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  • Chicago
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  • 1971 singles
  • Protest songs
  • Songs about Chicago, Illinois
  • Songs written by Graham Nash
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  • %22Chicago%22 is a song written by Graham Nash for his solo debut Songs for Beginners. As a single, it reached #35 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 chart and #29 on the Cash Box Top 100. It is his highest charting single. In Canada, %22Chicago%22 peaked at #19.The song refers to both the riots at the 1968 Democratic National Convention in Chicago, as well as the trial of the Chicago Eight, where protesters at the convention were charged with intent to incite a riot. The first line of the song: %22So your brother's bound and gagged, and they've chained him to a chair%22 refers to Bobby Seale, the defendant who was gagged and bound to a chair in the courtroom following repeated outbursts. On Four Way Street, Nash dedicates the song to %22Mayor Daley%22. The chorus contains the lines: %22We can change the world./ Rearrange the World.%22The line %22Won't you please come to Chicago just to sing%22 refers to Nash pleading with band mates Stephen Stills and Neil Young to come to Chicago to play a benefit for the Chicago 8 defense fund.CSN and CSNY still play the song live.In June 2008, in Denver, Colorado, CSN played a slightly rewritten version of the song called %22Denver%22, in anticipation of the 2008 Democratic National Convention.[1]
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  • Atlantic Records
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  • Chicago
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