(I've Been) Searchin' So Long

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B-side "Byblos" Format 7" single Length 4:294:19 (7" version)		Released February 1974 Genre Rock Label Columbia

"(I've Been) Searchin' So Long" is a song written by James Pankow for the group Chicago and recorded for their album Chicago VII (1974). The first single released from that album, it reached number 9 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100. It also hit number 8 on the Adult Contemporary chart. In Canada, the song peaked as high as number 5.

Personnel

Peter Cetera – bass, fretless bass, lead vocals

Robert Lamm – Fender Rhodes electric piano, Minimoog synthesizer, background vocals

Terry Kath – phased/fuzzed wah-wah electric guitar, background vocals

Danny Seraphine – drums

Lee Loughnane – trumpet, background vocals

James Pankow – trombone, percussion, background vocals

Walter Parazaider – tenor saxophone

Additional Personnel

David J. Wolinski – ARP synthesizer

Laudir de Oliveira – congas

Jimmie Haskell – strings

References

(I've Been) Searchin' So Long Wikipedia

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