PAUL YOUNG - EVERYTHING MUST CHANGE

EVERYTHING MUST CHANGE

PAUL YOUNG

SONGWRITERS: P. Young & I. Kewley

COUNTRY: U, K,

ALBUM: THE SECRET OF ASSOCIATION

LABEL: COLUMBIA RECORDS

GENRE: SOUL

YEAR: 1985

 

         Paul Antony Young(born 17 January 1956) is an English singer, songwriter and musician. Formerly the frontman of the short-lived bands Kat Kool & the Kool Cats, Streetband and Q-Tips, he became a teen idol with his solo success in the 1980s. His hit singles include "Love of the Common People", "Wherever I Lay My Hat", "Come Back and Stay", "Every Time You Go Away" and "Everything Must Change", all reaching the top 10 of the UK Singles Chart. Released in 1983, his debut album, No Parlez, the first of three UK number-one albums, made him a household name. His smooth yet soulful voice belonged to a genre known as "blue-eyed soul". At the 1985 Brit Awards, Young received the award for Best British Male. Associated with the Second British Invasion of the US, "Every Time You Go Away" reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1985. It also won Best British Video at the 1986 Brit Awards.

           In July 1985, Young appeared at Live Aid held at Wembley Stadium, London, performing the Band Aid hit "Do They Know It's Christmas?" (having sung the opening lines on the original single release) and his own hits "Come Back and Stay" and "Every Time You Go Away", with Alison Moyet joining him on stage to perform "That's The Way Love Is". Since the mid-1990s, Young has performed with his band Los Pacaminos.

        The Secret of Association is the second studio album by the English singer Paul Young. Released in 1985, it reached number one on the UK album charts and the Top 20 in the US. The album spawned the hit singles "Everytime You Go Away", "I'm Gonna Tear Your Playhouse Down", "Everything Must Change" and "Tomb of Memories".

        The album has been certified Double Platinum (600,000 copies sold) by the BPI in the UK and Gold (500,000 copies sold) in the US by the RIAA.

       The album followed the pattern of Young's debut album, No Parlez, combining cover versions with original songs written by Young and keyboard player Ian Kewley. However, on this album the Young/Kewley partnership was better represented with five of their compositions featuring.

I was never one to back out of an argument and say I was wrong,

Even when I'd seen the other side

I'd hide my foolishness and carry on

But still I'd be embarrassed

'Cos they'd see what happened and they's play along

Until I back myself into a corner

I would only realise when they had gone

 

And like a dream, a life, a reason,

Everything must change

(Everything, Everything Must Change)

And like a world, this earth and seasons

Everything must change

(Everything, Everything Must Change)

 

In the same way when we disagree

I woudn't be the one to back down

Still I'd know that you had faith in me

Tell me something, am I letting you down?

'Cos when I woke up and

I saw the note you pressed into the mirror frame

But it was easy to be angry at you

But deep inside I know we share the blame

 

And like a dream, a life, a reason,

Everything must change

(Everything, Everything Must Change)

And like a world, this earth and seasons,

Everything must change

(Everything, Everything Must Change)

 

I'm going back to the top to start myself off

But first of all somethings I

Need to know

When I'm scared of being wrong again,

Won't you be the one I turn to to let

Me know, oh, let me know, oh

Please, let me be right for once

'Cos right now all I feel I do is wrong

And it's never too late to learn about love

And this victim needs your hand

To hold on

 

And like a dream, a life, a reason,

Everything must change

(Everything, Everything Must Change)

And like a world, this earth and seasons,

Everything must change

(Everything, Everything Must Change)

 

And like a dream, a life, a reason,

Everything must change

And like a world, this earth and seasons,

Everything must change

(Everything Must Change, Everything Must Change)

And like a dream, a life, a reason,

Everything must change

And like a world, this earth and seasons,

Everything must change...