Chicago released their fifth album in 1973, which included a rock track written by Peter Cetera, "Feelin' Stronger Every Day," that would be an inspirational hit for fans about picking up the pieces and moving on.
"Feelin' Stronger Every Day" was first released as part of the album Chicago VI before it gained popularity on the charts as a single. The track ended up reaching No. 10 on the Billboard Hot 100, with Cetera collaborating with trombonist James Pankow to develop it. While the song is tagged as a motivational and inspiring anthem, its backstory is based on heartache.
According to drummer Danny Seraphine, "Peter wrote that song about his marriage falling apart. He'd gone through a real hard time and was starting to feel stronger again."
The divorce being described was likely the one between Cetera and his first wife, Janice Sheely. They married in 1968 and divorced five years later when "Feelin' Stronger Every Day" was created. Neither of them has ever publicly discussed the reason for the split.
Instead of writing a breakup anthem, Cetera saw it as a way to move on from the heartache and even commented that the song was meant to be "both healing and moving on after the end of a relationship." Pankow added that while the song's inspiration was a broken heart, he felt that the band had never been stronger.
The spark of creation behind "Feelin' Stronger Every Day" actually happened while Chicago was on the road in Ohio for a gig that was delayed due to the weather. Cetera heard Pankow messing around with what would be the start of the song.
"I can remember the exact beginnings of that one... We were at the Akron Rubber Bowl in Akron, Ohio, an outdoor gig that was delayed a bit because of rain, and so, we got there our normal hour and a half before the gig, and we're sitting around, and we were told we're gonna hold for at least an hour, and I heard Jimmy [Pankow] in the other room playing the actual beginning of that song... and I said, 'What is that?' and he went, 'Oh, I don't know, I'm just messing around.'..." explained Cetera notes of a album box set.
"I went and got my bass, and we sat there and played around with it, and a few weeks later, after we got off the road, I went to his house, and we wrote 'Feelin' Stronger Every Day'."
Not only did the track gain traction as a resilient anthem about moving on, but it also tied into Chicago's skyrocketing fame at the time. Critics felt the song deviated from what fans were used to and had successfully outdone themselves.
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