Change Is Now: Renewing America's Promise


Change is Now: Renewing America's Promise is a compilation album released on April 28, 2009 through Hidden Beach Recordings in conjunction with the Presidential Inaugural Committee. The album includes previously released tracks from Wilco, Stevie Wonder, Death Cab for Cutie, and Common. An accompanying DVD features eight speeches by Barack Obama, starting with the campaign announcement in Springfield, Illinois and ending with the election night victory speech in Chicago. The album sold retail online and at inaugural events in Washington.

Track listing

  1. "It's a New Day"* – will.i.am
  2. "The Dream is Real" – The Tony Rich Project
  3. "All About the Love Again"* – Stevie Wonder
  4. "Can't Stop" – Ozomatli
  5. "Peace Be Upon Us" – Sheryl Crow
  6. "There's Hope" – India.Arie
  7. "God is in the People"* – Melissa Etheridge
  8. "Change" – Lenny Kravitz
  9. "Dreamworld" – Robin Thicke
  10. "Pure Imagination" * – Maroon 5
  11. "Hush"* – Usher
  12. "Born for This" – BeBe Winans
  13. "What Light – Wilco
  14. "Shed a Little Light" – James Taylor
  15. "The Star-Spangled Banner" – Jennifer Hudson
  16. "Eternity "* – Lionel Richie
  17. "Grapevine Fires" – Death Cab for Cutie
  18. "Changes" – Common
Songs with an asterisk indicates the presence of excerpts from Barack Obama speeches.
;iTunes bonus tracks
  • "All About the Love Again" – Stevie Wonder
  • "All About the Love Again" – Stevie Wonder

DVD track listing

  1. "Announcement for President" – February 10, 2007 in Springfield, Illinois
  2. "Iowa Jefferson Jackson Dinner" – November 10, 2007 in Des Moines, Iowa
  3. "Iowa Caucus Victory Speech" – January 3, 2008 in Des Moines, Iowa
  4. "New Hampshire Primary Speech" – January 8, 2008 in Nashua, New Hampshire
  5. "A More Perfect Union" – March 18, 2008 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
  6. "A World That Stands As One" – July 24, 2008 in Berlin, Germany
  7. "The American Promise" – August 28, 2008 in Denver, Colorado
  8. "Election Night Victory Speech" – November 4, 2008 in Chicago, Illinois

Personnel