kath played guitar--and whoever said that the Chicago Transit Authority didn't care for them naming themselves after that and the pure length are correct. Submitted by: cjack62
- M Ling got it wrong. He had it right up untill the part where they just shortened the name. The City of Chicago saw that this band was named Chicago Transit Authority and they thought they were poking fun or making fun of them so they sued them, and insted they agreed to change there name. So they shortened it to "Chicago" Submitted by: AJ
Vainity Songs:
Song Name | Comments & Submitter Name |
| "Take Me Back To Chicago" | Appears on their 1985 greatest-hits compilation of the same name, as well as their 1977 album, "Chicago XI". - Cassandra |
Better Off Solo?:
Name | New Career | Comments & Submitter Name |
| "Peter Cetera" | "After leaving Chicago he had a top 10 hit with the Oscar-nominated "Glory of Love" (Theme from the Karate Kid II). He also recorded duets with Cher ("After All") and Amy Grant ("Next Time I Fall"). In addition he produced Karen Carpenter's final album and "I Stand Alone" by ABBA's Agentha Faltskog." | - KL Fan |
Song Titles Not Used as Lyrics:
Song Name | Comments & Submitter Name |
| "South California Purples" | Huh? - Agrimorfee |
| "Poem 58" | I wonder what they did to the other 57 Poems. - Paul Warren |
New Song Names:
Original Song Name | New Song Name | Submitter Name |
| "Feelin' Spastic Everyday" | "Feelin' Stronger Everyday" | MOR |
| "I Don't Want To Give Them All My Drugs" | "I Don't Want To Live Without Your Love" | Dave G |
| "Stranger Every Day" | "Stronger Every Day" | MOR |
Literally Impossible Song Titles:
Song/Performer | Comment | Submitter Name |
| "Alive Again," | Not until there is solid proof of reincarnation. | Peter |
| "We Can Last Forever," | No, you can't. | Yvette Bristle |
| "Colour My World," | That's going to take a lot of paint! | Glenn |
Use a Song Title to Answer a Different Song:
Song & Band Name | Song & Band Name | |
| "Clocks," Coldplay | "Does Anybody Really Know What Time It Is?," Chicago | |
| "1900 Yesterday," Liz Damon's Orient Express | "Old Days," Chicago | |
| "Can't Find The Time," Rose Colored Glass | "Does Anybody Really Know What Time It Is?," Chicago | |
| "What Time Of Day," Billy Thundercloud & The Chieftones | "Does Anybody Really Know What Time It Is?," Chicago | |
| There are additional songs titles that answer other songs available. | ||
Remove a Letter From a Song Title:
"Hard Habit To Beak" originally "Hard Habit To Break"
Some egg shells like that.
Peter
"Does Anybody Really Know What Tie It Is?" originally "Does Anybody Really Know What Time It Is?"
Frank
"Had Habit To Break" originally "Hard Habit To Break"
But now I've broken it!
Mallory
"Live Again" originally "Alive Again"
Sutch
"Had To Say I'm Sorry" originally "Hard To Say I'm Sorry"
Serafina
There are additional Chicago song titles with a letter removed available.
Add a Letter to a Song Title:
"Mold Days" originally "Old Days"
Peter
"Gold Days" originally "Old Days"
Yvette Bristle
"Cold Days" originally "Old Days"
Yvette Bristle
"Bold Days" originally "Old Days"
Yvette Bristle
"Little Once" originally "Little One"
Yvette Bristle
There are additional Chicago song titles with a letter added available.
Change a Letter:
"Alone Comes A Woman" originally "Along Comes A Woman"
A single mom, perhaps?
SlimKirby
"Made Me Smile" originally "Make Me Smile"
Serafina
"Alone Comes A Woman" originally "Along Comes A Woman"
Candy Welty
"Odd Days" originally "Old Days"
Yvette Bristle
"Old Ways" originally "Old Days"
Yvette Bristle
There are additional Chicago song titles with a letter changed available.
Recordings:
Mar 15
a parody of "Saturday in the Park" by Chicago
"Save the Forest" anthem complete with HandFarts & Tire Pump solos.
