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"Changes"
Cover of the French single
SinglebyDavid Bowie
from the albumHunky Dory
B-side"Andy Warhol"
Released7 January 1972(1972-01-07)
RecordedJune–July 1971
StudioTrident,London
GenreArt pop
Length3:33
LabelRCA
Songwriter(s)David Bowie
Producer(s)
David Bowiesingles chronology
"Holy Holy"
(1971) 		"Changes"
(1972) 		"Starman"
(1972)
Music video
"Changes" (Live)onYouTube

"Changes"is a song by the English singer-songwriterDavid Bowiefrom his 1971 albumHunky Dory.RCA Recordsthen released it as asinglefrom the album on 7 January 1972. Written following his promotional tour of America in early 1971, "Changes" was recorded atTrident Studiosin London between June and July that year. Co-produced by Bowie andKen Scott,it featuredRick Wakemanon piano and the musicians who would later become known asthe Spiders from Mars—Mick Ronson,Trevor BolderandMick Woodmansey.

At this point in his career, Bowie had experimented with numerous musical styles, all of which failed to earn him stardom. The lyrics of "Changes" reflect this, with the first verse focusing on the compulsive nature of artistic reinvention and distancing oneself from the rock mainstream. The second verse concerns clashes between children and their parents, urging them to allow their children to be themselves as teenagers, a topic Bowie had spoken out about before. Musically, "Changes" is anart popsong that features a distinctive piano riff. The song flopped as a single, later garnering success following the release ofZiggy Stardust.RCA later chose it as a B-side for the reissue of "Space Oddity"in 1975, which became Bowie's first UK number-one single.

"Changes" is regarded as one of Bowie's best songs, with many praising Bowie's vocal performance and Wakeman's piano playing. It has also appeared on several best-of lists. His biographers have viewed the track as a manifesto of his entire career, predicting a constant change of musical styles. Bowie performed "Changes" frequently during his concert tours; it was the final song he performed on stage beforehis death in 2016.The song has appeared on numerouscompilation albumsand is the namesake of several. Several artists have covered the song, including Australian singerButterfly Boucherfor the 2004 filmShrek 2,whose version featured new vocals from Bowie.

Writing and recording[edit]

After completing a promotional tour of America in early 1971,David Bowiereturned to his home at Haddon Hall inBeckenham,London, and began writing songs. In total, he composed over three-dozen songs there, many of which would appear on his next albumHunky Doryand its follow-upThe Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars.[1][2]One of these tracks was "Changes", which hedemoedbetween May and June 1971. Featuring Bowie on piano, the demo contained different lyrics from the final recording and remains unreleased.[3][4][5]

Work onHunky Doryofficially began atTrident Studiosin London on 8 June 1971 and concluded on 6 August.[6]"Changes" was recorded sometime between June and July.[3][4][5]Co-produced by Bowie andKen Scott,he recorded it with pianistRick Wakemanand the musicians who would later become known asthe Spiders from Mars:guitaristMick Ronson,bassistTrevor Bolderand drummerMick Woodmansey.[7][8]Wakeman, a notedsession musicianand member of theStrawbs,[9]was asked to play during theHunky Dorysessions and accepted.[10]He had previously playedMellotronon Bowie's1969 self-titled album.[11]He recalled in 1995 that he met with Bowie in late June 1971 at Haddon Hall, where Bowie played him demos of "Changes" and "Life on Mars?"in" their raw brilliance ". He recalled:" He [played] the finest selection of songs I have ever heard in one sitting in my entire life...I couldn't wait to get into the studio and record them. "[10]Bowie plays asaxophonesolo on the final recording – his first feature of the instrument[12]– which he recollected was recorded "when I was still going through ideas of using melodic saxophone."[4]Bowie has said that the track "started out as a parody of anightclubsong, a kind of throwaway ".[13][14]

Composition[edit]

Music[edit]

