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Chicago (Sufjan Stevens song)

"Chicago"
Demo artwork
Song by Sufjan Stevens
from the album Illinois
LanguageEnglish
ReleasedJuly 5, 2005 (2005-07-05)
Genre
Length6:04
LabelAsthmatic Kitty
Songwriter(s)Sufjan Stevens
Producer(s)Sufjan Stevens
Audio video
"Chicago" on YouTube

"Chicago" ("Go! CHICAGO! Go! Yeah!" on the vinyl edition) is a track from Sufjan Stevens 2005 concept album Illinois, released on Asthmatic Kitty. The song tells the semi-autobiographical[1] story of a young man on a road trip, and his youthful idealism. The track is one of Stevens' most popular songs, and he usually ends his live shows with a version of this song. The song has been recorded in five different versions by Stevens himself, the versions not on Illinois being included on the collection The Avalanche, and one demo released digitally on Stevens' website, later released as a 12" single bundled with the Illinois: Special 10th Anniversary Blue Marvel Edition.[2]

  1. ^ Matthew L. Peck (July 4, 2005). ""Illinois seems like a dream to me now": An Interview with Sufjan Stevens". Gapers Block.
  2. ^ Asthmatic Kitty (February 25, 2016). "Chicago (Demo) Sufjan Stevens". Asthmatic Kitty.