as a single in 1981, with "I Can't Stay Away from You" on the B-side. Her version was sampled by French electronic music duo Daft Punk for the songs "Teachers" and "Fresh", which appear on their 1997 album Homework. Leonid and Friends on Chicagovich. British DJ, producer, songwriter and former member of the Outlaw Posse, K-Gee, together with Michelle Escoffery performed a hip hop version of "If You Leave Me Now" for K-Gee's 2002 album, Bounce to This. In 2000, K-Gee told Billboard writer Kwaku that he thought the chorus of "If You Leave Me Now" sounds phat. Live cover performances Philip Bailey of Earth, Wind & Fire sang the song during their joint concerts with Chicago in 2004-2006. This version was included in the Love Songs album by Chicago. Philip Bailey also performed the song during the "Grammy Salute to Music Legends 2020" to honor Chicago who received the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award that year. The program premiered on PBS on October 16, 2020. In other media "If You Leave Me Now" is featured in the soundtrack of the video game Grand Theft Auto V (appearing on the in-game radio station Los Santos Rock Radio), and is also played when Trevor Philips returns the kidnapped wife of a drug kingpin. The song is also featured in an episode, "Casa Bonita", of South Park, as well as "Egg Drop", the 12th episode of the third season of the American sitcom Modern Family. The song was also featured in a scene on the British comedy horror film Shaun of the Dead'' where Shaun is still reeling from his breakup and Ed is trying to cheer him up. In the early 2000's, the song was performed by the mascot "Sockpuppet" in a commercial for the now-defunct website Pets.com. See also List of number-one singles in Australia during the 1970s List of Dutch Top 40 number-one singles of 1976 List of number-one singles from the 1970s (UK) List of Hot 100 number-one singles of 1976 (U.S.) List of number-one adult contemporary singles of 1976 (U.S.) List of European number-one hits of 1977 References External links [ If You Leave Me Now] at allmusic.com 1976 songs 1976 singles 1993 singles Chicago (band) songs Billboard Hot 100 number-one singles Cashbox number-one singles Irish Singles Chart number-one singles Dutch Top 40 number-one singles European Hot 100 Singles number-one singles Number-one singles in South Africa UK Singles