- Changes (Tupac Shakur song)
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"Changes" 
Single by 2Pac featuring Talent from the album Greatest Hits Released October 13, 1998 Format CD Recorded 1992 (Remixed In 1997-1998) Genre Conscious hip hop, Contemporary R&B, Hip Hop Soul Length 4:30 Label Interscope/Amaru/Death Row Writer(s) 2Pac
Deon Evans
Bruce Hornsby[1]2Pac featuring Talent singles chronology "Do for Love"
(1997)"Changes"
(1998)"Runnin'" Music sample "Changes""Changes" is a hip hop song by the late Tupac Shakur, the song was originally recorded during his tenure at Interscope records in 1992. Changes was later remixed during 1997-1998. The song re-uses lines from another 2Pac song called "I Wonder If Heaven Got A Ghetto" which was recorded during the same year. The song samples the 1986 hit "The Way It Is" by Bruce Hornsby and the Range. 2Pac at times re-used lines from other unreleased songs because he would try to make an updated version. However, since his death many of the unreleased and unmastered songs are being officially released.
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Overview
The song was a #1 hit in Norway and The Netherlands and reached the top ten in the singles charts of several other countries, including #3 in the United Kingdom. It is one of 2Pac's most notable and popular songs. Released posthumously on his album Greatest Hits, the song talks about all of the different issues that were related to 2Pac's era of influence - notably racism, police brutality, drugs and gang violence.
"Changes" was nominated for Best Rap Solo Performance at the Grammy Awards of 2000 and remains the only posthumous song to be nominated in this category. In 2009, "Changes" was chosen as one of 12 songs to appear on the Vatican's official Myspace music page. The "Huey" that 2Pac mentions in the song ("two shots in the dark, now Huey's dead") is Huey P. Newton, founder of the Black Panther Party. In 2008, "Changes" climbed to Number One on Billboard magazine's Hot Ringtones chart.
Music video
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, similar to the format of The Notorious B.I.G.'s "Dead Wrong", also released in 1999.
Samples
The song is an interpretation of the 1986 hit "The Way It Is" by Bruce Hornsby and the Range. Bay Area rapper E-40 had interpreted the song already on his track, "Things'll Never Change," for his album Tha Hall of Game. The Tupac 'Changes' instrumental was used by Insane Clown Posse in "Mom Song" a mothers day song. Nas samples the song for his song Black President.
Peak positions
Charts (1999) Peak
positionAustralia (ARIA)[2] 7 Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 75)[3] 6 Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)[4] 2 Belgium (Ultratop 40 Wallonia)[5] 11 Netherlands (Mega Single Top 100)[6] 1 France (SNEP)[7] 39 Germany (Media Control AG)[8] 7 New Zealand (RIANZ)[9] 3 Norway (VG-lista)[10] 1 Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)[11] 3 Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[12] 2 US Billboard Hot 100[13] 9 US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs (Billboard)[14] 12 US Pop Songs (Billboard)[15] 38 UK Singles (The Official Charts Company)[16] 3 References
- ^ Ascap entry for song ASCAP, accessed May 1, 2011
- ^ "Australian-charts.com – 2 Pac – Changes". ARIA Top 50 Singles. Hung Medien.
- ^ "2 Pac – Changes – Austriancharts.at" (in German). Ö3 Austria Top 40. Hung Medien.
- ^ "Ultratop.be – 2 Pac – Changes" (in Dutch). Ultratop 50. Ultratop & Hung Medien / hitparade.ch.
- ^ "Ultratop.be – 2 Pac – Changes" (in French). Ultratop 40. Ultratop & Hung Medien / hitparade.ch.
- ^ "Dutchcharts.nl – 2 Pac – Changes" (in Dutch). Mega Single Top 100. Hung Medien / hitparade.ch.
- ^ "Lescharts.com – 2 Pac – Changes" (in French). Les classement single. Hung Medien.
- ^ "Die ganze Musik im Internet: Charts, News, Neuerscheinungen, Tickets, Genres, Genresuche, Genrelexikon, Künstler-Suche, Musik-Suche, Track-Suche, Ticket-Suche - musicline.de" (in German). Media Control Charts. PhonoNet GmbH.
- ^ "Charts.org.nz – 2 Pac – Changes". Top 40 Singles. Hung Medien.
- ^ "Norwegiancharts.com – 2 Pac – Changes". VG-lista. Hung Medien.
- ^ "Swedishcharts.com – 2 Pac – Changes". Singles Top 60. Hung Medien.
- ^ "2 Pac – Changes – swisscharts.com". Swiss Singles Chart. Hung Medien.
- ^ "2Pac Album & Song Chart History" Billboard Hot 100 for 2Pac. Prometheus Global Media.
- ^ "2Pac Album & Song Chart History" Billboard R&B/Hip-Hop Songs for 2Pac. Prometheus Global Media.
- ^ "2Pac Album & Song Chart History" Billboard Pop Songs for 2Pac. Prometheus Global Media.
- ^ "Archive Chart" UK Singles Chart. The Official Charts Company.
Categories:- English-language songs
- 1998 singles
- Interscope Records singles
- Tupac Shakur songs
- Songs about poverty
- Songs against racism and xenophobia
- Songs released posthumously
- Dutch Top 40 number-one singles
- Songs written by Bruce Hornsby
- Songs written by Tupac Shakur
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