YouTube: (Video)
Song Parody Lyrics:
Original Song Name | Parody Song Name | Parody Author |
| "Colour My World" | "Color Your Words" | Warren Baker |
| "25 or 6 to 4" | "8 to 5" | Abbott Skelding |
| "Wake Up Sunshine" | "Stake That Vampire" | Porfle Popnecker |
| "25 or 6 to 4" | "CSI or 24" | Porfle Popnecker |
| "Old Days" | "Old Age" | Randy Hearn |
| "Hard to Say I'm Sorry" | "Hard to Say He's Sorry" | Robert D. Arndt Jr. |
| "Saturday In The Park" | "Pant-For-Page Kid-Fixed Mark" | Pol Potlatch |
| "If you Leave me Now" | "If you Leave LeBron" | Paul Warren |
| "25 Or 6 To 4" | "22 and 24" | Old Man Ribber |
| "Hard Habit To Break" | "Hard Video Game (2010 Revision)" | DJ Blaze |
There are additional Chicago song parodies available. | ||
Songs for Commercials, That Haven't Been Done Yet:
Song Name | Product | Submittor |
| Feelin' Stronger Every Day | Olympic Athletes | jorge |
| Color My World | Crayola Crayons/Markers | Da Phoenix |
Bad Choices for On Hold Music:
Song Name | Company/Organization | Submittor |
| You're The Inspiration | Nasal spray | Anonymous |
| Alive Again | Funeral Parlor | Todd W. Zimmerman |
| You're the Inspiration | Writer's Block Hotline | Chris Norton |
| Hard Habit To Break | Drug Abuse Hotline | BillyHtchcoc |
| If You Leave Me Now | Separation Anxiety Hotline | Andrew |
| There are additional Chicago on hold music ideas available. | ||
Songs for Duets, That Haven't Been Done Yet:
First Band/Song Name | Second Band/Song Name | New Song Name | Submittor |
| When The Radio Is On Paul Shaffer | Listen Chicago | When the Radio is On, Listen | Sutch |
| Killing Me Softly With His Song Roberta Flack | A Song For Richard And His Friends Chicago | Killing Me Softly With His Song For Richard And His Friends | Schroeder |
| Money For Nothing Dire Straits | Good For Nothing Chicago | Good Money For Nothing | Mickey D. |
| One Of These Days Pink Floyd | Old Days Chicago | One Of These Old Days | Mickey D. |
| There are additional duets that haven't been done yet available. | |||
If Groups Combined, Their Names Might Be:
Tourists In Chicago
The Tourists combined with Chicago
Submitted By: Candy Welty
Journey To Chicago
Journey combined with Chicago
Submitted By: Candy Welty
Frankie Goes To Chicago
Frankie Goes To Hollywood combined with Chicago
Submitted By: Noah McKelvie
The Chicago Police
The Police combined with Chicago
Submitted By: Stephanie Craddock
There are additional Chicago Combined Groups that haven't been done yet available.
Misheard Lyrics:
"Hard to Say I'm Sorry"
Misheard Lyrics: After all the who you've been through
Original Lyrics: After all that we've been through
| "Old Days"
Misheard Lyrics: Old days, good times I remember
Fundies, filled with simple pleasures Original Lyrics: Old days, good times I remember
Fun days, filled with simple pleasures |
"Baby, What A Big Suprise"
Misheard Lyrics: Now we blend the night before, I think about the love we've thrown away
But now it doesn't matter anyway Original Lyrics: Now and then, just like before, I think about the love we've thrown away
But now it doesn't matter anyway | "Baby, What A Big Suprise"
Misheard Lyrics: Just to be alarmed
Was to be a little more than architect Then in Kansas City Then in Illinois, To love me in the 'I could do' Help me find my way Original Lyrics: Just to be alone
Was a little more than I could take Then you came to stay Hold me in the morn Love me in the afternoon Help me find my way |
| There are additional Chicago misheard lyrics available. | |
Misheard Lyrics Stories:
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"Hard to Say I'm Sorry"
Misheard Lyrics: After all the who you've been through
Original Lyrics: After all that we've been through
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Story about this misheard lyric by: Jason He's saying that after all the other men in her life, he will make it up to her by being there and not letting anyone else hurt her. |
| There are additional Chicago misheard stories available. | |
Song Parody Fragments:
"Saturday In The Park"
Better Lyrics:
The most worst day in the park the day he came and knocked up my wife
Original Lyrics:
Saturday in the park i think it was the fourth of july
Submitted by: white trash
"Heart In Pieces"
Better Lyrics:
When you hear the engine,
when you hear the sound of the tires bearing down,
it's just my cat in pieces,
When I see the road kill,
when he's all stretched out with two dozen sharpened claws,
it's my cat in pieces.
when you hear the sound of the tires bearing down,
it's just my cat in pieces,
When I see the road kill,
when he's all stretched out with two dozen sharpened claws,
it's my cat in pieces.
