Chicago - 25 Or 6 To 4 (HD) 

This band was so good they named a city after them

Brought to you by high school bands across America.

man, their horn section was so tight

The horns, the drums, the guitars, the lead voice and harmonies - this song has everything to perfection. Chicago's music still gives me chills.

heard it when I was kid and 15 years later I heard it in a dream. I could not remember the song. I described it to my dad and here we are.

I nominate this for the opening to Guardians of the Galaxy Vol.3

No wonder my band teacher picked this song...

Listening in 2024?

My father loved this group. He passed on 10/15/20. At his funeral I played the entire album that included this song. The response was all good. A friend of his told me that I made a good selection, that the mood was not all too sad. Also said he can imagine seeing him rocking this in heavan. Rest In Paradise Dad. - Your Son Raul.

According to the composer, this song is about trying to write a song at twenty-five or twenty-six minutes before 4am. It made a lot more sense after I got that off wiki.

almost 50 years later and this song is still going strong

I’m 70 years old and love this song till this day. What a great band.

The horns. Peter's vocals. One of the best guitar solos in all of music. The energy and musicianship is off the charts. For me, it's one of the most perfect songs. I could listen to this on a loop.

I remember this great song through the years past, and listening to it again in year 2020, it’s better now than ever...

Terry laid down some of the best guitar ever recorded, he was a brilliantly talented player. You could here his soul in his bending the strings..rip Terry Kath

I was very fortunate to have lived through each new CHICAGO album starting in 1969. This is REAL MUSIC

Mom: you have 5 minutes til bed Me:

One of the most underrated guitar solos ever. Absolutely amazing! Even Jimi Hendrix was blown away by this guy's guitar skills!

Terry Kath 😇 RIP. Your guitar riffs will be with us till the end of time. This solo is one of the best in the 70's by anyone!!!! I'm 60 years old now and I'll be listening to this until I'm 95 or older!!!!! 😇🎸🌝

This song has been kicking ass for over 50 years!!

Here after keatons Batman. Scene reminded me of a song I hadn't heard in years.

Who else looked for this song after that Amazon commercial?

Terry Kath must be one, if not the most underrated guitarist of the history, along with Krieger, Lifeson, Prince, Moore, Trucks and Neal Schon. Hope he is rocking in heaven.

I'm 44, thanks to my dad I know these classics, r.i.p dad, miss you.

Hendrix wasn’t joking when he said kath was the best guitarist in America at the time

My first time eating at a Jack In The Box was in 2015, and they had this song on repeat the entire time I was there.

Early Chicago plain and simply kicked some serious ass no two ways about it.

No matter what year, Chicago as a band stands the test of time.

The lead guitarist in this song is absolutely phenomenal...he’s so in touch with the song that’s it’s more like he’s a second set of vocals than an instrument.

Batman has a good taste in music 🦇

I was cleaning my garage and I found an old Pennsylvania license plate from my uncle. The plate said, “25OR6-4”. I immediately went to this song and I’m like, “This is nice music.” That’s why I’m here.

Great, great song! I´m 71 years old. Great sound .

You know you're good when you're admired by Jimi Hendrix! RIP Terry Kath!

Chicago's golden hits album was what my parents played to put me to sleep as a toddler. If home was a song, this would be mine.

I wrote 25 or 6 to 4 as the answer to my math test... the teacher was rather pleased, lmao.

Who's here from the Amazon Prime Commercial, 😅 this a classic hit!

My son got so excited to tell me the song he's learning in band. When I started humming along.... his mind was blown 🤣🤣

Playing trombone at school with this piece is amazing. Tough, but fun as all hell.

So many great elements in this song . Peter Cetera's powerful vocals, the wonderful harmonies, the ridiculously great horns, the classic rhythm guitar hook and of course Terry Kath's ethereal guitar. One of the best songs ever made.

This is one of my favorite awesome songs from Chicago. ❤️👍 Who else is listening in 2024 🙌

2:06 That guitar solo is quite literally godlike.

When the "experts" are talking about the greatest guitar players in rock history, why is T. Kath so overlooked? Terry is criminally underrated.

Im here because king of the hill.

Amazing big time jam!!! 💥 That’s what I’m talking about! Big Money! 💥

How ironic is it that the band that did "Does Anybody Really Know What Time It Is?" also did a song that it literally about what time it is?

