Feelin' Stronger Every Day

"Feelin' Stronger Every Day" is a song written by Peter Cetera and James Pankow for the group Chicago and recorded for their album Chicago VI (1973). The first single released from that album, it reached #10 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100.[1]

"Feelin' Stronger Every Day"
Single by Chicago
from the album Chicago VI
B-side"Jenny"
ReleasedJune 23, 1973
GenreRock
Length4:15
LabelColumbia
Songwriter(s)Peter Cetera, James Pankow
Producer(s)James William Guercio
Chicago singles chronology
"Dialogue (Part I & II)"
(1972)		 "Feelin' Stronger Every Day"
(1973)		 "Just You 'n' Me"
(1973)

The song was a collaboration between bassist, Peter Cetera and trombonist, James Pankow. Regarding the song's composition, drummer Danny Seraphine recalled,

"Peter wrote that song [with trombonist James Pankow] about his marriage falling apart. He'd gone through a real hard time and was starting to feel stronger again"[2]

Cetera himself recalled, "I can remember the exact beginnings of that one... We were at the Akron Rubber Bowl in Akron, Ohio, an outdoor gig that was delayed a bit because of rain, and so, we got there our normal hour and a half before the gig, and we're sitting around, and we were told we're gonna hold for at least an hour, and I heard Jimmy [Pankow] in the other room playing the actual beginning of that song... and I said, 'What is that?' and he went, 'Oh, I don't know, I'm just messing around.'... I went and got my bass, and we sat there and played around with it, and a few weeks later, after we got off the road, I went to his house, and we wrote 'Feelin' Stronger Every Day."[3]

Pankow noted that "Stronger Every Day' was about a relationship but yet, underlying that relationship it's almost like the band is feeling stronger than ever.”[3]

Cetera played bass and sang lead vocals,[4] while keyboardist Robert Lamm played Hohner Pianet as well as acoustic piano.

Personnel

Chart performance

References
  1. "Chicago Awards". Allmusic. Retrieved 2012-08-17.
  2. Rosen, Craig (1996). The Billboard Book Of Number One Albums. Watson-Guptill Publications. p. 163. ISBN 0-8230-7586-9.
  3. Ruhlmann, William James (1991). Chicago Group Portrait (Box Set) (CD booklet archived online) (Media notes). New York City, NY: Columbia Records. p. 6. Archived from the original on November 12, 2017. Retrieved February 7, 2019.
  4. Chicago Group Portrait (Box Set) (CD booklet archived online) (Media notes). New York City, NY: Columbia Records. 1991. Retrieved February 7, 2019.
  5. "Top 100 1973-08-25". Cashbox Magazine. Retrieved 2016-03-02.
  6. "Top 100 Hits of 1973/Top 100 Songs of 1973". Musicoutfitters.com. Retrieved 2016-10-08.
  7. "Top 100 Year End Charts: 1973". Cashbox Magazine. Retrieved 2016-06-25.


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