CHANGE
THE WORLD
ERIC
CLAPTON
SONGWRITER: TOMMY
SIMS; WAYNE KIRKPATRICK & GORDON KENNEDY
COUNTRY:
U. K.
ALBUM: PHENOMENON
LABEL: REPRISE RECORDS
GENRE: POP
YEAR: 1996
Eric Patrick Clapton, CBE(born 30 March 1945) is an
English rock and blues guitarist,
singer, and songwriter. He is the only three-time inductee to the Rock and Roll
Hall of Fame: once as a solo artist and
separately as a member of the Yardbirds and of Cream. Clapton
has been referred to as one of the most important and influential guitarists of
all time. Clapton ranked second in Rolling Stone's
list of the "100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time"and
fourth in Gibson's "Top 50 Guitarists
of All Time".He was also named number five in Time magazine's list
of "The 10 Best Electric Guitar Players" in 2009.
After playing in a number of different local
bands, Clapton joined the Yardbirds in 1963, replacing founding guitarist Top Topham.
Dissatisfied with the change of the Yardbirds sound from blues rock to a more
radio-friendly pop rock sound, Clapton left the Yardbirds in 1965 to play with John Mayall
& the Bluesbreakers, with whom he played on
one album. After leaving Mayall in 1966, Clapton formed the power trio Cream
with drummer Ginger Baker and
bassist Jack Bruce, in
which Clapton played sustained blues improvisations and "arty, blues-based
psychedelic pop". After Cream broke up, he formed blues rock band Blind Faith with
Baker, Steve Winwood, and Ric Grech,
recording one album and performing on one tour before they broke up, leading
Clapton to embark on a solo career in 1970. Alongside his solo career, he also
performed with Delaney & Bonnie and Derek and the
Dominos, with whom he recorded "Layla", one of his
signature songs. He continued to record a number of successful solo albums and
songs over the next several decades, including a 1974 cover of Bob Marley's "I Shot the Sheriff"
(which helped reggae reach a mass market.), the country-infused Slowhand album (1977)
and the pop rock of 1986's August.
Following the death of his son Conor in 1991, Clapton's grief was expressed in
the song "Tears in Heaven",
which appeared on his Unplugged album, and in 1996 he had another top-40 hit with the R&B crossover
"Change The World",
and in 1998 released the Grammy award-winning "My Father's
Eyes". Since 1999, he has recorded a number
of traditional blues and blues rock albums
and hosted the periodic Crossroads
Guitar Festival. His most recent studio album is
2018's Happy Xmas.
Clapton has been the recipient of 18 Grammy Awards, and the
Brit Award for
Outstanding Contribution to Music. In 2004 he was awarded a CBE at Buckingham Palace for services to music. He has received four Ivor Novello
Awards from the British Academy of Songwriters, Composers and Authors,
including the Lifetime Achievement Award. In his solo career, Clapton has sold
more than 100 million records worldwide, making him one of the best-selling
musicians of all time. In 1998, Clapton, a recovering alcoholic and drug addict, founded
the Crossroads Centre on Antigua, a
medical facility for recovering substance abusers.
"Change the World" is a song written
by Tommy Sims, Gordon
Kennedy, and Wayne Kirkpatrick,
the best-known version of which was recorded by the English singer Eric Clapton for the soundtrack of the 1996 film Phenomenon.
The track was produced by the R&B record producer Kenneth
"Babyface" Edmonds.
The Clapton release, recorded for Reprise and Warner Bros.
Records, reached the Top 40 list in twenty countries and topped the charts in Canada, as well as
Billboard magazine's Adult
Contemporary and Adult Top 40 charts
in the United States. The single won eight awards, including three Grammy Awards at the 39th annual
ceremony in 1997.
If I could reach the
stars
I'd pull one down for you
Shine it on my heart
So you could see the truth
That this love I have inside
Is everything it seems
But for now I find
It's only in my dreams
That I can change the
world
I would be the sunlight in your universe
You would think my love was really something good
Baby, if I could change the world
If I could be king
Even for a day
I'd take you as my queen
I'd have it no other way
And our love would rule
This kingdom we have made
Till then I'll be a fool
Wishin' for the day
That I can change the
world
I would be the sunlight in your universe
You would think my love was really something good
Baby, if I could change the world
Baby, if I could change the world
That I can change the
world
I would be the sunlight in your universe
You would think my love was really something good
Baby, if I could change the world
Baby, if I could change the world
Baby, if I could change the world.
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