If You Leave Me Now
~ Recording by Chicago
Annotation
USRH10722086 is 2007 remaster
Annotation last modified on 2020-06-15 03:47 UTC.
Appears on releases
| # | Title | Length | Track artist | Release title | Release artist | Release group type | Country/Date | Label | Catalog# |
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| 1.4 | If You Leave Me Now | 3:58 | Chicago | Chicago X | Chicago | Album |
| Columbia (owned by Sony Music Entertainment, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX) | PC 34200 |
| 1.1 | If You Leave Me Now | 3:53 | Chicago | If You Leave Me Now | Chicago | Single |
| Columbia (owned by Sony Music Entertainment, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX) | 3-10390 |
| 1.4 | If You Leave Me Now | 3:58 | Chicago | Chicago X | Chicago | Album |
| CBS (CBS Records’ international imprint from 1962–1990; renamed since 1991 as Columbia) | CBS 86010 |
| 1.4 | If You Leave Me Now | 3:58 | Chicago | Chicago X | Chicago | Album |
| CBS (CBS Records’ international imprint from 1962–1990; renamed since 1991 as Columbia) | SBP234845 |
| 1.4 | If You Leave Me Now | 3:58 | Chicago | Chicago X | Chicago | Album |
| Columbia (owned by Sony Music Entertainment, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX) | 1R1 6541 |
| 1.4 | If You Leave Me Now | 3:58 | Chicago | Chicago X | Chicago | Album |
| CBS (CBS Records’ international imprint from 1962–1990; renamed since 1991 as Columbia) | CBS 86010 |
| 1.1 | If You Leave Me Now | 3:53 | Chicago | If You Leave Me Now | Chicago | Single |
| CBS (CBS Records’ international imprint from 1962–1990; renamed since 1991 as Columbia) | S CBS 4603 |
| 1.3 | Si me dejas ahora | 3:53 | Chicago | CBS 10º Aniversario. 10 años de éxitos | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| CBS (CBS Records’ international imprint from 1962–1990; renamed since 1991 as Columbia) | S 14307 |
| 1.6 | If You Leave Me Now | 3:56 | Chicago | Greatest Hits, Volume II | Chicago | Album + Compilation |
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| 1.6 | If You Leave Me Now | 3:56 | Chicago | Greatest Hits, Volume II | Chicago | Album + Compilation |
| CBS (CBS Records’ international imprint from 1962–1990; renamed since 1991 as Columbia) | CBS 85444 |
| 1.1 | If You Leave Me Now | 3:57 | Chicago | If You Leave Me Now | Chicago | Album + Compilation |
| CBS (CBS Records’ international imprint from 1962–1990; renamed since 1991 as Columbia) | CDCBS 32391 |
| 1.1 | If You Leave Me Now | 3:53 | Chicago | The Feeling of Chicago: A Collection of Their Greatest Hits | Chicago | Album + Compilation |
| CBS (CBS Records’ international imprint from 1962–1990; renamed since 1991 as Columbia) | CBS 24019, K-tel TG 1425 |
| 1.1 | If You Leave Me Now | 3:57 | Chicago | If You Leave Me Now | Chicago | Album + Compilation |
| Columbia (owned by Sony Music Entertainment, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX) | CK 38590 |
| 1.1 | If You Leave Me Now | 3:53 | Chicago | If You Leave Me Now / 25 or 6 to 4 | Chicago | Single |
| CBS (CBS Records’ international imprint from 1962–1990; renamed since 1991 as Columbia) | A4594 |
| 1.5 | If You Leave Me Now | 4:01 | Chicago | The Ultimate Collection | Chicago | Album + Compilation |
| CBS Direct (a division of CBS Records Canada) | DME2-056 |
| 1.5 | If You Leave Me Now | 4:01 | Chicago | The Ultimate Collection | Chicago | Album + Compilation |
| Columbia (owned by Sony Music Entertainment, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX) | DMK-056 |
| 1.1 | If You Leave Me Now | 3:57 | Chicago | If You Leave Me Now (DIDP (0)70569) | Chicago | Album + Compilation |
| Columbia (owned by Sony Music Entertainment, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX) | CK 38590 |
| 1.11 | If You Leave Me Now | 3:53 | Chicago | 25 Jaar Popmuziek: 1976 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| CBS Special Products | 29.980647.10, LSP 980647 2 |
| 1.4 | If You Leave Me Now | 3:59 | Chicago | Chicago X | Chicago | Album |
| CBS (CBS Records’ international imprint from 1962–1990; renamed since 1991 as Columbia) | 01-461035-10 |
| 1.1 | If You Leave Me Now | 3:57 | Chicago | The Heart of Chicago | Chicago | Album + Compilation |
| Reprise Records | 926 107-2 |