Original Lyrics:
When you hear the thunder,
when you hear the sound of a mountain crashing down,
it's just my heart in pieces,
When I feel the hunger,
when I'm reaching out with a hundred thousand hands,
it's my heart in pieces,
when you hear the sound of a mountain crashing down,
it's just my heart in pieces,
When I feel the hunger,
when I'm reaching out with a hundred thousand hands,
it's my heart in pieces,
Submitted by: OneGoodWoman
"Along Comes A Woman"
Better Lyrics:
And along comes a woman
And she's making you cry.
And she's making you cry.
Original Lyrics:
Then along comes a woman
And you know that it's right.
And you know that it's right.
Submitted by: MOR
Repetitive Song Lyrics:
"No Tell Lover"
The Repetitive Lyrics: I want her
I can't leave her I won't live without her She's my no tell lover Why They're Repetitive: But I bet it's not etched in stone.
Submitted by: mor
| "Dialogue (pt.1&2)"
The Repetitive Lyrics: we can make it better, (3x)
we can change the world now(3x) we can save the children (6x) we can make it happen (about 27x) Why They're Repetitive: they repeat it like a mantra
Submitted by: robert
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| There are additional Chicago repetitive lyrics available. | |
Nonsensical Song Lyrics:
"South California Purples"
The Nonsensical Lyrics: I am he
As you are he As you are me and we are all together. Why They're Nonsensical: Say what??!! What the heck is THAT supposed to mean?
Submitted by: J. Halton
| "25 or 6 to 4"
The Nonsensical Lyrics: 25 or 6 to 4
Why They're Nonsensical: It seems that the songwriter couldn't tell what time it was. But how could you be confused as to whether it's 25 minutes or 6 minutes before the hour? I mean, a 19 minute discrepancy is pretty easy to spot if you ask me!
Submitted by: Joe
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| There are additional Chicago nonsensical lyrics available. | |
Insincere Song Lyrics:
"Question 67 & 68"
The Insincere Lyrics: I'd like to know
Can you tell me Please don't tell me It really doesn't matter anyhow Why They're Insincere: So, do you want to know or not? You're saying both twice in these three lines of lyrics...
Submitted by: Andre Engels
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Misrhymed Song Lyrics:
"Beginnings"
The Misrhymed Lyrics: The entire song!
Why They're Misrhymed: The song's protagonist is a songwriter who falls so completely in love that he wishes he 'could sing it to you.' But unfortunately (the song goes), he 'just can't think of the right words to say.'
The subtle joke (that very few people notice) is that none of the lines in the entire song rhyme! Submitted by: Cliff Walker
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Song Lyrics That Name Check Celebrities:
"You're Not Alone"
The Lyrics: 'I see you there a silhouette in the moonlight.'
'Now loneliness fits you like a glove.' Who They Mention: O. J. Simpson ('Orenthal James')
Submitted by: Steve
| "Scrapbook"
The Lyrics: The crowd called out for more Zappa and the Mothers next We finished with a roar Jimi was so kind to us Had us on the tour
Who They Mention: Frank Zappa, Jimi Hendriz
Submitted by: Mickey D.
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| There are additional Chicago celebrity lyrics available. | |
Song Lyrics That Mention Other Songs:
"If You Leave Me Now"
The Song Lyrics: When tomorrow comes and we'll both regret
The things we said today Song They Mention: Things We Said Today (by the Beatles).
Submitted by: Rpollck
| "We Can Last Forever"
The Song Lyrics: Don't ask me why
'Cause I don't even know Song They Mention: "Don't Ask Me Why" by Billy Joel
Submitted by: Mickey D.
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| There are additional Chicago Song Lyrics That Mention Other Songs lyrics available. | |
Songs That Open With Their Titles:
"Another Rainy Day In New York City"
Opening Lines: Another rainy day in New York City. Softly sweet, so silently it falls.
Comments: Submitted by: Candy Welty
| "Old Days"
Opening Lines: Old days, good times I remember
Comments: Submitted by: Candy Welty
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| There are additional Chicago spelling lyrics available. | |
Made Up Words in Songs:
"Saturday in the Park"
The Made Up Words: varreh, issey
Comments: This is supposed to be in the Italian line of the song, but this part was improvised.
Submitted by: Paul Warren
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Song Title Space Change:
"Quest: Ions 67 And 68" originally "Questions 67 And 68"
Submitted by: Yvette Bristle
"He: Art's In Touble" originally "Hearts In Trouble"
Submitted by: Yvette Bristle
"Heart Sin Trouble" originally "Hearts In Trouble"
Submitted by: Yvette Bristle
"If You Leave Men, Ow! " originally "If You Leave Me Now"
Some guys are very sensitive.
