Will You Still Love Me? (song) explained

Will You Still Love Me?
Cover:	Will You Still Love Me cover.jpg
Type:	single
Artist:	Chicago
Album:	Chicago 18
B-Side:	"25 or 6 to 4" (1986 version)
Released:	October 24, 1986 (US) ^[1]
Recorded:	1986
Genre:	Rock
Length:	5:44 (album version) 4:14 (7" version/radio edit)
Label:	Full Moon, Warner Bros.
Producer:	David Foster
Prev Title:	25 or 6 to 4"/"One More Day
Prev Year:	1986
Next Title:	If She Would Have Been Faithful...
Next Year:	1987

"Will You Still Love Me?" is a song recorded by the American rock band Chicago for their studio album Chicago 18 (1986). The song was written by David Foster, Tom Keane and Richard Baskin.^[2]

The second single released from the Chicago 18 album,^[3] "Will You Still Love Me?" reached number three on the US Billboard Hot 100 in early 1987^[4] and number two on the Billboard Adult Contemporary chart.^[5]

Background

The song was Chicago's first top-ten hit following the departure of Peter Cetera, and it featured new singer and bassist Jason Scheff on lead vocals.^[3]

Personnel

• Jason Scheff – bass guitar, lead and backing vocals
• Bill Champlin – keyboards, co-lead vocals, backing vocals
• Robert Lamm – keyboards, backing vocals
• Lee Loughnane – trumpet
• James Pankow – trombone, brass arrangements
• Walter Parazaider – woodwinds
• Danny Seraphine – drums, drum programming
• Vocal arrangements by Chicago, Bill Champlin, and David Foster

Additional musicians

• David Foster – keyboards, additional arrangements
• Tom Keane – keyboards, backing vocals
• Michael Boddicker, David Boruff, Rhett Lawrence, Bo Tomlyn – synthesizer programming
• Michael Landau, Howard "Buzz" Feiten, Steve Lukather – guitars
• Jeremy Lubbock – string arrangements

Charts

Year-end charts

Cover versions

In 2003, jazz group Urban Knights covered the song with vocals by Michelle Williams.^{[7] [8]}

Notes and References

1. Web site: Chicago - Will You Still Love Me?. Steffen. Hung. hitparade.ch.
2. Web site: Will You Still Love Me?. TV80s.com. April 8, 2021.
3. Web site: Throwback Threesome - Chicago. K1047.com.
4. Web site: The 50 Best Chicago Songs: Critics’ Picks. Bobby. Olivier. Billboard.com. April 25, 2019.
5. Book: Whitburn, Joel . Top Adult Contemporary: 1961-2001. Joel Whitburn . 2002 . Record Research . 55.
6. December 26, 1987. 1987 The Year in Music & Video: Top Pop Singles. Billboard . 99. 52.
7. Web site: Urban Knights - Urban Knights V. June 19, 2003. Discogs.com.
8. Web site: Urban Knights - Urban Knights, Vol. 5 Album Reviews, Songs & More . Allmusic.com.