[Verse 1] Waiting for the break of day Searching for something to say Flashing lights against the sky Giving up I close my eyes Sitting cross-legged on the floor Twenty five or six to four [Verse 2] Staring blindly into space Getting up to splash my face Wanting just to stay awake Wondering how much I can take Should I try to do some more? Twenty five or six to four {Instrumental} [Verse 3] Feeling like I ought to sleep Spinning room is sinking deep Searching for something to say Waiting for the break of day Twenty five or six to four Twenty five or six to four

Listened to this in the early '70's and here I am in 2024 listening to it again! In between then and now I’ve been married 3 times, had 3 amazing sons and spent the last two years fighting Prostate Cancer on my own because my amazing soulmate passed away in 2018! If someone decrees that my time is done then I’m happy to have witnessed some truly life-changing music! LOVE to you all!

I LIVED IN CHICAGO DURING THE TIME THIS MUSIC CAME OUT, IN THE BLACK COMMUNITY WE CALLED THEM BLUE EYED SOUL, WE ALL HAD THEIR ALBUMS, I BELIEVED THEY ALL WORKED FOR THE CTA CHICAGO TRANSIT AUTHORITY 🎉 THAT'S HOW THEY MET I BELIEVE, THE 70S WAS THE BEST MUSIC, THE CHICAGO CITY ALWAYS HAD GREAT TALENT. LOVED ALL THEIR SONGS, THE COMMERCIAL GOT ME HERE.

This song was a hit in the summer of 1970 and really didn't sound like anything else at that time. To this day I don't really think of this as a song, but rather a journey. This was also the summer of CCR who had string of top 10 hits, but really nothing as solid and driving like this track. Coming off the heels of the Beatle's last gasps, it was just what the world of music needed at that summer. As the intro builds from one guitar, to the bass and drums --we have an extremely unusual brass chart that all of a sudden hits this quick dut-dut-dut-dut-dut right in its middle. Okay, now we're listening.. The verse continues on with the same descending bass chord progression, with still some more brass blasts, then goes into a rather simple three-chord chorus with some amazing lead guitar licks interwoven with the lyrics. After another verse and chorus we get that timeless rousing and amazing guitar solo from Kath that is still considered a coup for any life-long student of the instrument if he is ever able to nail it. . When the vocals return there's even more amazing Kath licks in the verse and chorus as the brass drives on and then we have one of the most amazing song endings in the history of rock music. It takes us all by surprise as the brass suddenly blasts a previously unplayed minor chord. As it creeps down to another minor chord, it sublimely tells us all “now THIS is different” we now realise what we have been listening to was something like a charging freight train slamming its brakes, as its journey is about to end. As it slows down even more, the chords just blast out long and hard and become even more discordant. As it all finally comes to a screeching halt, you can almost see the sparks flying from the wheels right on that still extremely harmonically unstable and unresolved chord finishing up the journey the song has taken us on..

Imagine the year 2379, a 17 year old discovers this song. What a blast. We are too close to understand just how amazing much of the 1960's music was. 500 years from now people will be astonished by this music.

I am 60 years old, and this still just shakes my very soul❤

This entire band is severely underrated. Great vocals. Awesome bass, guitar solo and a full on brass section that doesn’t disappoint. 🤘

It wasn't just the horn section....they whole crew.....they were one.

I called my local fm radio station and requested 25 or 6 to 4 they said they didn't have any Chicago. I couldn't believe it. They need to get a life.

Waiting for the break of day Searching for something to say Flashing lights against the sky Giving up, I close my eyes Sitting cross-legged on the floor Twenty five or six to four Staring blindly into space Getting up to splash my face Wanting just to stay awake Wondering how much I can take Should I try to do some more? Twenty five or six to four Oh yeah Feeling like I ought to sleep Spinning room is sinking deep Searching for something to say Waiting for the break of day Twenty five or six to four Twenty five or six to four

One of the best guitar solos ever! RIP Terry 🙏

I remember my mom telling me before they were Chicago they were CTA she used to listen to them play live on the hill in the suburbs. How I wish I was young in those times.

1.2k people who dislike know nothing of music. The solo is intense!

15 years ago I remember playing this song in band and never really appreciated it until I got older. I used to play the trumpet, but I quit when I hit high school. Music has come back into my life as such a therapeutic and healing experience. I randomly thought of this song that I hadn't heard in many years and as soon as I clicked this video I felt like a kid again for a second, sitting there playing trumpet. Music is truly magic :)

Who else came here because this song is a timeless classic that invokes emotion?

Masterpiece. When I listen to this song so do all my neighbors

For years I thought Chicago only did soppy ballads, then I heard this. What an amazing song 🤘👍😬

I just discovered this song a couple hours ago while watching The Flash in Dolby Cinema. It was fucking amazing to say the least.

I'm 86, it reminds me of my days as a juke box technician.

Love Chicago!! The brass is awesome as well as the guitar solo.

