"Changes" is a song by Black Sabbath. It first appeared on Black Sabbath, Vol. 4 which was released in 1972. It is a ballad about relationship loss.
The song has been covered by numerous artists, including The Cardigans. In 1993, Ozzy Osbourne (Black Sabbath's lead vocalist) re-recorded the song himself as a single (taken from the Live and Loud album), although it failed to chart in the UK. The opening track from UNKLE's second album "Never, Never, Land" features a prominent sample from the chorus and loops of the mellotron.
"Changes" is a song by David Bowie, originally released on the album Hunky Dory in December 1971 and as a single in January 1972. Despite missing the Top 40, "Changes" became one of Bowie's best-known songs. The lyrics are often seen as a manifesto for his chameleonic personality throughout the 1970s, and frequent reinventions of his musical style. David Buckley (1999). Strange Fascination - David Bowie: The Definitive Story: p.116
"Changes" is a rap song by 2Pac, and is one of his most notable and popular songs. Released initially posthumously on his album Greatest Hits, the song addresses issues close to 2Pac's era of influence, notably racism, police brutality, drugs and gang violence. In addition, the song samples the 1986 hit The Way It Is by Bruce Hornsby and the Range.
The Chris Hafner-directed music video is a compilation of a number of previous music videos 2Pac released in addition to home videos and never-before-seen pictures. Upon release, the song went straight to #1 in many countries in Europe and around the world, and gained 2Pac a broader audience. It was nominated for an MTV Video Music Award for Best Editing in 1999.
"Changes" was nominated for Best Rap Solo Performance at the Grammy Awards of 2000, it remains the only posthumous song to be nominated in this category. One verse in Changes was first featured in his previous release I Wonder If Heaven Got A Ghetto. There is also a notable remix of the song mashed up with Nelly Furtado's "All Good Things (Come to an End)". The "Huey" that 2Pac mentions in the song is Black Panther Party activist Huey P. Newton.
"Changes" is the first single taken from Gareth Gates' third studio album, Pictures of the Other Side. It is the first commercial single since "Say It Isn't So" in 2003. The comeback single of Gates was released on 9 April 2007.
The music video for "Changes" is directed by Andy Hylton.
Changes is a documentary and live DVD released in September of 2004 by the hard rock band Godsmack. The DVD was recorded in early 2004. That same month, the group also released "Batalla de los Tambores" a drum dual between Shannon and Sully, available only via online services such as Apple's iTunes Music Store, Real, Napster, and the Zune Marketplace. The DVD has been certified Gold by the RIAA, with access sales of 50,000 copies in the United States.
