"Love Changes Everything" | ||||
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Single by Michael Ball | ||||
from the album Aspects of Love | ||||
Released | 1989 | |||
Genre | Pop, musical theatre | |||
Label | Polydor | |||
Songwriter(s) | Andrew Lloyd Webber, Don Black, Charles Hart | |||
Producer(s) | Andrew Lloyd Webber | |||
Michael Ball singles chronology | ||||
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"Love Changes Everything" is a song from the musical Aspects of Love, composed by Andrew Lloyd Webber, with a lyric written by Charles Hart and Don Black.[1] It was first sung in the musical by the character Alex Dillingham, which was originated by Michael Ball in both the London and Broadway casts. The song was released as a single in 1989, also sung by Ball,[2] and stayed on the UK Singles Chart for 15 weeks, peaking at No. 2 and becoming Ball's signature tune.[3] The song was later featured on Ball's 1992 self-titled debut album and Love Changes Everything: The Collection.[4][5]
In the prologue to Aspects of Love, a young Englishman, Alex, is lovestruck by a French actress, Rose. This upends his world, and he sings that "Love changes everything ... How you live and / How you die" for better or for worse. He notes that love "Makes fools of everyone" and concludes that, once love strikes, "Nothing in the / World will ever / Be the same." Musically, it is a "simple, effective three-chord piano-accompanied anthem".[6] The song became the best-known number from Aspects of Love and it "delivered yet more proof that Andrew Lloyd Webber could deliver soaring, anthemic ballads".[7]
The song was featured at the 44th Tony Awards.[8]
The 2018 compilation album, Andrew Lloyd Webber Unmasked: The Platinum Collection, included a remixed version of the 1989 single recording.
Artists who have covered it include
The Off-Broadway spoof revue Forbidden Broadway picked up on the bed-hopping aspect of Aspects of Love, changing the song to "We Sleep with Everyone".[9]
Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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United Kingdom (BPI)[10] | Silver | 200,000^ |
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone. |