Guitar,Piano,Vocal,Voice - Level 4 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1207626 By Az Yet featuring Peter Cetera. By David Babyface Foster and Peter Cetera. Arranged by John Fries. 20th Century,Film/TV,Pop,Rock,Standards. Score. 3 pages. John Fries #805792. Published by John Fries (A0.1207626). Please contact me by email at jfries@ptd.net to make a special request or to find out all that I have to offer and to express your comments or concerns. Thanks, John. Hard to Say I'm Sorry is a song written by bassist Peter Cetera, who also sang lead on the track, and producer David Foster for the group Chicago. It was released on May 16, 1982, as the lead single from the album Chicago 16. On September 11 it reached No. 1 for two weeks on the Billboard Hot 100.