Saturday in the Park

This article is about the song. For another use, see Saturday in the Park (music festival).

"Saturday in the Park"
Single by Chicago
from the album Chicago V
B-side"Alma Mater"
ReleasedJuly 13, 1972[1]
RecordedSeptember 1971
Genre
Length3:56
LabelColumbia
Songwriter(s)Robert Lamm
Producer(s)James William Guercio
Chicago singles chronology
""Questions 67 and 68" /
"I'm A Man""
(1971) 		"Saturday in the Park"
(1972) 		""Dialogue
(Part I & II)""
(1972)

"Saturday in the Park" is a song written by Robert Lamm and recorded by the group Chicago for their 1972 album Chicago V. It was very successful upon release, reaching No. 3 on the Billboard Hot 100,[6] and became the band's highest-charting single at the time, helping lift the album to No. 1.[7] Billboard ranked it as the No. 76 song for 1972. The single was certified Gold by the RIAA, selling over 1,000,000 units in the U.S. alone.[8]

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  4. ^ Sheffield, Rob (2004). "Chicago". In Brackett, Nathan; Hoard, Christian (eds.). The New Rolling Stone Album Guide (4th ed.). Simon & Schuster. pp. 161–162. ISBN 0-7432-0169-8.
  5. ^ Breithaupt, Don; Breithaupt, Jeff (October 15, 1996). "Play Misty for Me: Jazz Pop". Precious and Few - Pop Music in the Early '70s. St. Martin's Griffin. p. 128. ISBN 031214704X.
  6. ^ "Billboard Singles". All Media Guide / Billboard. Retrieved March 1, 2010.
  7. ^ "Billboard Albums". All Media Guide / Billboard. Retrieved March 1, 2010.
  8. ^ "RIAA searchable certification database". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved March 1, 2010.