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- Album
- Chicago II
- Released
- 1970
- Genres
- yacht rock, soft rock
- Length
- 4:50
- Tempo
- 147 BPM
- Label
- Rhino
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About this song
Chicago released the song in 1971 as a single from their second album, which is sometimes called Chicago II. The title is said to come from the time the lyrics were finished, 3:34, which is 25 or 26 minutes before 4 o'clock. Robert Lamm wrote the song, but Peter Cetera sang it because his vocal range was higher than Lamm's. The band remade it in 1986 for the album Chicago 18, with James Pankow listed as a co-writer, and that version reached number 48 on the US Hot 100.
What it's about
The song is presented as an answer to the song "Does Anybody Really Know What Time It Is?".
Summary written with AI, based on the song's page on Genius.
Fun facts
- Sampled in 5 other songs, like “Twenty Five by Stro Elliot”.
- Covered 5 times, including “25 Or 6 To 4 by Woody Herman”.
- Written by Robert Lamm.
- Produced by James William Guercio.