Musically, "Changes" is anart popsong.[15][16]While primarily in 4/4common time,thetime signaturechanges to 2/4 twice (on the lines "different man" and "necks in it" ), and four simultaneous bars of 3/4 feature different chords on each bar and are accompanied by Woodmansey's drum fills.[3]According to James Perone, it features a "standard British popsong structure",with" clearly defined "verses,chorusesand middle-eight sections.[17]The song begins on atonic chord(C major7th) piano and strings, thereafter moving up in semitones:D♭add6th,D minor7,E♭7,F7. Critic Wilfrid Mellers described this intro as "near-anarchic", finding that the sequence "violates orthodox musical grammar".[3]From there, the piano follows the same sequence:C–E–G–B(Cmaj7),D–F–A–C (Dm7), F–A–C–E (Fmaj7), and E♭–G–B♭–D♭(E♭7). O'Leary calls the progression "quintessential Bowie": it was "found by random movement, that sounded 'right' despite being technically 'wrong'."[3]

After an "oh yeah" from Bowie, piano and kick drum eighth notes build anticipation before a distinctive riff begins.[3]According to authorPeter Doggett,Bowie did not know the chord changes on guitar or piano, but "he followed his fingers as they crept, slowly up and down the keyboard, augmenting familiar shapes or simply reproducing them a step or two along the ivories."[5]Played by piano, saxophone, bass and strings, the riff is an eighth note melody that Doggett describes as a rising "diatonic major descent".[3][5]O'Leary notes that the riff only appears twice in the entire song: once before the first verse and second after the first chorus.[3]

The piano and bass are similar to the album track "Oh! You Pretty Things",going up and down a C to D scale. Doggett writes:" It was as if the piano was scared to rest in one place for more than a couple of beats, in case it would be hemmed in or halted. By restlessly moving, it kept its options open and its spirit alive. "[5]Like "Oh! You Pretty Things", "Changes" ends how it begins: on the C major 7th chord, although the chord sequence is in reverse. Saxophone, piano, strings and bass all play their final notes, fading into the distance.[3]

Lyrics[edit]

The chorus of "Changes"
The chorus of "Changes" features Bowie stuttering the 'ch' at the beginning of the word 'changes'.[18]The piano-led track widely differs from the music found in Bowie's previous works.[19]
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The lyrics of "Changes" focus on the compulsive nature of artistic reinvention and distancing oneself from the rock mainstream.[20]Perone calls them "thought-provoking," and "clearly autobiographical."[17]At this point in his career, Bowie was frequently being told how to musically progress by his managers and labels, leading him to experiment with genres such asfolk,hard rockandsoul.[3]This is reflected in the first verse, in which the narrator looks at himself through a mirror to help find his true identity. Perone argues that the verse serves as a "public acknowledgment" that these earlier styles, all of which failed to earn him stardom, were not the "true David Bowie style."[12]BiographerNicholas Peggidentifies the line "I turned myself to face me" as mirroring Bowie's encounter with himself in his 1970 track "The Width of a Circle".[4]O'Leary writes that with "Changes", Bowie commits to a "life of constant revision."[3]By saying "look out you rock 'n' rollers", Bowie is "throwing the gauntlet down to existing rockers" and "putting a distance between himself and the rock fraternity."[20]

Like "Life on Mars?", "Changes" was a response toFrank Sinatra's "My Way";biographer David Buckley cites the line" turn and face the strange "as" not a valedictory farewell, but a prophetic hello. "[18]According to Buckley, the phrase 'strange fascination' "not only embodies a continued quest for the new and the bizarre but also carries with it the force of compulsion, the notion of having to change to stay afloat artistically."[21]The first verse elucidates the three most important components in Bowie's quest for stardom: the themes of identity, the "mutability" of character "and a" sense of play "in both first and third person, signaling the creation ofZiggy Stardust.Throughout the 1970s, Bowie had a "pathological fear" of repeating himself, both musically and visually. He gave himself the epithet 'faker' and proclaimed himself as "pop's fraud; the arch-dissembler."[21]Pegg states that his identification of himself as the 'faker' gives him anxiety, believing that he is "much too fast" to be affected by how others' opinion of him.[4]

