A 2:54 shorter edit (without opening fanfare or piano break, starting at the trumpet solo) was included on the original vinyl version of Chicago's Greatest Hits, but was not included on the CD version. This shorter edit was included on the CD version of the compilation album If You Leave Me Now. This version was used as a radio edit version. A shorter version at 2:46 (starting midway through the trumpet solo) was issued as a promotional single, which finally appeared on 2007's The Best of Chicago: 40th Anniversary Edition.
A live version on the Chicago at Carnegie Hall box set presents an expanded version of the "free form" intro, which itself is given its own track.
Various versions of the song receive airplay; the promotional single edit is the version played on certain 'Classic Hits' stations and 1970s radio shows. For example, radio station KKMJ plays the promo edit version on its 'Super Songs' of the 70s weekend, as does Classic Hits KXBT. By contrast, the True Oldies Channel plays the 3:20 single version. An AM radio station in Boston (WJIB 740 which also simulcasts in Maine as WJTO 730) plays the original vinyl Chicago IX edit.
Personnel
- Robert Lamm - lead vocals, acoustic piano, spoken dialogue
- Terry Kath - electric guitar, backing vocals
- Peter Cetera - bass guitar, backing vocals
- Danny Seraphine - drums
- Lee Loughnane - trumpet
- James Pankow - trombone
- Walter Parazaider - tenor saxophone
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