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“Does Anybody Really Know What Time It Is” by Chicago
From the album Chicago Transit Authority (1969)
“Does Anybody Really Know What Time It Is” by Chicago appears on 6 radio countdowns from 6 stations between 2007 and 2024. It was first released in 1969 on the album Chicago Transit Authority. Its best result is #445 on the 90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of the '70s. In the combined RockLists rankings it is #7,782 indie & aaa song of all time and #444 of the '70s.
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"Does Anybody Really Know What Time It Is?" was, by Robert Lamm's account, the first thing Chicago got down on tape for their 1969 debut, Chicago Transit Authority, and it's his song through and through: he wrote it and he sings it. James William Guercio produced and Fred Catero engineered. Lamm has called it an uncomplicated tune but a deliberately quirky one, and as AllMusic's Lindsay Planer hears it, it's aimed at a rushed, frazzled society too busy to make time for anything outside its own little world.
It didn't come out as a single until 1970, after "Make Me Smile" and "25 or 6 to 4" from the band's second album had hit, and it made it 3 top-10 singles in a row, reaching 7 in the US and 2 in Canada.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Indie & Adult Alternative
Classic Rock
All Rock Formats
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | 811 | WTMD | WTMD Top 897 Songs of All Time | 897 |
| 2014 | 840 | Big 100 | BIG 1000 New Year's Countdown (2014) | 1000 |
| 2019 | 638 | 102.5 KZOK | KZOK Top 1025 of 2019 | 1025 |
| 2022 | 445 | 90.9 The Bridge | 90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of the '70s | 908 |
| 2022 | 475 | WMGK | WMGK Philly 500 (2022) | 500 |
| 2024 | 630 | Q104.3 | Q104.3 Top 1,043 Classic Rock Songs of All Time (2024) | 1043 |
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