Picture this. You set your alarm clock...fall asleep. This great song wakes you up....my god what a awesome way to start the day!

In my honest opinion when I heard 25 or 6 to 4 I immediately thought committing a crime to gain a substantial amount of money in turn of getting a possible 25 to life sentence vs working a 6 to 4 which is what a good majority of people do in order to make ends meet while having your own thoughts and processes suppressed. I know the explanation was already explained but that’s just my two cents.

One of the top 5 guitar solos of all time. Anyone agree?

Probably one of the best incorporations of wind instruments in rock music.

My dad played this in the car last year and I FINALLY FOUND IT!!!

Terry Kath is the most under rated guitarist of all time. The man had a brilliant musical mind, could absolutely rip on the guitar and his voice was soulful and well, just awesome especially on the track “Make me smile”.

Probably the most underrated guitar solo in rock history

I love that my son got to play this in band!!! It's 2019 and he loves Chicago because of this song.

I was listening to Led Zeppelin's Babe I'm Going To Leave You and realized the bass line was the same as 25 or 6 to 4

Came back here after 'The Flash'...loved it❤

I was born in 2003, but my dad made sure i knew this one, thanks dad

Saw them last night in concert and went wild when they played this song. Amazing how I use to dance to this song almost 50 years ago, and now here I am dancing to it again but the music is live and its them playing it.

This is the music God listens to

Who's here because of the Amazon prime commercial???😅

Happy to rediscover this song during The Flash. Great song to a great scene

According to wikipedia it is 47 years ago they began recording this album. (August 1969) God damn what a sick song!

The guitar player was fantastic!

A TV ad brought me here, who else?

God I love this song. Terry's guitar riff is timeless and second to none! Just blows me away over and over again. ❤

When you play this in marching band and you start mentally saying all the notes you play. :D

'Terry Kath is the greatest guitarist on the planet' , said Jimi Hendrix when he saw him... This song proves it.. !!

I heard this song on a commercial and wanted to hear the rest on utube glad I did 48 years old and didn't even know who sang this classic masterpiece at first I thought the opening rif was the Beatles but that wasn't Paul or John singing

Lamm says it's simpler than that. "The song is about writing a song. It's not mystical," he says. Take a look at some of the lyrics: Waiting for the break of day--He's been up all night and now it's getting close to sunrise. Searching for something to say--Trying to think of song lyrics. Flashing lights against the sky--Perhaps stars or the traditional flashing neon hotel sign. Giving up I close my eyes--He's exhausted and his eyes hurt from being open too long, so he closes them. Staring blindly into space--This expression can be seen often on the faces of writers and reporters. Trust me. Getting up to splash my face--Something you do when you're trying to stay awake, though a good cup of Starbuck's does wonders for Cecil and me. Wanting just to stay awake, wondering how much I can take--How far can he push himself to get the song done? Should I try to do some more?--This is the line that makes many think it's a drug song. But it is just as easily construed as a frustrated writer wondering if he should try to do some more lyrics/songwriting. As for the curious title, Lamm says, "It's just a reference to the time of day"--as in "waiting for the break of day" at 25 or (2)6 minutes to 4 a.m. (3:35 or 3:34 a.m.)

8 TRACK AND HUGE EARPHONES. WHEN I WAS A KID I WOULD LAY IN FRONT OF MY CONSOLE TV STERIO COMBO AND BLAST THIS SONG... THATS WHY I CANT HEAR ANYMORE !!!!!! WHAT ??

Eveytime i come back to this song im leaving a comment. Great damn song

Hendrix told Terry Kath, "You play my riffs better than I do."

When Kath does his solo, does anyone else hear his guitar scream OWWWW?

Waiting for the break of day Searching for something to say Dancing lights againnst the sky Giving up I close my eyes Sitting cross-legged on the floor 25 or 6 to 4 Staring blindly into space Getting up to splash my face Wanting just to stay awake Wondering how much I can take Should have tried to do some more 25 or 6 to 4 Feeling like I ought to sleep Spinning room is sinking deep Searching for something to say Waiting for the break of day 25 or 6 to 4 25 or 6 to 4

Even Jimi Hendrix was impressed by the guitar solo!

bout time they got in the ROCK AND ROLL HALL OF FAME

Hey I'm 51 old school and proud we had the very best music growing up 💖🤗👌👏

I'm playing this song in my band at school and I play the saxophone. It's a fun part

Listening I close my eyes and I’m 6 years old in the back of my parents wood paneled station wagon. It’s part of the soundtrack of my chikehood. 😍

Who else ending 2019 thinks Chicago was kick-ass band?

To me one of greatest guitar solos ever! Great song!😁