Writers: Steve Winwood and Will Jennings
Producer: Steve Winwood
Recorded: Early 1980 at Netherturkdonic Studios in England
Released: December 1980
| Players: | Steve Winwood — vocals, all instruments |
| Album: | Arc Of A Diver (Island) |
Though it was on his second solo album, “While You See A Chance” was Steve Winwood's first solo hit following the disbanding of Traffic in 1974.
Winwood composed the music for the song, while collaborator Will Jennings penned the optimistic lyrics.
Winwood spent two years making the Arc Of A Diver album, on which he played all the instruments rather than use other musicians.
Explaining the decision to go it totally alone, Winwood said, “I felt that my chance to bring into play everything I had learned throughout my career had finally come. I had regrouped, and I knew I had something to say…I felt as if I definitely had created a stamp by which to say who exactly Steve Winwood was and what he would be doing in the 1980s. That was very important to me.”
Arc Of A Diver peaked at Number Three on the Billboard 200 chart and has sold well over a million copies.
