Australian singles chart:
25 or 6 to 4 entered the Kent singles chart on 31 August 1970 and peaked at #12. The song was #73 on the Top 100 of 1970.
Album:
The song is on Chicago which entered the Kent album charts on 25 May 1970 and peaked at #5.
Songwriter:
Robert Lamm
Producer:
James William Guercio
Record label of Australian release:
CBS
Wikipedia:
Robert Lamm said the song is about trying to write a song in the middle of the night. The song’s title is the time at which the song is set: 25 or 26 minutes before 4 am. Because of the unique phrasing of the song’s title, 25 or 6 to 4 has been interpreted to mean everything from a quantity of illicit drugs to the name of a famous person in code.
Read more: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/25_or_6_to_4
Songfacts:
Lamm explained on The Chris Isaak Hour: “I was living with a bunch of hippies up above Sunset Strip. One of the advantages of this particular house was that it was in the Hollywood Hills and I could look out over the city late at night. I wanted to try to describe the process of writing the song that I was writing. So, ‘waiting for the break of day, searching for something to say, flashing lights against the sky’ – there was a neon sign across the city. That song came from the fact that it was 25 or 6 to 4 a.m. in the morning when I looked at my watch – I was looking for a line to finish the chorus.”
www.songfacts.com/facts/chicago/25-or-6-to-4
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