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Baby, What A Big Surprise
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| "Baby, What A Big Surprise" | ||
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| Single by Chicago | ||
| from the album Chicago XI | ||
| B-side(s) | "Takin’ It On Uptown" | |
| Released | September 1977 | |
| Format | 7" | |
| Genre | Rock | |
| Length | 3:04 | |
| Label | Columbia Records | |
| Writer(s) | Peter Cetera | |
| Producer(s) | James William Guercio | |
| Chart positions | ||
| Chicago singles chronology | ||
| You Are On My Mind (1977) |
Baby, What A Big Surprise (1977) |
Little One (1978) |
"Baby, What A Big Surprise" is a song written by Peter Cetera for the group Chicago and recorded for their album Chicago XI (1977), with Cetera singing lead vocals. The first single released from that album, it reached #4 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 chart.
Carl Wilson of The Beach Boys provided additional backing vocals on the recording.
Although Chicago XI yielded two more minor singles, "Baby, What A Big Surprise" was Chicago's last Top Ten single before the accidental death of guitarist Terry Kath, and was also their last Top Ten single produced by James William Guercio.
- Cetera re-recorded the song as a solo artist for his 1997 album You're the Inspiration: A Collection.
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| Chicago |
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| Robert Lamm | James Pankow | Lee Loughnane | Walter Parazaider | Bill Champlin Jason Scheff | Tris Imboden | Keith Howland Terry Kath | Peter Cetera | Danny Seraphine | Laudir DeOliveira | Donnie Dacus | Chris Pinnick | Dawayne Bailey |
| Discography |
| Studio albums: The Chicago Transit Authority | Chicago | Chicago III | Chicago V | Chicago VI |Chicago VII | Chicago VIII | Chicago X | Chicago XI | Hot Streets | Chicago 13 | Chicago XIV | Chicago 16 | Chicago 17 | Chicago 18 | Chicago 19 | Twenty 1 | Night & Day Big Band | Chicago XXX |
| Live albums: Chicago at Carnegie Hall | Chicago XXVI: Live in Concert |
| Compilations: Chicago IX - Chicago's Greatest Hits | Greatest Hits, Volume II | Greatest Hits 1982-1989 The Heart of Chicago 1967-1997 | The Heart of Chicago 1967-1998 Volume II | The Very Best of: Only the Beginning | Love Songs |
| Christmas albums: Chicago XXV: The Christmas Album | What's It Gonna Be, Santa? |
| Unreleased album: Stone of Sisyphus |
| Box sets: The Box |