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The song was a collaboration between bassist, Peter Cetera and trombonist, James Pankow. Regarding the song's composition, drummer Danny Seraphine said, "Peter wrote that song [with trombonist James Pankow] about his marriage falling apart. He'd gone through a real hard time and was starting to feel stronger again"[2]
Cetera himself recalled, "I can remember the exact beginnings of that one... We were at the Akron Rubber Bowl in Akron, Ohio, an outdoor gig that was delayed a bit because of rain, and so, we got there our normal hour and a half before the gig, and we're sitting around, and we were told we're gonna hold for at least an hour, and I heard Jimmy [Pankow] in the other room playing the actual beginning of that song... and I said, 'What is that?' and he went, 'Oh, I don't know, I'm just messing around.'... I went and got my bass, and we sat there and played around with it, and a few weeks later, after we got off the road, I went to his house, and we wrote 'Feelin' Stronger Every Day."[3]
Pankow noted that "Stronger Every Day' was about a relationship but yet, underlying that relationship it's almost like the band is feeling stronger than ever.”[3]
Cetera played bass and sang lead vocals,[4] while keyboardistRobert Lamm played Hohner Pianet as well as acoustic piano.[citation needed]
^Rosen, Craig (1996). The Billboard Book Of Number One Albums. Watson-Guptill Publications. p. 163. ISBN0-8230-7586-9.
^ Jump up to: abRuhlmann, William James (1991). Chicago Group Portrait (Box Set)(CD booklet archived online) (Media notes). New York City, NY: Columbia Records. p. 6. Archived from the original on November 12, 2017. Retrieved February 7, 2019.
^Chicago Group Portrait (Box Set)(CD booklet archived online) (Media notes). New York City, NY: Columbia Records. 1991. Retrieved February 7, 2019.
