Singer/songwriter/keyboard player/guitarist Bill Champlin has been a rock journeyman in a career dating back to the 1960s. Starting in 1966, Champlin was the pivotal figure in a San Francisco-based group called the Sons of Champlin that existed and made records off and on for over a decade without gaining a great deal of notice. In 1981, Champlin became a member of Chicago, with whom he has recorded and toured ever since, while releasing the occasional solo album, sometimes only in Japan. He scored two singles chart entries in 1982 with Tonight tonight and Sara, duetted with Patti LaBelle on The last unbroken heart from the soundtrack to the TV series Miami Vice in 1987, and sang with Brenda Russell on jazz saxophonist Tom Scott's Keep this love alive album in 1991.

Single (1978) is Champlin's first solo album, released four years before he joined Chicago as "the voice of Chicago".

1 What good is love (Jay Graydon, Harry Garfield) 2 I don't want you anymore (Bill Champlin, David Foster) 3 We both tried (Bill Champlin, David Foster) 4 Yo mama (Bill Champlin) 5 Fly with me (Bill Champlin) 6 Love is forever (Bill Champlin) 7 Careless (Bill Champlin, B.J. Cook Foster) 8 Elayne (B.J. Cook Foster, Ed Whiting) 9 Keys to the kingdom (Bill Champlin, David Foster) Musicians: George Bohannon - horn Oscar Brashear - horn Bill Champlin - guitar, arranger, keyboards, vocals Paulinho Da Costa - percussion David Foster - keyboards Venette Gloud - vocals Gary Grant - horn Jay Graydon - synthesizer, guitar, songwriter, keyboard programming Daryl Hall - vocals Jerry Hey - horn, horn arrangements David Hungate - bass Bobby Kumball - vocals Steve Lukather - guitar Duris Maxwell - drums Michael McDonald - vocals David Paich - keyboards Marty Paich - string conductor Ray Parker, Jr. - guitar Jeff Porcaro - drums Steve Porcaro - synthesizer, programming David Sheilds - bass Larry Tolbert - drums Carmen Twillie - vocals Larry E. Williams - horn Runaway Burn down the night Through it all No place left to fall

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