What You're Missing
| "What You're Missing" | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
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| Single by Chicago | ||||
| from the album Chicago 16 | ||||
| B-side | "Rescue You" | |||
| Released | January 1983[1] | |||
| Recorded | 1982 | |||
| Genre | Pop rock | |||
| Length | 4:10 | |||
| Label | Full Moon | |||
| Songwriters | ||||
| Producer | David Foster | |||
| Chicago singles chronology | ||||
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"What You're Missing" is a song by the American rock band Chicago. It was released in 1983 as the third and last single of their thirteenth studio album Chicago 16. It was written by American songwriters Joseph Williams and Jay Gruska.
"What You're Missing" peaked at No. 81 on the Billboard Hot 100.[2][3]
Reception
[edit]Something Else! Reviews described "What You're Missing" as a powerful and fitting opener for Chicago 16, calling it "the right track to open the album, and perhaps their best or at least most in-your-face opening track since their earliest albums." The reviewer praised producer David Foster for transforming Joseph Williams's original demo into a full-band arrangement complete with a bright keyboard fanfare, noting that the song perfectly captured the band's rebirth and transition into the polished, radio-friendly pop-rock sound that defined Chicago's 1980s era, representing "a new Chicago — a Chicago for the 1980s."[4]
Personnel
[edit]Chicago
[edit]- Peter Cetera – bass, lead and backing vocals, BGV arrangements, rhythm arrangements
- Bill Champlin – keyboards, guitars, backing vocals, BGV arrangements
- Robert Lamm – keyboards, backing vocals
- Lee Loughnane – trumpet, flugelhorn, piccolo trumpet
- James Pankow – trombone, horn arrangements
- Walter Parazaider – woodwinds
- Danny Seraphine – drums, rhythm arrangements
Additional personnel
[edit]- Chris Pinnick – guitars
- Steve Lukather – guitars
- David Foster – keyboards, synth bass, rhythm arrangements, additional horn arrangements
- David Paich – synthesizers
- Steve Porcaro – synthesizers, synthesizer programming
Charts
[edit]| Chart (1983) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| US Billboard Hot 100[5] | 81 |
References
[edit]- ^ "Chicago – What You're Missing". DutchCharts.nl. Retrieved 31 October 2025.
- ^ "Billboard Hot 100 Chart for January 29, 1983". Billboard. Retrieved October 31, 2025.
- ^ "Chicago – What You're Missing (single)". elpee.jp. Bee-Media. Retrieved October 31, 2025.
- ^ Perplexio (17 August 2019). "Chicago – What You're Missing". Something Else! Reviews. Retrieved 31 October 2025.
- ^ "Chicago Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard. Retrieved October 31, 2025.