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Hard Habit to Break

Field	Value
name	Hard Habit to Break
cover	Hard Habit to Break cover.jpg
type	single
artist	Chicago
album	Chicago 17
B-side	Remember the Feeling
released
genre	Soft rock
length	4:43
producer	David Foster
prev_title	Stay the Night
prev_year	1984
next_title	You're the Inspiration
next_year	1984

| B-side = Remember the Feeling

Warner Bros.
Full Moon
Steve Kipner
John Lewis Parker "Hard Habit to Break" is a song written by Steve Kipner and John Lewis Parker, produced and arranged by David Foster and recorded by the group Chicago for their 1984 album Chicago 17, with Bill Champlin and Peter Cetera sharing lead vocals.

Released as the second single from the album, it reached on the Billboard Hot 100 and was prevented from charting higher by "Caribbean Queen" by Billy Ocean and "I Just Called to Say I Love You" by Stevie Wonder. "Hard Habit to Break" also peaked at on the Adult Contemporary chart. Overseas it peaked at on the UK Singles Chart.

In a 2024 interview, Vinnie Colaiuta asked Foster, "What were some of the most memorable things that you've done, production-wise, that you're really, really proud of?" Foster responded that "Hard Habit to Break" was, in his opinion, "The most perfect record, or close to perfect, that I produced."

The song's title was used as the slogan for Demon Dogs, a hot dog stand owned by the band's manager Peter Schivarelli which was located in the area of DePaul University's Lincoln Park campus.

Critical reception

Reviewing the single upon its release, Billboard called the song "a bit complicated, with its shifts from acoustic to electric to orchestrated." "Hard Habit to Break" was nominated for four Grammy Awards: Foster and Jeremy Lubbock won the award for Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocal(s); Chicago were nominated for the song in the categories Record of the Year and Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal; and Cetera and Foster were nominated for Best Vocal Arrangement for Two or More Voices. Songwriters Kipner and Parker won an ASCAP award in 1986 for most-performed song.

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (1984)	Peak
position	Guatemala (UPI)
9

Year-end charts

Chart (1984)	Position	US Billboard Hot 100
45

Cover versions

Puerto Rican singer Glenn Monroig recorded a Spanish-language cover version entitled "El Vicio Que No Puedo Romper" for his album Apasionado (1986). All-4-One recorded a cover version for their compilation album Greatest Hits (2004).

References

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Breakfast With Vinnie. (2024-05-26). "The David Foster Interview".
[https://books.google.com/books?id=9dBioKfdzPcC&dq=demon+dogs+hard+habit+to+break+chicago&pg=PA172 ''A Native's Guide to Chicago''. Fourth edition. Chicago, IL: Lake Claremont Press, 2004.] Retrieved January 30, 2023.
[https://digicol.lib.depaul.edu/digital/collection/p16106coll4/id/21658/ Demon Dogs print advertisement in Friday, April 6, 2001 issue of ''The DePaulia'' – DePaul University Library Digital Collections.] Retrieved January 30, 2023.
(August 4, 1984). "Billboard Single Reviews".
(January 16, 2013). "27th Annual GRAMMY Awards".
(July 26, 1986). "David Foster, Man In Motion: Grammy Nominations & Awards". Billboard.
Grein, Paul. (July 26, 1986). ["With Hit Songs for Steppingstones, Star-Shaper Foster Is Now Writing His Own Script For Total Success"]({{google books). Billboard.
Hunt, Dennis. (January 11, 1985). "Grammys May Offer Few Surprises". Los Angeles Times.
"Chicago".
(May 14, 2017). "David Foster".
(February 15, 2019). "Peter Cetera".
(June 14, 1986). ["ASCAP Awards Ceremony"]({{Google books). Billboard.
(November 19, 1984). "Las canciones más populares en Latinoamérica". [[La Opinión (Los Angeles)]].
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