| 1.7 | If You Leave Me Now | 3:56 | Chicago | The Best of Chicago | Chicago | Album + Compilation |
| CBS (CBS Records’ international imprint from 1962–1990; renamed since 1991 as Columbia) | 462745 2 |
| 1.1 | If You Leave Me Now | 3:57 | Chicago | The Heart of Chicago | Chicago | Album + Compilation |
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| 1.1 | If You Leave Me Now | 3:57 | Chicago | The Heart of Chicago | Chicago | Album + Compilation |
| Reprise Records | 7599-26107-2 |
| 1.1 | If You Leave Me Now | 3:57 | Chicago | The Heart of Chicago | Chicago | Album + Compilation |
| WEA International (imprint of WEA International Inc., not likely used since ca. 1990) | 929107-1 |
| 1.4 | If You Leave Me Now | 3:56 | Chicago | Take Me Back to Chicago | Chicago | Album + Compilation |
| CBS Special Products | A 21581 |
| 3.12 | If You Leave Me Now | 3:57 | Chicago | Group Portrait | Chicago | Album + Compilation |
| Columbia (owned by Sony Music Entertainment, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX), Legacy (reissue division of Sony Music Entertainment) | C4K 47416 |
| 1.1 | If You Leave Me Now | 3:57 | Chicago | If You Leave Me Now | Chicago | Album + Compilation |
| Columbia (owned by Sony Music Entertainment, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX) | CDANIC 40038 |
| 1.1 | If You Leave Me Now | 3:55 | Chicago | The Best of Chicago | Chicago | Album + Compilation |
| wea (has logo with just “wea” on it) | 7599 26637-2 |
| 1.11 | If You Leave Me Now | 3:53 | Chicago | Remember Your 70's - 1976-1979 (Volume 2) | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Sony Music (global brand, excluding JP, owned by Sony Music Entertainment) | 980647 2, 982104 2, 982336 2, 982436 2 |
| 2.1 | If You Leave Me Now | 3:50 | Chicago | The Love Album | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Virgin (worldwide imprint of Virgin Records Ltd. and all its subsidiaries) | 7243 8 39987 2 2, VTDCD38 |
| 2.9 | If You Leave Me Now | 3:50 | Chicago | Endless Love | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| PolyGram TV (a division of PolyGram Record Operations Ltd.) | 525 341-2 |
| 1.9 | If You Leave Me Now | 3:50 | Chicago | Endless Love | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| PolyGram TV (a division of PolyGram Record Operations Ltd.) | |
| 1.6 | If You Leave Me Now | 3:56 | Chicago | Greatest Hits, Volume II | Chicago | Album + Compilation |
| Columbia (owned by Sony Music Entertainment, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX) | CK 37682 |
| 3.12 | If You Leave Me Now | 3:57 | Chicago | Group Portrait | Chicago | Album + Compilation |
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| 1.1 | If You Leave Me Now | 3:57 | Chicago | If You Leave Me Now | Chicago | Album + Compilation |
| CBS (CBS Records’ international imprint from 1962–1990; renamed since 1991 as Columbia) | CDCBS 32391 |
| 2.12 | If You Leave Me Now | 3:55 | Chicago | Knuffelrock 7 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Columbia (owned by Sony Music Entertainment, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX) | COL 481452 2 |
| 2.12 | If You Leave Me Now | 3:55 | Chicago | Kuschelrock 9 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation | Columbia (owned by Sony Music Entertainment, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX) | 07-480999-10, COL 480999 2 | |
| 1.4 | If You Leave Me Now | 3:59 | Chicago | Chicago X | Chicago | Album |
| Teichiku Records | TECW-1912 |
| 1.2 | If You Leave Me Now | 3:55 | Chicago | Chicago: 25 Years of Gold | Chicago | Album + Compilation |
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| 1.1 | If You Leave Me Now | 3:57 | Chicago | If You Leave Me Now | Chicago | Album + Compilation |
| Chicago Records (label for US band Chicago) | CRD-3016 |
| 2.12 | If You Leave Me Now | 3:54 | Chicago | Knuffelrock 4 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Magnum (Dutch joint venture from 1990–1997) | 481 190-2 |
| 2.12 | If You Leave Me Now | 3:55 | Chicago | Kuschelrock 9 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Columbia (owned by Sony Music Entertainment, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX), Bertelsmann Club | 480999 2, CL 35754 1 |
