Cetera co-wrote eight of the nine songs on the album, "The Next Time I Fall" being the exception.[3] Because Cetera had been a prominent songwriter for Chicago, many of the songs on Solitude/Solitaire were rumored to originally have been slated for Chicago 18, especially "Big Mistake" and "Daddy's Girl".[citation needed]
Singles
While "Big Mistake" was due to be the first single from the album,[citation needed] "Glory of Love", co-written by Cetera, David Foster, and Diane Nini,[3] was released instead. That song, from the film The Karate Kid Part II, topped the Billboard Hot 100 and Adult Contemporary charts, and helped Solitude/Solitaire to eventually go platinum. The follow-up single, "The Next Time I Fall", was also a major success and topped the charts. Later singles released from the album included "Big Mistake" and "Only Love Knows Why".[5] The song, "Daddy's Girl," is part of the soundtrack for the 1987 American comedy film, Three Men and a Baby.[6][7]
Commercial performance
The album was Cetera's greatest solo success, peaking at No. 23 on the Billboard 200 chart.[8] It was certified platinum by the RIAA, selling over one million copies in the U.S.[9]
Solitude/Solitaire marked a high point in Cetera's career, where he achieved success for the first time on his own. It sold more copies than Chicago 18, Chicago's first album without Cetera, which peaked at No. 35.[10]
^ abcdSolitude/Solitaire (audio CD liner notes). Peter Cetera. Warner Brothers Records, Inc. 1986. 9 25474-2.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
