Columbia Records was increasingly disappointed with the poor sales performance of the band. "Chicago XIV" went unnoticed upon release and bombed, only reaching number seventy-one on the Billboard 200 chart in the US, and disappeared quickly. There were no singles hits again, with "Thunder and Lightning" stalling below the top fifty and "Song For You" failing to chart. Chicago also saw a poor attendance in many venues during the supporting tour. Realizing that the relationship had soured considerably, Columbia Records terminated their relationship with Chicago with a buyout of approximately $2 million. In 1982, Robert Lamm recalled,