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1982 single past Chicago

"Hard to Say I'm Pitiful"
Hard To Say I´m Sorry Single cover.jpg

Artwork for Italian release
Single by Chicago
from the anthology Chicago 16
B-side "Sonny Think Twice"
Released May 16, 1982 (1982-05-16)
Genre Soft rock[1] [ii]
Length
  • 5:06 (album version, with "Get Away")
  • 3:42 (unmarried version)
Label Full Moon, Warner Bros.
Songwriter(s) Peter Cetera, David Foster
Producer(s) David Foster
Chicago singles chronology
"Song for You"
(1980) 		"Hard to Say I'm Pitiful"
(1982) 		"Love Me Tomorrow"
(1982)
Music video
"Hard to Say I'm Deplorable" on YouTube

"Hard to Say I'm Sorry" is a power ballad written by bassist Peter Cetera, who besides sang pb on the runway, and producer David Foster,[three] for the group Chicago. Information technology was released on May xvi, 1982, equally the lead single from the anthology Chicago sixteen. On September xi it reached No. one for 2 weeks on the Billboard Hot 100.[iv] [five] It was the group's 2d No. 1 single.[6] It was their first superlative 50 hit since "No Tell Lover" in 1978 and it spent twelve weeks in the top v of the Billboard Hot 100.[7] [8] The unmarried was nominated for a Grammy Laurels for Best Popular Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal,[nine] and was certified Gold by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) in September of the aforementioned yr.[ten] Songwriter Cetera, a fellow member of the American Order of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP), won an ASCAP Pop Music Honour for the song in the category, Most Performed Songs.[11]

History [edit]

The vocal, too as the album on which information technology is featured, was a marked departure from Chicago's traditional soft rock, horn-driven audio, taking on a polished and modern experience. With minimal horns, the rail instead featured more than layered synthesizers and heavier distorted guitar in a 1980s power ballad styling. A second movement of the song, "Go Away", does prominently feature the Chicago horns, and it was co-written past Robert Lamm.[12]

Deviating from Chicago'south exercise of having mostly band members playing on their albums, "Difficult to Say I'm Distressing" featured several session musicians. The vocal featured producer David Foster on the piano, as well as iii members of the American rock band Toto, including Steve Lukather on guitar and David Paich and Steve Porcaro both contributing synthesizers. The song's vocals were performed by Peter Cetera. The just other fellow member of Chicago besides Cetera that played on the rail was drummer Danny Seraphine.[ commendation needed ]

The song was also featured as the ending theme in the movie and soundtrack for Summer Lovers,[13] a 1982 film written and directed by Randal Kleiser, starring Peter Gallagher, Daryl Hannah and Valerie Quennessen, and filmed on location on the island of Santorini, Greece.[fourteen]

Music video [edit]

Chicago made a music video for the song. According to Cetera, the videos for "Hard to Say I'g Deplorable" and "Love Me Tomorrow" were shot on the same 24-hour interval.[fifteen] The ring appears in a black colored room with diamonds on the wall.

Personnel [edit]

  • Peter Cetera – lead and backing vocals, audio-visual guitar
  • David Foster – acoustic piano, Minimoog bass
  • Steve Lukather – guitar
  • David Paich – synthesizers
  • Steve Porcaro – synthesizers, synthesizers programming
  • Danny Seraphine – drums
  • Strings arranged by Peter Cetera, David Foster and Jeremy Lubbock

Chart operation [edit]

Certifications and sales [edit]

Az Yet version [edit]

"Hard to Say I'thou Lamentable"
Hard to Say I'm Sorry by Az Yet.jpg
Single by Az Yet featuring Peter Cetera
from the anthology Az Even so
Released February three, 1997 (1997-02-03)
Genre R&B
Length 3:17
Label
  • LaFace
  • Arista
Songwriter(s) Peter Cetera and David Foster
Producer(due south) Babyface
Az Yet singles chronology
"Concluding Night"
(1996) 		"Hard to Say I'thousand Sorry"
(1997) 		"You're the Inspiration"
(1997)
Music video
"Hard to Say I'yard Sorry" on YouTube

American R&B group Az Yet included a cover version on their self-titled debut anthology (1996). The song, released as a single on Feb 3, 1997, was produced by Babyface.[37] A remix by David Foster[38] features vocals from Peter Cetera.[38] [39] Foster won a BMI Popular Award for this version.[40] The song peaked at number seven on the Britain Singles Chart and number eight on the Billboard Hot 100.[41] It reached platinum status[42] and was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Operation by an R&B Group or Duo with Song.[43] [44]

Rails list [edit]

CD-single

  1. "Difficult to Say I'm Sorry" (David Foster Remix featuring Peter Cetera) 3:18
  2. "Hard to Say I'm Sorry" (Anthology Version) 3:fourteen
  3. "Hard to Say I'm Sorry" (Acappella) 3:fourteen
  4. "Hard to Say I'm Pitiful" (Chase Extended Mix) 5:14

Charts [edit]

Certifications [edit]

Release history [edit]

Other cover versions [edit]

  • In 1982, The Three Degrees covered the song on "Album of Honey".[70]
  • In 2003, the Canadian boy band b4-4 recorded a cover version included as a bonus rails on the "limited edition" of their 2nd album In Your Face up.[ citation needed ]
  • In 2007, Irish boy ring Westlife covered the song on the B-side to their single "Habitation" from the band's seventh UK #ane anthology Back Habitation. The song charted itself without being properly released as a unmarried.[ citation needed ]
  • In 2008, Barry Manilow covered the song on his album The Greatest Songs of the Eighties.
  • In 2015, country music star Tim McGraw released a "behind-the-scenes" video of him and his band performing "Hard to Say I'g Sorry" as a warm-up for his prove in Chicago. At the terminate of the vocal he turns to the camera and says, "How-do-you-do, Chicago."[71]
  • After interviewing Peter Cetera while he was in Lucerne, Switzerland to perform at the Retro Festival in 2016, Swiss interviewer and musician, Phil Dankner, performed the song for Cetera.[72] [73]
  • In January 2017, Roger Federer tweeted a video of him singing the vocal with fellow professional tennis players, Tommy Haas and Grigor Dimitrov, with David Foster at the piano, while at the Australian Open up. Haas is the son-in-police force of Foster.[74]

Sampling [edit]

  • German Eurodance group Aquagen sampled the verses of the song (omitting the chorus) on their song with the same title, from the 2002 anthology Weekender.

See as well [edit]

  • List of RPM number-one singles of 1982
  • List of number-1 hits of 1982 (Switzerland)
  • List of Hot 100 number-ane singles of 1982 (U.Due south.)
  • List of number-one adult contemporary singles of 1982 (U.Due south.)

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