| 2.7 | If You Leave Me Now | 3:56 | Chicago | Overtime | Chicago | Album + Compilation |
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| 1.6 | If You Leave Me Now | 3:56 | Chicago | Greatest Hits, Volume II (1996 Japanese reissue) | Chicago | Album + Compilation |
| Overseas Records (Teichiku sub-label), Teichiku Records | TECW-1920 |
| 1.1 | If You Leave Me Now | 3:55 | Chicago | The Very Best of Chicago | Chicago | Album + Compilation |
| Arcade (record label founded in 1970s by Herman Heinsbroek; use this as its universal imprint) | 9902295 |
| 1.12 | If You Leave Me Now | 3:57 | Chicago | Group Portrait Vol.2 | Chicago | Album + Compilation |
| Overseas Records (Teichiku sub-label) | TECW-3524~5 |
| 2.12 | If You Leave Me Now | 3:55 | Chicago | KuschelRock 9 (Gold-Edition) | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Sony Music (global brand, excluding JP, owned by Sony Music Entertainment) | 480999 9 |
| 1.2 | If You Leave Me Now | 3:55 | Chicago | The Heart of Chicago 1967-1997 | Chicago | Album + Compilation |
| Reprise Records | 9362-46554-2 |
| 1.2 | If You Leave Me Now | 3:55 | Chicago | The Heart of Chicago 1967–1997 (Remastered) | Chicago | Album + Compilation |
| Reprise Records | 9362-46554-2 |
| 1.2 | If You Leave Me Now | 3:55 | Chicago | The Heart of Chicago 1967–1997 | Chicago | Album + Compilation |
| Reprise Records | WTVD 46554 |
| 1.2 | If You Leave Me Now | 3:55 | Chicago | The Heart of Chicago 1967–1997 | Chicago | Album + Compilation |
| Reprise Records | 9 46554-2 |
| 1.2 | If You Leave Me Now | 3:55 | Chicago | The Heart of Chicago 1967–1997 | Chicago | Album + Compilation |
| Reprise Records | 9362-46554-2 |
| 1.13 | If You Leave Me Now | 3:55 | Chicago | The Heart of Chicago 1967–1981 | Chicago | Album + Compilation |
| Overseas Records (Teichiku sub-label) | TECW-2426 |
| 1.12 | If You Leave Me Now | 3:55 | Chicago | Rock Super Stars, Volume 3 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Virgin (worldwide imprint of Virgin Records Ltd. and all its subsidiaries) | 724384207229 |
| 1.2 | If You Leave Me Now | 3:54 | Chicago | Schmusenacht | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Global Arts Productions | |
| 1.2 | If You Leave Me Now | 3:55 | Chicago | The Heart of Chicago 1967–1997 | Chicago | Album + Compilation |
| Reprise Records | WBCD 1860 |
| 1.3 | If You Leave Me Now | 4:02 | Chicago | Chicago | Chicago | Album + Compilation |
| Bell Records (Bell Musik GmbH, Germany) | BLR 89 404 |
| 4.4 | If You Leave Me Now | 3:57 | Chicago | The Ultimate Grammy Box: From the Recording Academy’s Collection of Award Winning Music | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Columbia (owned by Sony Music Entertainment, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX), Legacy (reissue division of Sony Music Entertainment) | C4K 69783 |
| 2.12 | If You Leave Me Now | 3:55 | Chicago | Kuschelrock 9 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Sony Music Media | 480999 2, 4809992000, SMM 480999 2 |
| 3.14 | If You Leave Me Now | 3:53 | Chicago | The Best Singles of All Time | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Startel Entertainment | SAN0028, SANCD0028A |
| 1.1 | If You Leave Me Now | 3:57 | Chicago | The Very Best of Chicago | Chicago | Album + Compilation |
| Arcade Deutschland GmbH (DE branch of Dutch “Arcade” label; this is not an imprint!) | 9902295 |
| 1.4 | If You Leave Me Now | 3:56 | Chicago | Singers and Songwriters: 1976-1977 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Warner Special Products, Time–Life Music | OPCD-2780, R812-04 |
| 4.4 | If You Leave Me Now | 3:57 | Chicago | The Ultimate Grammy Box: From the Recording Academy’s Collection of Award Winning Music | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Columbia (owned by Sony Music Entertainment, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX), Legacy (reissue division of Sony Music Entertainment) | C4K 85669 |
| 1.7 | If You Leave Me Now | 3:54 | Chicago | Greatest Love Songs | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Falcon Neue Medien | DCD 23015 |
| 1.8 | If You Leave Me Now | 3:54 | Chicago | If You Leave Me Now | Chicago | Album + Compilation |
| Universe (Compilations – Attention, some releases may be bootlegs) | 3318 |
