Though the band may have been named after Chicago, the park referred to in this song is New York’s Central Park. Robert Lamm enjoyed spending the 4th of July in the park and he went on to write this song about it. It became one of Chicago’s biggest hits and it also became a song that was regularly featured in various Time Life musical compilations. Back in the day, anytime a Time Life infomercial came on TV, you knew that you were going to get this song’s chorus stuck in your head.
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Through the Shattered Lens 
This song includes references to a man selling ice cream and people singing Italian songs. At no point does this song mention muggers, thus making it a shamefully inauthentic depiction of Central Park. I know the song takes place on Independence Day, but last time I checked, muggers don’t take holidays.
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