The song's chorus, Bowie stuttering the 'ch' at the beginning of the word 'changes',[18]has been compared to the English rock bandthe Who,[22]specifically their 1965 song "My Generation".Both songs have stuttering vocals and similar lyrics (" hope I die before I get old "versus" pretty soon now you're gonna get older ").[4][23]The second verse concerns clashes between children and their parents, urging them to allow their children to be themselves as teenagers.[12]This is reflected in the line "Time may change me, but I can't trace time", which Pegg believes resemblesBob Dylan's "The Times They Are a-Changin'".[4]Bowie had previously spoken about this issue in an interview withThe Timesin 1968: "We feel our parents' generation has lost control, given up, they're scared of the future. I feel it's basically their fault that things are so bad."[4]InRolling Stone's contemporary review ofHunky Dory,John Mendelsohn acknowledged this, considering "Changes" to be "construed as a young man's attempt to reckon how he'll react when it's his time to be on the maligned side of the generation schism."[24]The song has also been interpreted byNMEeditorsRoy CarrandCharles Shaar Murrayas touting "Modern Kids as a New Race".[8]

Release[edit]

RCA trade ad for the "Changes" single inBillboardmagazine.

RCA RecordsreleasedHunky Doryon 17 December 1971,[25]with "Changes" sequenced as the opening track.[7]It was subsequently released as the first single of the album on 7 January 1972, with the catalogue number RCA 2160 and fellow album track "Andy Warhol"as the B-side;[26]it was Bowie's first single released by RCA.[4]In France, the B-side was "Song for Bob Dylan",despite the label stating that it was" Andy Warhol ". This single has been cited as Bowie's official US chart debut.[27]

Upon release, like the album,[28]it flopped commercially, failing to chart in the UK,[8]and peaking at number 59 and 66 on the USCash BoxTop 100 andBillboardHot 100charts, respectively.[29]Despite this, it became English disc jockeyTony Blackburn's record of the week. It was not until the success of Bowie's following albumThe Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars(1972) that recognition was brought uponHunky Doryand "Changes", which according to Pegg quickly became a "turntable favorite" and "embedded" itself into the "pop-culture psyche".[4]Carr and Murray later argued that "Oh! You Pretty Things" was the "obvious single" from the album over "Changes".[8]

In 1975, RCA released "Changes", along with theZiggy Stardustouttake "Velvet Goldmine",as a B-side of the UK reissue of"Space Oddity",[26]which became Bowie's first UK number one single.[30]The re-release of the original one also charted higher in the US, at number 38 and 41 on theCash BoxTop 100 andBillboardHot 100, respectively, and also peaked at number 32 on the CanadianRPMTop Singles chart.[31]FollowingBowie's death in 2016,it charted again, peaking at number 49 on theUK Singles Chart,[32]and number 10 on the USBillboardRock Songschart.[33]It also reached the top-five in Sweden and number 84 in France.[34][35]In April 2022, theBritish Phonographic Industry(BPI) awarded the song a goldcertificationfor sales and streams exceeding 400,000 units.[36]

Critical reception[edit]

"Changes" was met with positive reviews from music critics on release, withBillboardmagazine naming it one of the strongest songs on the album.[37]Cash Boxsaid that it has "one of the most infectiouschoruslines in recent memory. "[38]Record Worldcalled it "an appealing slice of [Bowie's] unique musical outlook" that is "different, but adaptable both pop and progressive."[39]ReviewingHunky Dory,Danny Halloway ofNMEcalled "Changes" a "fantastic pop song", describing it as Bowie's "life story".[40]In another review inRolling Stone,John Mendelsohn called the song's chorus "irresistible".[41]Retrospectively, "Changes" has continued to be viewed in a positive light. In his bookThe Complete David Bowie,Pegg calls Wakeman's piano performance "superb" and the song overall one of Bowie's "pivotal recordings".[4]Paul Trynka writes that even though the song wasn't a commercial success initially, it would "energize a group of believers, who helped their golden boy ascend to fame over the months that followed."[42]Ned Raggett ofAllMusiccalls the chorus "absolutely wonderful" and compliments everything from Wakeman's piano, Bowie's vocal performance and the performances of the Spiders from Mars. He concludes saying: "The descending chords of the bass hint at that particular glam rock element's incipient dominance, while Ken Scott's production and Mick Ronson's excellent string arrangement – not to mention Bowie's own winning sax part – complete the package."[13]

