Saturday in the Park ( song ) - wikipedia Saturday in the Park ( song ) `` Saturday in the Park '' Single by Chicago from the album Chicago V B - side `` Alma Mater '' Released July 1972 Format 7 '' Recorded September 1971 Length 3 : 56 Label Columbia Songwriter ( s ) Robert William Lamm Producer ( s ) James William Guercio Chicago singles chronology `` Questions 67 and 68 '' / `` I 'm A Man '' ( 1971 ) `` Saturday in the Park '' ( 1972 ) `` String Module Error : Match not found '' ( 1972 ) `` Questions 67 and 68 '' / `` I 'm A Man '' ( 1971 ) `` Saturday in the Park '' ( 1972 ) `` Dialogue ( Part I & II ) '' ( 1972 ) `` Saturday in the Park '' is a song written by Robert Lamm and recorded by the group Chicago for their 1972 album Chicago V. Contents 1 Background 2 Chart performance 2.1 Weekly charts 2.2 Year - end charts 3 Uses in media 4 Personnel 5 See also 6 References 7 External links Background `` Saturday in the Park '' was very successful upon release, reaching # 3 on the Billboard Hot 100, becoming the band 's highest - charting single to date, helping lift the album to # 1. Billboard ranked it as the No. 76 song for 1972. The single was certified Gold by the RIAA, selling over 1,000,000 units in the US alone. According to fellow Chicago member Walter Parazaider, Lamm was inspired to write the song during the recording of V in New York City on July 4, 1971 ( actually a Sunday ) : Robert came back to the hotel from Central Park very excited after seeing the steel drum players, singers, dancers, and jugglers. I said, ' Man, it 's time to put music to this ! The line `` singing Italian songs '' is followed by `` Eh Cumpari '' and then Italian - sounding nonsense words, in the studio version of the song, rendered in the printed lyrics as `` ? ''. Piano, guitar, and vocal sheet music arrangements have often read `` improvised Italian lyrics '' in parentheses after this line. However, in a film of Chicago performing `` Saturday in the Park '', at the Arie Crown Theater in Chicago, in 1972, Robert Lamm clearly sings, `` Eh Cumpari, ci vo sunari, '' the first line of a song known as `` Eh, Cumpari ! '', which was made famous by Julius La Rosa in 1953. Chart performance Weekly charts Chart ( 1972 ) Peak position Australia KMR 43 Canada RPM US Billboard Hot 100 US Billboard Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks 8 Year - end charts Chart ( 1972 ) Rank Australia 103 US Billboard Hot 100 76 Uses in Media `` Saturday in the Park '' has been used in a popular commercial in Japan, advertising a marketing campaign known as `` Parkhouse ''. The song is played at Saturday afternoon baseball games at Wrigley Field in Chicago ( as Terry Kath grew up on the North Side of Chicago ), Nationals Park in Washington, Oriole Park at Camden Yards in Baltimore, Yankee Stadium and Citi Field in New York, and Coors Field in Denver. The opening piano riff was sampled by Jill Sobule for her song `` Cinnamon Park '' on the 2004 release, Underdog Victorious. Personnel Robert Lamm -- lead vocals, piano Peter Cetera -- lead vocals ( chorus ), backing vocals, bass Terry Kath -- guitar Lee Loughnane -- trumpet James Pankow -- trombone Walter Parazaider -- alto saxophone Danny Seraphine -- drums See also A Roller Skating Jam Named `` Saturdays '' References Jump up ^ `` Billboard Singles ''. All Media Guide / Billboard. Retrieved 2010 - 03 - 01. Jump up ^ `` Billboard Albums ''. All Media Guide / Billboard. Retrieved 2010 - 03 - 01. Jump up ^ `` RIAA searchable certification database ''. Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved 2010 - 03 - 01. Jump up ^ `` A Chicago Story ''. Chicago Records II. Retrieved January 31, 2015. Jump up ^ http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/films-videos-sound-recordings/rpm/Pages/image.aspx?Image=nlc008388.4208&URLjpg=http%3a%2f%2fwww.collectionscanada.gc.ca%2fobj%2f028020%2ff4%2fnlc008388.4208.gif&Ecopy=nlc008388.4208 Jump up ^ `` Top 100 Hits of 1972 / Top 100 Songs of 1972 ''. Musicoutfitters.com. Retrieved 2016 - 10 - 07. External links Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics Chicago Robert Lamm Lee Loughnane James Pankow Walter Parazaider Tris Imboden Keith Howland Lou Pardini Walfredo Reyes Jr. Jeff Coffey Danny Seraphine Peter Cetera Terry Kath Laudir de Oliveira Donnie Dacus Chris Pinnick Bill Champlin Jason Scheff Dawayne Bailey Drew Hester Daniel de los Reyes Touring musicians Studio albums Chicago Transit Authority Chicago Chicago III Chicago V Chicago VI Chicago VII Chicago VIII Chicago X Chicago XI Hot Streets Chicago 13 Chicago XIV Chicago 16 Chicago 17 Chicago 18 Chicago 19 Twenty 1 Night & Day : Big Band Chicago XXV : The Christmas Album Chicago XXX Chicago XXXII : Stone of Sisyphus Chicago XXXIII : O Christmas Three Chicago XXXV : The Nashville Sessions Chicago XXXVI : Now Live albums Chicago at Carnegie Hall Live in Japan Chicago Transit Authority Live In Toronto Chicago XXVI : Live in Concert Chicago XXXIV : Live in ' 75 Chicago at Symphony Hall Compilations Chicago IX : Chicago 's Greatest Hits Greatest Hits, Volume II If You Leave Me Now Take Me Back to Chicago Greatest Hits 1982 -- 1989 Group Portrait The Heart of Chicago 1967 -- 1997 The Heart of Chicago 1967 -- 1998 Volume II The Very Best of Chicago : Only the Beginning The Box Love Songs The Best of Chicago : 40th Anniversary Edition Related articles Discography Peter Cetera Tom Dowd Tim Feehan David Foster James William Guercio Electra Glide in Blue Phil Ramone Chicago singles discography singles 1960s and 1970s 1969 `` Questions 67 and 68 '' `` Beginnings '' 1970 `` Make Me Smile '' `` 25 or 6 to 4 '' `` Does Anybody Really Know What Time It Is ? '' 1971 `` Free '' `` Lowdown '' 1972 `` Saturday in the Park '' `` Dialogue ( Part I & II ) '' 1973 `` Feelin ' Stronger Every Day '' `` Just You ' N ' Me '' `` ( I 've Been ) Searchin ' So Long '' `` Call on Me '' `` Wishing You Were Here '' `` Harry Truman '' `` Old Days '' `` Brand New Love Affair '' 1976 `` Another Rainy Day in New York City '' `` If You Leave Me Now '' 1977 `` You Are on My Mind '' `` Baby, What a Big Surprise '' 1978 `` Little One '' `` Take Me Back to Chicago '' `` Alive Again '' `` No Tell Lover '' 1979 `` Gone Long Gone '' `` Must Have Been Crazy '' `` Street Player '' singles 1980s 1980 `` Thunder and Lightning '' `` Song for You '' 1982 `` Hard to Say I 'm Sorry '' `` Love Me Tomorrow '' `` What You 're Missing '' 1984 `` Stay the Night '' `` Hard Habit to Break '' `` You 're the Inspiration '' 1985 `` Along Comes a Woman '' 1986 `` 25 or 6 to 4 '' ( re-recorded ) `` Will You Still Love Me ? '' `` If She Would Have Been Faithful... '' `` Niagara Falls '' `` I Do n't Wanna Live Without Your Love '' `` Look Away '' `` You 're Not Alone '' `` We Can Last Forever '' `` What Kind of Man Would I Be ? '' singles 1990s and 2000s `` Hearts in Trouble '' 1991 `` Chasin ' the Wind '' `` Explain It to My Heart '' `` You Come to My Senses '' 2008 `` Let 's Take a Lifetime '' Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Saturday_in_the_Park_(song)&oldid=805167015 '' Categories : 1972 singles Chicago ( band ) songs Songs written by Robert Lamm Song recordings produced by James William Guercio Columbia Records singles 1972 songs Songs based on actual events Songs about New York City Multilingual songs Hidden categories : Music infoboxes with Module : String errors Articles with hAudio microformats Talk Contents About Wikipedia 日本 語 Norsk nynorsk Edit links This page was last edited on 13 October 2017, at 14 : 30. 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Question: who wrote the song saturday in the park
Answer: Robert Lamm