Change The World

Album: Phenomenon Soundtrack (1996)
Charted: 18 5
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  • Lyrics currently unavailable Writer/s: Gordon Scott Kennedy, Tommy Sims, Wayne Kirkpatrick
    Publisher: Audiam, Inc., BMG Rights Management, Capitol CMG Publishing, CONCORD MUSIC PUBLISHING LLC, Downtown Music Publishing, Sentric Music, Songtrust Ave, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, TuneCore Inc., Universal Music Publishing Group, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.

Comments: 9

  • Deethewriter from Saint Petersburg, Russia FederationEric 'Slowhand/The God' Clapton: "Babyface was one of those great catalysts for me. I’d seen him on TV doing his thing with acoustic guitar and I was thinking, 'this is a guy who’s in the R&B world, he’s a producer and yet he knows how to get that minimal thing and make a small sound really powerful.' And when I heard the song, I put it on in my car and was driving around listening to it about 200 times without stopping. And I just knew it was a hit. I’m the guy that used to hate the idea of pop songs and I was so against that for myself. But when the music is that good, I start to become okay about it. And this really was an opportunity it would have been childish to walk away from. And there’s only one guy I knew that would make it absolutely right and that was Babyface". [From Guitarist, February 2003]
  • Karen from Manchester, NhColor me red-faced! When I heard Wynonna's version recently, I thought, "What a decent remake of a Clapton song!" Looks like I got it backwards.
  • Adam from Darlington, ScClapton struggled with making his own songs because he was trying to bridge the gap between blues and rock. This is most probably why he plays and modifys so many other songs, "Blues" usually, and adds his rock taste to them. He also usually writes when he feels the need to express something, like in the song "Layla."
  • Eric from Bend, OrOlivia: I've been looking at several Clapton songs on here just now, to find out that none of them were actually his songs (After Midnight, Cocaine, and now this one). Makes me wonder if he wrote any of his songs. :) But I know he did.
  • Zexy from Beograd, ScBeautiful song.All congratulations to songwriting team (Tommy Sims, Gordon Kennedy and Wayne Kirkpatrick.
    Zexy
    from Serbia Belgade (bombing in 1999)
  • Madzie from Manila, OtherNice song !!!
  • Dc from Kansas City, MoI can relate Olivia. I was so disappointed to find out that Eric Clapton and Babyface neither wrote nor performed this song orginally. No matter, though. It's still one of my favorites.
  • Olivia from Perth, Australiayeah, great song- but i hate finding out that an artist you love didnt write the song you fell in love with- its disappointing- i still love clapton though
  • Pete from Nowra, Australiagreat song , enjoyed the movie as well
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