Discography and Biography of The Chi-Lites. Listen to all their hits.
The Chi-Lites Songs

(with biography below if available)

The Chi-Lites are a American R&B/Soul vocal quartet from Chicago, Illinois. The groups greatest fame came during the early 1970s, one of the few from the period to have not come from Memphis or Philadelphia. They were led by Eugene Record, and scored eleven Top Ten R&B hits from 1969 to 1974.

Below is a list of The Chi-Lites songs, sorted by the most popular first. Place mouse on to see information about song. Click song title to play song and to read details about the song including lyrics (if available). Click year to list all songs from that year. Click label to list songs from that record label. Songs with chart position "---" either never made it into the US top 100 R&B or UK charts or we have no details of their highest chart positions if they did.

(Song are sorted in highest US R&B Top 100 and/or UK Top 100 chart position order)


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1 record label: Brunswick 55462
chart position: RandB #1, US #3, UK #3
written by: Barbara Acklin & Eugene Record
album: (For God's Sake) Give More Power to the People / The Chi-Lites Greatest Hits
comments: [sweet soul ballad]
 		The Chi-Lites Have You Seen Her
1971 Brunswick
2 record label: Brunswick 55471
chart position: RandB #1, US #1, UK #14, US AC #34
written by: Barbara Acklin & Eugene Record
album: A Lonely Man / The Chi-Lites Greatest Hits
comments: [sweet soul ballad]
 		The Chi-Lites Oh Girl
1972 Brunswick
3 record label: Brunswick 55505
chart position: RandB #3, US #54, UK #5
written by: Stan McKenney and Eugene Record
album: Chi Lites
comments: [sweet soul]
 		The Chi-Lites Homely Girl
1974 Brunswick
4 record label: Brunswick 34
chart position: RandB #50, UK #3
written by: Barbara Acklin & Eugene Record
 		The Chi-Lites You Don't Have to Go
1976 Brunswick
5 record label: Brunswick 20
chart position: UK #5, US #83
written by: Barbara Acklin and Eugene Record
album: (For God's Sake) Give More Power To The People
comments: [sweet soul ballad] [b/w Oh Girl]
 		The Chi-Lites Have You Seen Her
1974 Brunswick
6 record label: Brunswick 55450
chart position: RandB #4, US #26, UK #32
written by: Eugene Record
album: (For God's Sake) Give More Power to the People / The Chi-Lites Greatest Hits
 		The Chi-Lites (For God's Sake) Give More Power to the People
1971 Brunswick
7 record label: Brunswick 25
chart position: RandB #27, US #94, UK #5
written by: Eugene Record
album: Half a Love
comments: [sweet soul ballad]
 		The Chi-Lites It's Time For Love
1975 Brunswick
8 record label: Brunswick 55500
chart position: RandB #2, US #30, UK #57
written by: Eugene Record & Barbara Acklin
album: The Chi-Lites
The Chi-Lites Stoned Out of My Mind
1973 Brunswick
9 record label: Brunswick 55491
chart position: RandB #3, US #3
written by: Eugene Record & Sandra Drayton
album: A Letter to Myself
comments: [sweet soul ballad]
The Chi-Lites A Letter to Myself
1973 Brunswick
10 record label: Brunswick 55478
chart position: RandB #8, US #47
written by: Carl Davis & Eugene Record
album: A Lonely Man / The Chi-Lites Greatest Hits
 		The Chi-Lites The Coldest Days of My Life (Part 1 and 2)
1972 Brunswick
11 record label: Brunswick 55512
chart position: UK #10
written by: Eugene Record and Barbara Acklin
album: Chi Lites
 		The Chi-Lites Too Good to Be Forgotten
1974 Brunswick
12 record label: Brunswick 55503
chart position: RandB #17, US #47, UK #35
written by: Eugene Record
album: The Chi Lites
 		The Chi-Lites I Found Sunshine
1973 Brunswick
13 record label: Brunswick 15
chart position: RandB #7, US #78
written by: Eugene Record, Barbara Acklin, Archie Powell and Tony Boyd
album: Toby
 		The Chi-Lites Toby
1974 Brunswick
14 record label: Brunswick 15 (UK)
chart position: RandB #7, US #78
written by: Powell, Boyd
album: Toby
comments: [Double A Side with
The Chi-Lites That's How Long
1974 Brunswick
15 record label: Brunswick 55442
chart position: RandB #8, US #72
written by: Eugene Record
album: I Like Your Lovin' (Do You Like Mine) / The Chi-Lites Greatest Hits
comments: [funky soul]
 		The Chi-Lites Are You My Woman? (Tell Me So)
1970 Brunswick
16 record label: Brunswick 13
chart position: RandB #8, US #63
written by: Eugene Record
album: Toby
 		The Chi-Lites There Will Never Be Any Peace
1974 Brunswick
17 record label: Brunswick 55398
