Look Away

This article is about the song by Chicago. For the Big Country song, see Look Away (Big Country song). For the EP by The Apples in Stereo, see Look Away + 4.

"Look Away"
Single by Chicago
from the album Chicago 19
B-side	"Come In From the Night"
Released	September 9, 1988
Format	7"
Recorded	1988
Genre	Rock
Length	4:02
Label	Full Moon/Reprise
Writer(s)	Diane Warren
Producer	Ron Nevison
Chicago singles chronology
"I Don't Wanna Live Without Your Love" (1988) "Look Away" (1988) "You're Not Alone" (1989)

"Look Away" is the name of a 1989 #1 Billboard Hot 100 Chart hit written by Diane Warren. It was recorded by the band Chicago for their 1988 album Chicago 19, with Bill Champlin singing lead vocals. When released as a single that year, the song proved successful, topping the Billboard Hot 100 for two weeks in December 1988, their last song to do so. "Look Away" was the seventh of eight number ones on the Adult Contemporary chart . The single also yielded the band's most successful year-end singles ranking, #1 on Billboard's 1989 year-end Hot 100.

The song was uncharacteristic of earlier Chicago hits in that it did not prominently feature horns. This song was also the band's first number one hit of the eighties that wasn't sung in a tenor voice.

References

Preceded by "Kissing a Fool" by George Michael	Billboard Adult Contemporary (chart) number-one single December 3, 1988	Succeeded by "Giving You the Best That I Got" by Anita Baker
Preceded by "Baby, I Love Your Way / Freebird Medley" by Will to Power	Billboard Hot 100 number one single December 10, 1988- December 17, 1988	Succeeded by "Every Rose Has Its Thorn" by Poison