(I've Been) Searchin' So Long

"(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.^[1] 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

Chart performance

Weekly charts

Chart (1974)	Peak position
Canada RPM Top Singles	5
Canada RPM Adult Contemporary^[2]	16
U.S. Billboard Hot 100	9
U.S. Billboard Adult Contemporary	8
U.S. Cash Box Top 100	7

Year-end charts

Chart (1974)	Rank
Canada	76
U.S. Billboard Hot 100^[3]	73
U.S. Cash Box ^[4]	65

References

↑ "Chicago Awards". Allmusic. Retrieved 2012-08-17.
↑ "Image : RPM Weekly - Library and Archives Canada". Bac-lac.gc.ca. Retrieved 2016-10-09.
↑ "Top Pop Singles" Billboard December 28, 1974: Talent in Action-8
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Chicago

Robert Lamm Lee Loughnane James Pankow Walter Parazaider Tris Imboden Keith Howland Lou Pardini Walfredo Reyes, Jr. Jeff Coffey Danny Seraphine Peter Cetera Terry Kath Laudir de Oliveira Donnie Dacus Chris Pinnick Bill Champlin Jason Scheff Dawayne Bailey Drew Hester Daniel de los Reyes Touring musicians

Studio albums	The Chicago Transit Authority Chicago Chicago III Chicago V Chicago VI Chicago VII Chicago VIII Chicago X Chicago XI Hot Streets Chicago 13 Chicago XIV Chicago 16 Chicago 17 Chicago 18 Chicago 19 Twenty 1 Night & Day: Big Band Chicago XXV: The Christmas Album Chicago XXX Chicago XXXII: Stone of Sisyphus Chicago XXXIII: O Christmas Three Chicago XXXV: The Nashville Sessions Chicago XXXVI: Now

Live albums	Chicago at Carnegie Hall Live in Japan Chicago Transit Authority Live In Toronto Chicago XXVI: Live in Concert Chicago XXXIV: Live in '75 Chicago at Symphony Hall

Compilations	Chicago IX: Chicago's Greatest Hits Greatest Hits, Volume II If You Leave Me Now Take Me Back to Chicago Greatest Hits 1982–1989 Group Portrait The Heart of Chicago 1967–1997 The Heart of Chicago 1967–1998 Volume II The Very Best Of Chicago: Only the Beginning The Box Love Songs The Best of Chicago: 40th Anniversary Edition

Related articles	Discography Peter Cetera Tom Dowd Tim Feehan David Foster James William Guercio Electra Glide in Blue Phil Ramone

Chicago singles discography

singles 1960s and 1970s	1969 "Questions 67 and 68" "Beginnings" 1970 "Make Me Smile" "25 or 6 to 4" "Does Anybody Really Know What Time It Is?" 1971 "Free" "Lowdown" 1972 "Saturday in the Park" "Dialogue (Part I & II)" 1973 "Feelin' Stronger Every Day" "Just You 'N' Me" 1974 "(I've Been) Searchin' So Long" "Call on Me" "Wishing You Were Here" 1975 "Harry Truman" "Old Days" "Brand New Love Affair" 1976 "Another Rainy Day in New York City" "If You Leave Me Now" 1977 "You Are on My Mind" "Baby, What a Big Surprise" 1978 "Little One" "Take Me Back to Chicago" "Alive Again" "No Tell Lover" 1979 "Gone Long Gone" "Must Have Been Crazy" "Street Player"

singles 1980s	1980 "Thunder and Lightning" "Song for You" 1982 "Hard to Say I'm Sorry" "Love Me Tomorrow" 1983 "What You're Missing" 1984 "Stay the Night" "Hard Habit to Break" "You're the Inspiration" 1985 "Along Comes a Woman" 1986 "25 or 6 to 4" (remix) "Will You Still Love Me?" 1987 "If She Would Have Been Faithful..." "Niagara Falls" 1988 "I Don't Wanna Live Without Your Love" "Look Away" 1989 "You're Not Alone" "We Can Last Forever" "What Kind of Man Would I Be?"

singles 1990s and 2000s	1990 "Hearts in Trouble" 1991 "Chasin' the Wind" "Explain It to My Heart" "You Come to My Senses" 2008 "Let's Take a Lifetime"

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