chart position: RandB #10, US #88
written by: Carl Davis and Eugene Record
album: Give It Away / The Chi-Lites Greatest Hits
 		The Chi-Lites Give It Away
1969 Brunswick
18 record label: Brunswick 55438
chart position: RandB #11, US #72
written by: Eugene Record and Sandy Wilburn
album: I Like Your Lovin' (Do You Like Mine) / The Chi-Lites Greatest Hits
comments: [funky soul]
 		The Chi-Lites I Like Your Lovin' (Do You Like Mine)
1970 Brunswick
19 record label: Brunswick 55489
chart position: RandB #13, US #61
written by: Quinton Joseph and Eugene Record
album: A Letter to Myself
 		The Chi-Lites We Need Order
1972 Brunswick
20 record label: Larc 81015
chart position: RandB #15, US #70
written by: L. Simon Jr., M. Sanders and K. Carney
album: Bottom's Up
comments: [disco funk]
 		The Chi-Lites Bottom's Up
1983 Larc
21 record label: Brunswick 755414
chart position: RandB #15, US #94
written by: Barbara Acklin and Eugene Record
album: Give It Away / The Chi-Lites Greatest Hits
 		The Chi-Lites Let Me Be the Man My Daddy Was
1969 Brunswick
22 record label: Brunswick 55514
chart position: RandB #15, US #83
written by: Eugene Record and Lowrell Simon
album: Toby
 		The Chi-Lites You Got to Be the One
1974 Brunswick
23 record label: Brunswick 55455
chart position: RandB #17, US #70
written by: Quinton Joseph and Eugene Record
album: (For God's Sake) Give More Power to the People / The Chi-Lites Greatest Hits
 		The Chi-Lites We Are Neighbors
1971 Brunswick
24 record label: ChiSound 2600
chart position: RandB #15, US Dance #70
written by: Eugene Record
album: Me and You
 		The Chi-Lites Hot on a Thing (Called Love)
1982 ChiSound
25 record label: Brunswick 55483
chart position: RandB #25, US #57
written by: Eugene Record and J. Edward Haycroft
album: A Lonely Man / The Chi-Lites Greatest Hits
 		The Chi-Lites A Lonely Man
1972 Brunswick
26 record label: Brunswick 55483
chart position: US #57
written by: Eugene Record
album: A Lonely Man
 		The Chi-Lites The Man and The Woman (The Boy and The Girl)
1972 Brunswick
27 record label: RandB 215
chart position: UK #61
written by: Lowrell Simon Jr., Arthur Reynolds, Fred Reynolds, Algred Colvard and Eddie Davis
album: Bottom's Up
comments: [disco funk]
 		The Chi-Lites Changing for You
1983 RandB
28 record label: Mercury 73844
chart position: RandB #30, UK #52
written by: Ken Hirsch and Kathy Wakefield
album: Happy Being Lonely
 		The Chi-Lites Happy Being Lonely
1976 Mercury
29 record label: Brunswick 55426
chart position: RandB #30, US #119
written by: Carl Davis and Eugene Record
album: Give It Away / The Chi-Lites Greatest Hits
 		The Chi-Lites 24 Hours of Sadness
1970 Brunswick
30 record label: Larc 81023
chart position: RandB #28
written by: Eugene Record
album: Bottom's Up
 		The Chi-Lites Bad Motor Scooter
1983 Larc
31 record label: Brunswick 55458
chart position: RandB #35, US #95
written by: Eugene Record
album: (For God's Sake) Give More Power to the People / The Chi-Lites Greatest Hits
 		The Chi-Lites I Want to Pay You Back (For Loving Me)
1971 Brunswick
32 record label: Brunswick 55525
chart position: RandB #32
written by: Quinton Joseph and Eugene Record
 		The Chi-Lites The Devil Is Doing His Work
1976 Brunswick
33 record label: Private I 04365
chart position: RandB #33
written by: Adil Bayyan, Amir Bayyan, Huey
album: Steppin' Out
 		The Chi-Lites Stop What You're Doin'
1984 Private I
34 record label: Chi Sound 2472
chart position: RandB #36
written by: Carl Davis and Eugene Record
album: Heavenly Body
 		The Chi-Lites Heavenly Body
1980 Chi Sound
35 record label: Private I 04484
chart position: RandB #41
written by: Eugene Record and Leslie P. Record
album: Steppin' Out
 		The Chi-Lites Gimme Whatcha Got
1984 Private I
36 record label: Brunswick 55496
chart position: RandB #46, US #92
written by: Eugene Record and Stan McKenny
album: A Letter to Myself
 		The Chi-Lites My Heart Just Keeps On Breakin'
1973 Brunswick
37 record label: Brunswick 55414
chart position: RandB #47, US #122
written by: Jerry Livingston and Paul Francis Webster
album: Give It Away
 		The Chi-Lites The Twelfth of Never
1969 Brunswick
38 record label: Chi Sound 2481
chart position: RandB #48
written by: Barbara Acklin and Eugene Record
album: Heavenly Body
comments: [sweet soul ballad]
 		The Chi-Lites Have You Seen Her (new recording)
1981 Chi Sound
39 record label: Mercury 73934
chart position: RandB #63
