"The Night Chicago Died" is a song by the British group Paper Lace, written by Peter Callander and Mitch Murray.

The U.S. single received a Gold certification from the Recording Industry Association of America, signifying sales of at least half a million copies.

It was inspired by the real-life Saint Valentine's Day Massacre,[3] although that involved Capone's men killing seven of Bugs Moran's gang members and had nothing to do with the police.

Songwriters Peter Callender and Mitch Murray said in interviews (most notably on Beat Club shortly after the song's smash success) that they had never been to Chicago before that time, and that their knowledge of the city and that period of its history had been based on gangster films.

As reported by History.com: "...in England there were at least a few young men that didn’t have all the facts straight, and in the 1970s their pop group from Nottingham turned their romantic misunderstanding of American history into a historically dubious yet gloriously catchy hit record.

[4] A member of Daley's staff is quoted as saying that Paper Lace should "jump in the Chicago River, placing your heads under water three times and surfacing twice.