Everything Changes (Take That song)


"Everything Changes" is a song by English boy band Take That, released in March 1994, by RCA Records and BMG, as the fifth single from the band's second studio album, Everything Changes. It was written by band member Gary Barlow with the producers, Michael Ward, Eliot Kennedy and Cary Bayliss. The song features Robbie Williams on lead vocals and became Take That's fourth consecutive single to enter at number one on the UK Singles Chart, where it remained for two weeks. It sold 400,000 copies in the UK and has received a gold certification from the British Phonographic Industry. The accompanying music video featured the band performing in a jazz cafe. "Everything Changes" was nominated for Best Single at the 1994 Smash Hits Awards but lost to their single "Sure".

Critical reception

Tom Ewing of Freaky Trigger described "Everything Changes" as "breezy" and "disco-inspired", noting that "this is the first number one with lead vocals from Robbie Williams." In his weekly UK chart commentary, James Masterton declared it as "a pop-tinged slice of 70s disco soul". Pan-European magazine Music & Media commented, "Philly soul is what the "fab five" exercise on the title track off their current album." Alan Jones from Music Week gave it a top score of five out of five, writing, "The glossy but insubstantial title track of the boys' double platinum album has a good chance of becoming their fourth consecutive number one".
Mark Sutherland from Smash Hits also gave it four out of five, writing, "If truth be told, the fifth single from the album isn't the 'That at their best. Sung by Rob, it trips along merrily enough and is the proud owner of an extremely perky chorus, but it isn't a patch on 'Pray' or 'Babe'." In a retrospective review, Pop Rescue remarked that Williams opens the song "with some sultry reassurance before it opens out into a bouncy little pop song", adding that "at times, this song feels somewhat Stock/Aitken/Waterman".

Music video

The accompanying music video for the song, liberally based on Kylie Minogue's video for her single "Give Me Just a Little More Time", shows the band in a jazz cafe performing the song with people in the cafe joining in. The video uses the 7-inch mix, which removes Williams' spoken intro from the album version that says "Girl, come over here, let me hold you for a little while and remember I'll always love you." The 7-inch mix also appears on their Greatest Hits album. "Everything Changes" was a Box Top on British music television channel The Box in May 1994. Same month, it received heavy rotation on MTV Europe and was A-listed on Germany's VIVA.

Track listings

The B-side of the single features a studio version of a medley of songs by the Beatles, which the band performed live in concerts. The songs included are "I Want to Hold Your Hand", "A Hard Day's Night" and "She Loves You".UK and European 7-inch and cassette single; Japanese mini-CD single
  1. "Everything Changes"
  2. "Beatles Medley"UK CD single
  3. "Everything Changes"
  4. "Beatles Medley"
  5. "Everything Changes"
  6. "Everything Changes" UK CD digipak single
  7. "Everything Changes"
  8. "Interview"
  9. "Relight My Fire" German CD single
  10. "Everything Changes" – 3:35
  11. "Relight My Fire" – 8:07
  12. "Beatles Medley" – 3:39
  13. "Interview" – 4:26European CD single
  14. "Everything Changes" – 3:33
  15. "Relight My Fire" – 8:07Australasian CD single
  16. "Everything Changes"
  17. "Beatles Medley"
  18. "Everything Changes"
  19. "Everything Changes"
  20. "Interview"Japanese CD single
  21. "Everything Changes"
  22. "Beatles Medley"
  23. "Everything Changes"
  24. "Everything Changes"
  25. "Interview"
  26. "Relight My Fire"

Personnel

Usage in media

In the Derry Girls episode "The Concert", the girls attend a Take That concert. Footage from a real gig was used, in which the band sang "Everything Changes".