Submitted by: George Straitjacket
"Search In For So Long" originally "Searchin' For So Long "
Submitted by: George Straitjacket
There are additional Chicago Song Title Space Change available.
Song Title Anagrams:
"Does Anybody Really Know What Time I Sit?" originally "Does Anybody Really Know What Time It Is?"
Submitted by: Lily Orange
"Does Anybody Really Know What Mite It Is?" originally "Does Anybody Really Know What Time It Is?"
Submitted by: Lily Orange
"Harm Arty Urn" originally "Harry Truman"
Submitted by: Lauryn Canna
"Hurry, Art Man!" originally "Harry Truman"
Submitted by: Lauryn Canna
"Army Ran Hurt" originally "Harry Truman"
Submitted by: Lauryn Canna
There are additional Chicago Song Title Anagrams available.
Real Places Mentioned in Songs:
"Niagara Falls"
The Lyrics: Look at the title, it says it all.
Why: This is a love song, and Niagara Falls is the honeymoon capital of the world.
Submitted by: Niagara Falls 4ever
| "Take me Back to Chicago"
The Lyrics: Take me back to Chicago
L.A. was just a bit too hard. Why: Chicago (Obviously!) and Los Angles.
Submitted by: Paul Warren
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Lyrics Pronunciation:
"Hard To Say I'm Sorry"
The Lyrics: After all that we have been through
Why: Peter Cetera's pronunciation of "we" sounds more like "hooey".
Submitted by: RJSchex
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Super Long Pop Songs:
"Street Player" Length: 9:10
This song was later used in The Bucketheads "The Bomb".
Submitted by: Paul Warren
"I'm a Man" Length: 7:39
The Spencer Davis Group's version of this song was 1/3 of the length of the Chicago rendition.
Submitted by: Paul Warren
Song Title Spoonerisms:
"To Nell, Lover" originally "No Tell Lover"
Submitted by: Sutch
"Maul On Key" originally "Call On Me"
Submitted by: Marlene L. Ram
Foreign Language in English Songs:
"Saturday at the Park"
The Lyrics: Eicay vare, eise narde.
Why: Though this sounds Italian, these are made-up Italian words.
Submitted by: Paul Warren
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Upbeat Songs With Depressing Lyrics:
"If You Leave Me Now"
The Lyrics: If you leave me now
You'll take away the biggest part of me Oo-oo-oooh-oh Baby, please don't go! Why: The song has a very beautiful, if mellow, introduction, but for the whole song, the singer is whining and begging his lover not to break up with him, threatening her with claims that the consequences will be too great for him to bear if she does.
Submitted by: Rick O'Shea
| "Does Anybody Really Know What Time It Is?"
The Lyrics: Does anybody really know what time it is
Does anybody really care If so I can't imagine why We've all got time enough to cry Why: "Does Anybody Really Know What Time It Is?" was the super group, Chicago's, first top five hit. Released late in 1969 and going near the top in early 1970. With an upbeat jazz tempo, but with a very serious message about what seemed to be the lack of caring (that very well could be depressing) it is interesting that it made it into the top five (#3 to be exact). At the end of the song, "cry" is turned into "die".
Submitted by: Peter
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Hidden Messages:
"Does Anybody Really Know What Time It Is"
In the Third Verse, you'll hear someone talking. Don't fret, it's someone saying "People runnin' everywhere. Don't know where to go, don't know where I am. Can't see past the next step. Don't have time to think the last mile. Have no time to look around, just run around, run around and think why"? (I think this is why this song was used on "Little Nicky" to find if there's any subliminal messages.
Submitted by: Paul Waren
"You're The Inspiration"
When played backwards, you'll hear "noisy wool" around the part that goes "Always on my mind, you're in my heart, in my soul".
Submitted by: DJ Blaze
Movies Named After Song Titles:
"Critics' Choice"
1963 film
Submitted by: Sutch
Missing Parts:
"25 or 6 to 4"
What happened to 1-24 or 1-5 to 1-3?
Submitted by: ThatAwesomeGuy
"Poem 58"
Self-explanatory
Submitted by: Mickey D.
"Questions 67 & 68"
Where are Questions 1-66?
Submitted by: Raphael
TV and Movies Mentioned in Lyrics:
"Old Days"
The Lyrics: Howdy Doody, Baseball Cards, and Birthdays take me back to a world gone away.
Why: Howdy Doody, which aired in the 50's on NBC.
Submitted by: Paul Warren
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