"Changes" has frequently appeared on lists of Bowie's greatest songs.Mojomagazine listed it as Bowie's fifth best track in 2015.[43]Ultimate Classic Rock,in their list of Bowie's ten best songs the same year, listed it at number two, calling it "a beautiful tune" and praising Bowie's vocal performance as one of his finest, "showcasing one of the most unique voices in rock history."[44]The staff ofRolling Stonelisted "Changes" as one of Bowie's 30 essential songs, writing that although Bowie said it started as somewhat of a "parody of a nightclub song", it ended up being a "st-st-st-stuttering rock anthem".[45]InThe Guardian,Alexis Petridisvoted it number 15 in his list of Bowie's 50 greatest songs in 2020, calling it a "perfectly written, irresistible mission statement that few heeded at the time."[46]In other lists, "Changes" has ranked at number three, eight and nine byNME,UncutandSmooth Radioin 2018, 2015 and 2020, respectively.[47][48][49]In another 2016 list ranking every Bowie single from worst to best,Ultimate Classic Rockplaced "Changes" at number two, behind "'Heroes'",calling it" a pre-'Ziggy' burst of pop exuberance that still shines ".[50]

Accolades[edit]

"Changes" has appeared on numerous best-of lists. In 2015,Ultimate Classic Rockplaced the song on their list of the top 200 songs of the 1970s, writing, "Even before his career took off, Bowie was giving a glimpse of his future, singing about change in a voice that sounded an awful lot like a certain rock 'n' roll troubadour from Mars. After a few stumbling years, Bowie found his voice on 1971'sHunky Dory."Changes" is his coming-out party. "[51]The song was ranked at number 128 onRolling Stonemagazine's list ofthe 500 Greatest Songs of All Timein 2010;[52]it was re-ranked number 200 in its 2021 revised list.[53]It is one of four of Bowie's songs to be included in theRock and Roll Hall of Fame's500 Songs that Shaped Rock and Roll.[54]In late 2016, the AmericanRecording Academyinducted the song into theGrammy Hall of Fame.[55]

Analysis[edit]

Retrospectively, "Changes" is described by Bowie's biographers as a manifesto of his entire career.[4][19][42]Throughout the 1970s, Bowie changed his musical styles and appearances constantly; Doggett notes that each album he released between 1974 and 1977—Diamond Dogs,Young Americans,Station to StationandLow—could not have predicted the next.[19]He was dubbed the "chameleon of rock" by numerous publications and biographers due to his constant reinvention throughout his career,[56][57]which matches the overall theme in "Changes".[19]Buckley notes that 1971 was a pivotal year for Bowie; it was the year in which he became "something of a pop-art agent provocateur.[18]In a time when rock musicians looked to traditions and established standards, Bowie looked to be radically different and challenge tradition, reinventing himself again and again, thereby creating new standards and conventions.[18][56]Doggett also notes that "Changes" is a "statement of purpose": it was the first track onHunky Dory,the first time his audience had heard of him sinceThe Man Who Sold the World(1970), and his previous hard rock and metallic sound was not present. Furthermore, he states that the song was unlike "Space Oddity" and its parent album, but rather "pure, unashamedly melodic, gleefully commercial, gorgeouslymellifluouspop. "[19]

Live versions[edit]

Bowie played the song for theBBC'sJohnny Walker Lunchtime Showon 22 May 1972.[4]This was broadcast in early June 1972 and eventually released onBowie at the Beebin 2000.[58]Bowie frequently performed "Changes" throughout his concert tours. According to the artist, "it turned into this monster that nobody would stop asking for at concerts:'Dye-vid, Dye-vid – do Changes!'I hadnoidea it would become such a popular thing. "[14]Performances from theZiggy Stardust Tourhave been released onZiggy Stardust: The Motion Picture(1983) andLive Santa Monica '72(2008).[59][60]Another previously unreleased performance fromBoston Music Hallon 1 October 1972 was released in 1989 on the originalSound + Vision Plusbox set and on the 2003 reissue of his 1973 albumAladdin Sane.[4]