written by: Phil Hurtt and Richie Rome (as Richard Rome)
 		The Chi-Lites My First Mistake
1977 Mercury
40 record label: Chi Sound 2503
chart position: RandB #70
written by: Carl Davis and Eugene Record
album: Me and You
comments: [disco dance]
 		The Chi-Lites Me and You
1981 Chi Sound
41 record label: Brunswick 55010
chart position: RandB #87
written by: Eugene Record and Chris Allen [Christopher B. Allen]
album: Half a Love
 		The Chi-Lites Here I Am
1975 Brunswick
42 record label: Mercury 73954
chart position: RandB #87
written by: Ann S. Clark and Phil Hurtt
 		The Chi-Lites If I Had a Girl
1977 Mercury
43 record label: Brunswick 55522
chart position: RandB #91
written by: Romaine Anderson
album: Nobody But You
 		Jackie Wilson & The Chi-Lites Don't Burn No Bridges
1975 Brunswick
44 record label: Copper Sun 4011
chart position: RandB #93
written by: Vernon Bullock and Ivy Jo Hunter
album: Help Wanted
 		The Chi-Lites Hold On to Your Dreams
1998 Copper Sun
45 record label: Mercury 73886
chart position: RandB #95
written by: Sam Dees
 		The Chi-Lites Vanishing Love
1977 Mercury
46 record label: Mercury 73886
chart position: RandB #95
written by: Ken Hirsch and Kathy Wakefield
 		The Chi-Lites I Turn Away
1977 Mercury
47 record label: Copper Sun 4000
chart position: RandB #95
written by: Dianne Womack, K. Muhammad, Barbara Acklin and Bruce Thompson
album: Help Wanted
comments: [sweet soul ballad]
 		The Chi-Lites Help Wanted (Heroes Are in Short Supply)
1997 Copper Sun
-- record label: Brunswick 55462
written by: Eugene Record, Revé Gipson
album: (For God's Sake) Give More Power to the People / The Chi-Lites Greatest Hits
comments: [sweet soul]
 		The Chi-Lites Yes I'm Ready (If I Don't Get To Go)
1971 Brunswick
-- record label: Brunswick 55442
written by: Eugene Record
album: (For God's Sake) Give More Power To The People
comments: Sampled for Beyoncé's Hit 'Crazy In Love ft Jay-Z')
The Chi-Lites Troubles A' Comin'
1970 Brunswick
-- record label: Brunswick 754170
written by: Eugene Record
album: (For God's Sake) Give More Power To The People
comments: [album cut]
 		The Chi-Lites You Got Me Walkin'
1971 Brunswick
-- record label: Brunswick 754170
written by: Carl Davis, Eugene Record
album: (For God's Sake) Give More Power To The People
comments: [album cut]
 		The Chi-Lites What Do I Wish For
1971 Brunswick
-- record label: Brunswick 55458
written by: Eugene Record
album: (For God's Sake) Give More Power to the People / The Chi-Lites Greatest Hits
 		The Chi-Lites Love Uprising
1971 Brunswick
-- record label: Nuance 1252
written by: E. Record, L. Francis Butler
 		The Chi-Lites Hard Act To Follow
1985 Nuance
-- record label: Ichiban 12 PO61
written by: A. Watson, P. Childs
album: Just Say You Love Me
comments: [sweet soul love ballad]
 		The Chi-Lites Solid Love Affair
1990 Ichiban PO
-- record label: Private I 39316
written by: J. Knight
album: Steppin' Out
comments: [disco, funk, boogie album cut]
 		The Chi-Lites Running Around
1984 Private I
-- record label: Brunswick 754204
album: Half A Love
comments: [album cut]
 		The Chi-Lites When Temptation Comes
1975 Brunswick
-- record label: Brunswick 55489
written by: James Smith, Samuel Garner
album: A Lonely Man / The Chi-Lites Greatest Hits
 		The Chi-Lites Living In The Footsteps Of Another Man
1972 Brunswick
-- record label: Ichiban O55
written by: Anthony Watson, Marshall Thompson
album: Just Say You Love Me
comments: (featuring Alicia Renee and Anthony Watson)
 		The Chi-Lites Eternity
1986 Ichiban O
-- record label: Revue 11018
written by: E. Record, C. Davis
 		The Chi-Lites (Um, Um) My Baby Loves Me
1968 Revue
-- record label: Brunswick 29 (UK)
written by: Eugene Record, Stan McKenny
album: Chi-Lites
comments: [sweet soul ballad]
 		The Chi-Lites I Never Had It So Good (And Felt So Bad)
1973 Brunswick
-- record label: Brunswick 754197
written by: Eugene Record, Stan McKenny
album: Chi-Lites
comments: [sweet soul album cut]
 		The Chi-Lites Go Away Dream
1973 Brunswick
-- record label: Chi Sound 138
written by: Eugene Record
album: Me And You
comments: [disco dance]
 		The Chi-Lites ft. Eugene Record Try My Side (Of Love)
1981 Chi Sound
-- record label: RandB Records 217 (UK)
written by: B. Bacharach, C. Bayer Sager, B. Roberts
album: Bottom's Up
comments: [love ballad]
 		The Chi-Lites Making Love
1983 RandB Records




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