music & post founded 1975 headquarters chicago illinois united states website www.chicagorecording.com chicago recording company or crc is a recording studio in chicago illinois founded in 1975 . 1 boasting twelve studios crc is the largest recording company in the midwest and the largest independent studio in the country . 2 contents 1 history 1.1 early history 1.2 music 1.3 post 2 selected recordings 3 references 4 external links history edit early history edit originally called sound house studios crc was founded by alan kubicka in medinah illinois . in 1975 the studio moved to michigan ave in chicago il and became chicago recording company . early records made there include lovin feeling by phil upchurch and don t fight the feeling by jim peterik music edit crc has been host to dozens of notable artists that have recorded at the company s music studios . notably the smashing pumpkins have used the studio numerous times since the mid 1990s . the video for their single untitled features the band recording in chicago recording company . others to record at crc include michael jackson carole king coldplay sting timbaland rihanna justin timberlake queen latifah death cab for cutie mavis staples jeremih smokey robinson celine dion the cure jennifer hudson lady gaga changing faces justin bieber kanye west stone temple pilots liz phair duran duran ohio players nine inch nails red hot chili peppers r. kelly linkin park alicia keys garbage britney spears aaliyah pharrell williams snoop dogg ice cube and wilco . the chicago cubs anthem go cubs go was recorded at crc in 1984 . post edit in post audio and sound design advertising agencies such as fcb leo burnett young & rubicam and ddb worldwide frequently produce award winning advertising in the company s nine post production studios . equally notable are the numerous film television and gaming productions that the studio s engineers have contributed to including watchmen toy story the dark knight boardwalk empire csi ny black swan and nhl 15 . 2 selected recordings edit album or song artist date us billboard chart 3 notes g i r l pharrell williams 2014 2 artpop lady gaga 2013 1 midwinter graces tori amos 2009 66 good girl gone bad reloaded rihanna 2008 7 universal mind control common 2008 12 tick tick boom the hives 2007 36 x & y coldplay 2005 1 confessions part ii usher 2004 1 yankee hotel foxtrot wilco 2002 13 whitechocolatespaceegg liz phair 1998 35 evolution boyz ii men 1997 1 being there wilco 1996 73 i believe i can fly r. kelly 1996 2 mellon collie and the infinite sadness smashing pumpkins 1995 1 history past present and future book i michael jackson 1995 1 age ain t nothing but a number aaliyah 1994 18 references edit last recording studios standing in chicago . chicago tribune . august 8 2015 . retrieved 15 june 2015 . a b chicago recording company . http getinmedia.com . get in media . retrieved 15 june 2015 . external link in website help billboard . billboard . retrieved 24 june 2015 . external links edit official website of chicago recording company this chicago related article is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e this article on a recording studio is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title chicago recording company & oldid 743336355 categories recording studios in the united statescompanies based in chicagochicago stubsrecording studio stubshidden categories cs1 errors external linksall stub articles navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version in other projects wikimedia commons languages add links this page was last modified on 9 october 2016 at 04 55 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view