| 1.3 | If You Leave Me Now | 3:53 | Chicago | Living in America | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Falcon Neue Medien | 3958 |
| 2.5 | If You Leave Me Now | 3:52 | Chicago | Milestones: 32 Great Rock Classics | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Falcon Neue Medien | DCD 23012 |
| 2.5 | If You Leave Me Now | 3:52 | Chicago | Milestones: 32 Great Rock Classics | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Falcon Neue Medien | DCD 23012 |
| 1.1 | If You Leave Me Now | 3:53 | Chicago | Romantic Rock | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Falcon Neue Medien | DCD 23048 |
| 1.19 | If You Leave Me Now | 3:57 | Chicago | The Very Best of Chicago: Only the Beginning | Chicago | Album + Compilation |
| Rhino (reissue label) | R2 76170 |
| 1.19 | If You Leave Me Now | 3:57 | Chicago | The Very Best of Chicago: Only the Beginning | Chicago | Album + Compilation |
| Rhino (reissue label) | WPCR-11310~1 |
| 1.1 | If You Leave Me Now | 3:57 | Chicago | The Chicago Story: Complete Greatest Hits | Chicago | Album + Compilation | Rhino (reissue label), Warner Strategic Marketing | 8122 73606 2 | |
| 2.9 | If You Leave Me Now | 3:59 | Chicago | All Time Classic Tearjerkers | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Warner Strategic Marketing United Kingdom | WSMCD116 |
| 1.3 | If You Leave Me Now | 3:49 | Chicago | Steve Wright's Sunday Love Songs: The New Collection | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Universal Music TV (UK, a division of Universal Music Operations Limited) | 069 923-2 |
| 1.3 | If You Leave Me Now | 3:59 | Chicago | Absolute Love Classics | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Absolute (compilation series brand used by Stockholm-based EVA Records) | ACCD 3007 |
| 2.12 | If You Leave Me Now | 3:55 | Chicago | Kuschelrock 9 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Sony Music Media | SMM 480999 5 |
| 4.2 | If You Leave Me Now | 3:52 | Chicago | Oldie Juke Box | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Falcon Neue Medien | 80101 |
| 1.15 | If You Leave Me Now | 3:55 | Chicago | Simply the Best 70s | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
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| 1.1 | If You Leave Me Now | 3:58 | Chicago | The Chicago Story: The Complete Greatest Hits | Chicago | Album + Compilation |
| Rhino (reissue label) | 8122 73630-2 |
| 2.5 | If You Leave Me Now | 3:57 | Chicago | The Power of Love | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Warner Strategic Marketing United Kingdom | WSMCD127 |
| 1.4 | If You Leave Me Now | 3:59 | Chicago | Chicago X | Chicago | Album |
| Rhino (reissue label) | R2 76179 |
| 1.4 | If You Leave Me Now | 3:59 | Chicago | Chicago X | Chicago | Album |
| Rhino (reissue label) | |
| 1.2 | If You Leave Me Now | 3:58 | Chicago | Kuschelrock Special Edition: Feelings of the Seventies | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Sony Music Media | SMM 511233 2 |
| 3.10 | If You Leave Me Now | 3:57 | Chicago | The Box | Chicago | Album + Compilation |
| Rhino (reissue label) | R2 73871 |
| 1.11 | If You Leave Me Now | 3:55 | Chicago | Drivin' | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
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| 3.10 | If You Leave Me Now | 3:57 | Chicago | The Box | Chicago | Album + Compilation |
| Rhino (reissue label) | 8122-73704-2 |
| 1.10 | If You Leave Me Now | 3:55 | Chicago | Absolute Seventies | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| EVA Records (Sweden) | EVACD 4031 |
| 2.12 | If You Leave Me Now | 3:54 | Chicago | Kuschelrock 9 | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Sony Music Media | SMM 480999 0 |
| 1.3 | If You Leave Me Now | 3:56 | Chicago | Capital Gold Love Legends | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Box Music (UK label), EMI (EMI Records, or EMI Music only if there is no other imprint), Virgin (worldwide imprint of Virgin Records Ltd. and all its subsidiaries), Virgin TV | 7234 5 91659 2 9, VTCD553 |
| 1.3 | If You Leave Me Now | 3:58 | Chicago | #1 Hits of the 70s (The Pure Gold Collection) | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Compass Productions (budget compilations), Warner Special Products | OPCD-7596 |