Performances from theDiamond Dogs Tourhave been released onDavid Live(1974),[61]Cracked Actor (Live Los Angeles '74)(2017),[62]andI'm Only Dancing (The Soul Tour 74)(2020).[63]Live versions from the1976 Isolar Tour,theGlastonbury Festivaland theReality tourwere released onLive Nassau Coliseum '76,Glastonbury 2000(2018) andA Reality Tour(2010), respectively.[64][65][66]On 9 November 2006, Bowie performed the song with American singerAlicia Keysat the Black Ball fundraiser in New York. Also performing "Wild Is the Wind"and"Fantastic Voyage",it was Bowie's final live performance before his death in 2016.[4][67][68]

Legacy[edit]

"Changes" has appeared on multiplecompilation albums,includingChangesonebowie(1976),[69]Changesbowie(1990) (its namesakes, along with 1981'sChangestwobowie[70]),[71]The Best of David Bowie 1969/1974(1997),[72]Best of Bowie(2002),[73]Nothing Has Changed(2014)[70]andLegacy(2016).[74]In 2015, the song, along with its parent album, was remastered for theFive Years (1969–1973)box set.[75][76]It was released in CD, vinyl, and digital formats.[77]

A quotation from the song was used as anepigraphfor theJohn HughesfilmThe Breakfast Club(1985):[4][78][79]

...And these children
that you spit on
as they try to change their worlds
are immune to your consultations.
They're quite aware
Of what they're going through...

The song also appears in the 2015Off-BroadwaymusicalLazarus,written by Bowie and playwrightEnda Walshnear the end of Bowie's life.[80]The English pop groupBananaramarecorded a version of "Changes" in 1993 with producersMike StockandPete Waterman.Although officially unreleased, their version was leaked to the internet in 2016.[81]That same year, the song was ranked at number 74 byinternet radiostation WDDF Radio in their first top 76 of the 1970s countdown.[82]

In 2004, a new version of "Changes" by Australian artistButterfly Boucher,featuring Bowie on additional vocals, was recorded for the soundtrack of the animated filmShrek 2.Boucher, who was commissioned by the film's studio to provide a song, sent a recording of "Changes" to Bowie in December 2003 during his A Reality Tour, requesting additional backing vocals from the artist. Inthe Bahamasfor the tour, Bowie travelled to Compass Point Studios, where he had previously recorded with the rock bandTin Machine,where he recorded a harmony vocal against Boucher's lead withTony Viscontiproducing. Pegg describes this version as having a "lush arrangement" featuring piano, saxophone and strings. He and O'Leary both praise Bowie's vocal performance as one of the finest of his later career.[3][4]That same year, Brazilian singerSeu Jorgerecorded a Portuguese version for theWes AndersonfilmThe Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou.[4]

An alternative mix of "Changes" by Ken Scott was released in December 2021 to celebrate the 50th anniversary ofHunky Dory,accompanied by a new lyric video. Scott explained in a statement:[83][84]

The new version of 'Changes' is a fresh look at David's classic. When listening to the original multi-track I discovered a few things that I had eliminated from the original mix and also a completely different sax solo at the end. It was those things that led me to try a new mix, trying for a slightly harder, more contemporary edge to it.

Track listing[edit]

All tracks are written by David Bowie.[85]

  1. "Changes" – 3:33
  2. "Andy Warhol"– 3:58

Personnel[edit]

According to biographers Kevin Cann and Chris O'Leary:[3][7]

Production

Charts[edit]

Weekly chart performance for "Changes"
Year Chart Peak
position
1972 USBillboardHot 100[29] 66
USCash BoxTop 100[29] 59
1975 CanadaRPMTop Singles[31] 32
USBillboardHot 100[29] 41
USCash BoxTop 100[29] 38
2016 France (SNEP)[35] 84
Sweden Heatseeker (Sverigetopplistan)[34] 4
UK Singles Chart[32] 49
USBillboardRock Songs[33] 10

Certifications[edit]

Certifications and sales for "Changes"
Region Certification Certified units/sales
United Kingdom (BPI)[36] Gold 400,000‡

‡Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

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