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(I've Been) Searchin' So Long
"(I've Been) Searchin' So Long"
Single by Chicago
from the album Chicago VII
B-side"Byblos"
ReleasedFebruary 1974
GenreSoft rock
Length4:29
4:19 (7" version)
LabelColumbia
SongwriterJames Pankow
ProducerJames William Guercio
Chicago singles chronology
"Just You 'n' Me"
(1973)
"(I've Been) Searchin' So Long"
(1974)
"Call on Me"
(1974)

"(I've Been) Searchin' So Long" is a song written by James Pankow for the group Chicago and recorded for their album Chicago VII (1974). The first single released from that album, it reached number 9 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100.[1] It also hit number 8 on the Adult Contemporary chart. In Canada, the song peaked at number 5.

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Cash Box said that "this dreamy, progressive ballad [is] reminiscent of...Yes and the Beach Boys with that definite patented Chicago drive," and also praised the "sensitive musical execution and slowly intensifying vocals."[2]

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