| 2.11 | If You Leave Me Now | 3:58 | Chicago | All Time Classic Tearjerkers | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Warner Music Australia (AU subsidiary of Warner Music International since 1988) | 0927497382 |
| 1.17 | If You Leave Me Now | 3:54 | Chicago | Capital Gold Seventies Legends | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| EMI (EMI Records, or EMI Music only if there is no other imprint), Virgin (worldwide imprint of Virgin Records Ltd. and all its subsidiaries), Box Music (UK label) | 7243 5 91665 2 0, VTDCD 555 |
| 1.8 | If You Leave Me Now | 3:53 | Chicago | I Love U | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| BBC (British Broadcasting Corporation), EMI (EMI Records, or EMI Music only if there is no other imprint), Virgin (worldwide imprint of Virgin Records Ltd. and all its subsidiaries) | |
| 2.3 | If You Leave Me Now | 3:58 | Chicago | Love Together | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Warner Music Hong Kong | |
| Bootleg | |||||||||
| 1.8 | If You Leave Me Now | 3:54 | Chicago | If You Leave Me Now | Chicago | Album + Compilation |
| Euro Sound (Falcon Neue Medien sublabel) | 3318 |
| 1.14 | If You Leave Me Now | 3:59 | Chicago | VI & X | Chicago | Album + Compilation |
| Private Area | SV-651-A |
| 1.4 | If You Leave Me Now | 3:56 | Chicago | Chicago X | Chicago | Album |
| Rhino (reissue label) | |
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| 1.12 | If You Leave Me Now | 3:54 | Chicago | Rock'mantique 7 (disc 2) | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Columbia (owned by Sony Music Entertainment, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX) | 4814512 |
| 1.15 | If You Leave Me Now | 3:54 | Chicago | Love Songs for you | Various Artists |
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| 1.15 | If You Leave Me Now | 3:56 | Chicago | Love Paradise | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Warner/Chappell Music, Hong Kong Limited (華納音樂版權香港有限公司, 1995–2019) | 5050466-9692-2-4 |
Relationships
| recording engineer: | Armin Steiner (from 1976-03 until 1976-04: strings) |
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| assistant engineer: | Tom Likes |
| engineer: | Wayne Tarnowski |
| producer: | James William Guercio |
| acoustic guitar and bass: | James William Guercio (from 1976-03 until 1976-04) |
| lead vocals: | Peter Cetera (from 1976-03 until 1976-04) |
| French horn arranger and strings arranger: | Jimmie Haskell |
| phonographic copyright (℗) by: | CBS, Inc. (US broadcasting company; file no releases here!) (in 1976) Rhino Entertainment Company (not for release label use!) (in 1976, in 2002) Warner Strategic Marketing Inc. (in 1976) WEA International Inc. (not for release label use! copyrights holder, distributor for the world outside of the US) (in 1976) |
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| recorded at: | Sound Labs, Inc. in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States Sound Labs, Inc. in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States (strings) Caribou Ranch Recording Studio in Nederland, Colorado, United States (from 1976-03 until 1976-04) |
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| mixed at: | Caribou Ranch Recording Studio in Nederland, Colorado, United States (from 1976-03 until 1976-04) |
| sampled by: | Don't Go by DJ Kaos (UK hardcore DJ & producer Jon Kyriacou) Soft by Lemon Jelly |
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| recording of: | If You Leave Me Now (from 1976-03 until 1976-04) |
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Related works
If You Leave Me Now
| lyricist: | Peter Cetera |
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| composer: | Peter Cetera (in 1976) |
| publisher: | Big Elk Music BMG Music Publishing Ltd. Copyright Control (not for release label use! this is only for copyrights and publishing relationships) Fairwood Music Ltd. Island Music Ltd. Polish Prince Music Spirit Music Publishing Ltd. |
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| later translated versions: | Om du lämnar mej Om du skulle gå Si me dejas ahora (If You Leave Me Now) Willst Du wirklich geh'n |
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