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"Look Away" is a 1988 song by American rock band Chicago. Written by Diane Warren and produced by Ron Nevison, it was the second single from the band's album ''Chicago 19''. The song, which features Bill Champlin on lead vocals, topped the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 for two weeks in December 1988, matching the chart success of the group's "If You Leave Me Now" (1976) and "Hard to Say I'm Sorry" (1982). "Look Away" was Chicago's seventh song to peak at number one on the Adult Contemporary chart. The power ballad was the top-ranked song on the 1989 year-end ''Billboard'' Hot 100 chart. The song, unlike hits from early in Chicago's career, did not prominently feature horns. It was also the band's first number-one single following the departure of Peter Cetera, who left the group in 1985. ==Composition and recording== According to drummer Danny Seraphine, Chicago's manager Howard Kaufman suggested that the band bring in outside songwriting help. Kaufman recommended Diane Warren, who also composed the band's single "I Don't Wanna Live Without Your Love", and producer Ron Nevison, who had worked with Heart on the number one hits "These Dreams" and "Alone".〔 〕 The lyrics for "Look Away" were inspired by Warren after speaking with a friend who worked in the same building. "She had gotten divorced and remained friends with her husband," Warren recalled. "I was in her office, and she was talking to him, telling him that she had met somebody else that she was going to marry. Even though they were still friends, I think on some level he thought they'd get back together. When she told him that it was really the end of the relationship, I thought, 'Wow, there's definitely a song here.'"〔 〕 Warren wrote "Look Away" from the man's perspective and submitted a demo to Chicago's management company. "Diane's demos always sound really good," Nevison said. "Her demos are always very simple, but they always have great vocal performances."〔 Bassist Jason Scheff remarked, "The songs that last for me are the ones I don't get at first," and added, "I remember hearing 'Look Away' and thinking it's okay, but not great. Thank God I'm not an A&R man."〔 The song featured Bill Champlin on lead vocals and furthered Chicago's shift towards de-emphasizing the band's brass section compared to their earlier years.〔 〕 Scheff noted that with Peter Cetera having left the group and "making his own records, it was good for us to release some songs with a different sound (like) Bill's voice. Then we wouldn't be saturating radio with Chicago-sounding songs."〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Look Away」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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