To mark the 50th anniversary of Chicago’s first greatest hits collection, the 1975 release Chicago IX is being significantly expanded from 11 tracks to 21. To mark its 50th anniversary, Rhino will release Chicago IX: Greatest Hits Expanded on August 8, 2025, via Rhino. The CD or 2-LP set is available for pre-order in the U.S. here and in the U.K. here.
The new edition now includes songs from every studio album the Rock and Roll Hall of Famers released between 1969 and 1980. New additions like “Street Player,” “Thunder and Lightning” and “Baby, What A Big Surprise” extend the timeline through the ’70s and up to the dawn of the ’80s, while early cuts like “Questions 67 and 68” and “Free” help round out the band’s formative years. Signature tracks from the original release—such as “25 or 6 to 4,” “Saturday in the Park” and “If You Leave Me Now”—remain central to the collection. Several songs from Chicago (1970) appear in their Steven Wilson remix/edit versions, first issued in 2017.
The updated selection reflects a broader retrospective of Chicago’s first decade, with the cover artwork subtly revised from its original white background to a new gold backdrop in honor of the album’s golden anniversary.
Chicago IX: Greatest Hits Expanded CD Track Listing
“Questions 67 And 68”
“Beginnings”
“Make Me Smile” (2017 Steven Wilson Remix/Edit)
“25 Or 6 To 4” (2017 Steven Wilson Remix/Edit)
“Does Anybody Really Know What Time It Is?”
“Free”
“Colour My World” (2017 Steven Wilson Remix)
“Saturday In The Park”
“Dialogue (Part I & II)”
“Feelin’ Stronger Every Day”
“Just You ’n’ Me”
“(I’ve Been) Searchin’ So Long”
“Call On Me”
“Wishing You Were Here”
“Old Days”
“If You Leave Me Now”
“Baby, What A Big Surprise”
“Alive Again”
“No Tell Lover”
“Street Player”
“Thunder And Lightning”
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Jump into a conversationIt would be nice if the version of ‘Does Anyone Really Know What Time It Is?’ is the single version with the long intro and no mumbling over the final verse. In stereo.
To get there currently, you have to take the horn intro off the album cut (following the piano intro) and add it to the truncated ‘single’ edit version on GH.
The 45 is in mono, and the ‘stereo’ 45 mix is a ‘dirty’, narrow mix for radio.
I remember seeing Chicago on Dick Clark in support of ‘Thunder and Lightning’. T&L deserved better (missed the top 50), but by the early 80s nobody cared. Including Columbia.