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Steve Winwood

While You See A Chance

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1981
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“While You See a Chance” is a song performed by Steve Winwood in 1980, who also wrote it alongside Will Jennings. It was released on his album Arc of a Diver and peaked at #7 on the Billboard Hot 100, and also reached #68 on the Billboard Top 100 for the year 1981, however it only reached #45 in the UK. One of the song’s most iconic features, its keyboard introduction, was not originally intended to be part of the song. The track was thrown together fairly quickly after Winwood discovered that he had accidentally deleted his intended drum track introduction while preparing for vocals. He wrote a new introduction on the spot as a replacement. Many radio stations, when the song was released, played the version of the single used in the video, which cut the song’s length from 5... Read on...

Song lines: ♪ Stand up in a clear blue morning until you see what can be ... Alone in a cold day dawning, are you still free? Can you be

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More songs by Steve Winwood (See Charts): Arc Of A Diver, You'Ll Keep On Searching, I Will Be Here, Split Decision, Why Can'T We Live Together, Hearts On Fire, Freedom Overspill, Back In The High Life Again, Holding On, and Higher Love.

Popular in Rock (See Charts): Bohemian Rhapsody, Stairway To Heaven, Beat It, Give In To Me, Wherever You Will Go, Stigmatized, Nothing'S Changed, Hotel California, Imagine, and Nothing Else Matters.

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