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Change (John Waite song)

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"Change"
Single by John Waite
from the album Ignition
ReleasedJune 1982
Recorded1982
GenreRock[1]
LabelChrysalis
Songwriter(s)Holly Knight
Producer(s)Neil Giraldo
John Waite singles chronology
"Change"
(1982)
"Going to the Top"
(1982)
Music video
"Change" on YouTube

"Change" is a song written by Holly Knight and originally recorded by her then-band, Spider, who released the song on their 1981 second album, Between the Lines.

John Waite recording

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The following year, English musician John Waite, newly a solo artist after fronting The Babys, recorded a version.[2][3] It was released in 1982 as his debut single from his Chrysalis Records debut album Ignition. The song reached No. 16 on the Billboard Album Rock Tracks chart. It was aided by a hugely popular MTV music video featuring Tina Gullickson,[4] an actress and model, who has been a part of Jimmy Buffett's Coral Reefer Band since 1995.[citation needed]

The song (Waite's version) was also featured on the 1985 Vision Quest soundtrack. The re-launched single entered the Billboard Hot 100 and climbed to No. 54.[2]

References

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  1. ^ Sheffield, Rob (September 27, 2022). "100 Best Songs of 1982". Rolling Stone. Retrieved September 9, 2023. ...because "Change" is a warm-hearted blast of radio rock...
  2. ^ a b "Change". AllMusic.
  3. ^ "Rock Albums & Top Tracks". Billboard. August 21, 1982. p. 30.
  4. ^ "The Girl in the Video: "Change" (1982)".