• • Length 3: 54,, singles chronology ' (1994) ' Change the World' (1996) ' (1998) ' (1994) ' Change the World' (1996) ' (1998) ' Change the World' is a song written by,, and whose best-known version was recorded by the recording artist Eric Clapton for the of the 1996 film,. The track was produced by R&B record producer. The single release, Clapton recorded for and, reached the in twenty countries and topped the charts in Canada as well as magazine's and charts in the United States.

The single was prized with eight awards, among them three, Clapton took home at the in 1997. Contents • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Background and recording [ ] In an interview with, Gordon Kennedy retold the recording history of the song: 'Change The World' was a song written over the course of a year by Tommy Sims, Wayne Kirkpatrick, and myself. On a recording session in Quad Studios in, in the early '90s, Wayne and I were recording some demos in an attempt to do the 'artist' thing. We recorded four songs that day, three of which wound up on ' CD (this would happen several years later).

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During that session, Tommy was there playing and played us the nugget of an idea he had, wondering if it might be something that would work for the sound we were doing. The Americans Textbook Mcdougal Littell Pdf. He had the title and a and direction going. Wayne would ask him some months later for a tape of the idea so he could work on it. He wrote the lyrics to the chorus and all but one line of the second verse.

Then, it went dormant again for a time before I asked Wayne about its progress. He gave me what he'd done on it. I finished writing the music, went to and laid down a with Tommy.

He was there working on a church choir album. On the way home, I listened to a tape of the track and dictated lyrics into another little handheld recorder (I still have the micro-cassette!). I wrote the lyrics to the first verse and the missing line in the second verse. When I got home, I went into the studio and did a guitar and all of the vocals for a finished demo, the one Clapton heard later. None of the three of us were together when we wrote what we each wrote on the song'. Although some of the recordings took place in, most of the song's recording was conducted in studios in, where for example 's bass parts were mixed and recorded. East also notes, the recording sessions were very busy, because many international successful artists wanted to work with Babyface at the time, however, the pop producer put Clapton and 'Change the World' first.

In 2013, Clapton explained his take on the song in an interview with magazine: 'When I heard Tommy Sims' demo, I could hear doing that, so I needed to, with greatest respect to Paul, take that and put it somewhere. So I asked Babyface who, even though he may not be aware of it, gave it the thing. The first two lines I play on that song on the acoustic guitar are lines I quote wherever I can and they come from the beginning of '. On every record I make where I think, this has got a chance of doing well, I make sure I pay my dues on this. So I think I've found a way to do it, but it has to have one foot in the blues, even if its subtly disguised'. While journalists from MusicTunes were in conversation with the single's producer Babyface, the American R&B artist recalled: 'It was a real pleasure working in the studio with Eric Clapton' and added, that Clapton's 'music is legendary and he is truly one of the entertainment industry's musical geniuses'. For the recording sessions, several people were in charge of the production and making for the single, including Brad Gilderman and Thomas Russo as the, as the soundtrack's producer, worked on the, Babyface produced the 'Change the World' songs (single mix and ), where as Clapton produced the B-side 'Danny Boy' by himself.

All the recording actions were overseen by Kathy Nelson. The for the 1996 single release was done at Oasis Mastering in. Composition [ ]. Clapton used a similar guitar for the recording and music video.