"The whole world's watching!"
Written by Chicago trombone player James Pankow and keyboard player Robert Lamm, this song is about the 1968 Democratic National Convention in the group's hometown of Chicago, where police beat antiwar demonstrators outside the venue in what was later deemed a "police riot." The violence at the convention was big news, energizing the protest movement. CBS reporter Mike Wallace was famously caught in the fray, getting punched in the face inside the convention hall.
The thought of being watched by the world is unacceptable to some:
This song is partially blocked on Youtube in Iran, North Korea, Cuba, and Syria.
Specifically about a political protest badly handled in Chicago, 1968, hometown of this band which came to be Chicago.
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