Changes (Black Sabbath song)
| "Changes" | |
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| Song by Black Sabbath from the album Vol. 4 | |
| Released | September 1972 |
| Recorded | 1972 |
| Genre | Piano rock |
| Length | 4:43 |
| Label | Warner Bros. |
| Writer(s) | Ozzy Osbourne, Tony Iommi, Geezer Butler, Bill Ward |
| Producer(s) | Patrick Meehan, Black Sabbath |
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| Single by Ozzy Osbourne and Kelly Osbourne | ||||
| from the album Changes | ||||
| Released | 30 September 2003 (U.S.) | |||
| Format | CD single | |||
| Recorded | 2002 | |||
| Length | 4:07 | |||
| Label | Sanctuary Records | |||
| Writer(s) | Ozzy Osbourne, Tony Iommi, Geezer Butler, Bill Ward | |||
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| "Changes (re-release)" | ||||
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| Single by Ozzy Osbourne and Kelly Osbourne | ||||
| Released | March 2004 (U.S.) | |||
| Format | CD single | |||
| Recorded | 2002 | |||
| Label | Sanctuary Records | |||
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"Changes" is a song by Black Sabbath. It first appeared on Vol. 4 which was released in 1972.
The song's piano melody was composed by guitarist Tony Iommi, who was experimenting with the instrument in the studio. "Changes" is a ballad inspired mainly by Bill Ward's ongoing breakup with his first wife. The lyrics were composed by bassist Geezer Butler, and vocalist Ozzy Osbourne has referred to the song as "heartbreaking". The song was quite different from Black Sabbath's previous songs, given that this one was a "forlornly pretty" ballad, according to music critic Barney Hoskyns.
The song was not performed live until 1995, with Tony Martin on vocals.
The song has been covered by numerous artists, including The Cardigans, Fudge Tunnel and Overkill. In 1993, Ozzy Osbourne (Black Sabbath's lead vocalist) re-recorded the song himself as a single (taken from the Live & Loud album). The single peaked at number 9 on Billboard's Mainstream Rock Tracks chart, but failed to chart in the UK. The opening track from UNKLE's second album Never, Never, Land featured a prominent sample from the chorus and loops of the mellotron.
Eminem samples this song for his track "Going Through Changes" from his 2010 album Recovery.
Nashville garage rock band JEFF the Brotherhood covered "Changes" on their 2012 album Hypnotic Nights.
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