Eric ClaptonChange The World (3:54)

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“Change the World” is a song recorded by country superstar Wynonna Judd, which was covered by Eric Clapton with backing by Babyface for the soundtrack of the 1996 film Phenomenon. The song won Grammy Awards for Record of the Year, Song of the Year (for the songwriters Tommy Sims, Gordon Kennedy and Wayne Kirkpatrick), as well as Best Male Pop Vocal performance. The song was chosen by the RIAA as one of the Songs of the Century, ranked at #270.

The single peaked at #5 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in the summer of 1996. It also spent 13 weeks at #1 on the adult contemporary chart and remained on that chart for over a year and a half (80 weeks), a feat which was extraordinarily rare at the time. Since then, however, certain songs have remained on the AC chart for extended periods of time, prompting the eventual creation of an Adult Contemporary recurrent chart for songs that have stayed on the chart for many weeks and fallen below a certain threshold.

Although “Change the World” is better known as an unplugged acoustic track, a rare electric performance of the song was featured on Babyface’s 1997 live album Babyface MTV Unplugged NYC, with Clapton on co-lead vocals, playing his namesake signature Fender Stratocaster guitar. There was also another electric cover of this track, released the following year, with Nathan East on electric bass.
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  • Clapton Chronicles
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  • Complete Clapton
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  • Clapton Chronicles: The Best of Eric Clapton
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  • Collection
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  • HorstKrannich

    +++ super Song +++

    Thursday evening
  • PinkiePinkie

    Candle-lit dinner with this song on!

    last week
  • Nils-erik_mulle

    \o/

    15 days ago
  • mrsclapton

    I love this song...and I love Clapton...♥♥♥

    last month
  • AvianCrowd0

    ERIC..... Just Keep Doing What You're Doing.... I think you have changed the world, with your wonderful MUSIC

    last month
  • JerryZola25

    nice

    March 2012
  • Stojakovic86

    Baby...change the world.

    February 2012
  • oldiesfanjohn

    Some great harmonies on the chorus and at the end!

    February 2012
  • katie1791

    Great song

    February 2012
  • ericshep

    baby what who?

    February 2012
  • ericshep

    Mr kello0gg considered wrong!

    February 2012
  • ericshep

    smooth as silk!

    February 2012
  • DRKellogg22

    I really consider this one a duet with Eric and Babyface.

    January 2012
  • kenet87

    oh, my mom used to love this song. oh, clapton. *grins*

    January 2012
  • r-iman

    slow hand !!!!!!!!!!!!!

    January 2012
  • mrsongbird

    This track highlights Eric"s great vocals !

    December 2011
  • multicolouredb

    LOVE THIS SONG.

    December 2011
  • conni-pe

    ***einfach genial; ohne Worte ***

    November 2011
  • Cojage

    Great song

    November 2011
  • Led-Zep-Fan1

    Ladiesand Gentlemen THE ONE THE ONLY- ERIC SLOWHAND CLAPTON.

    October 2011
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