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"Things Change"
Single by Dwight Yoakam
from the album A Long Way Home
ReleasedMay 27, 1998
Genre Country
Length3:45
Label Reprise
Songwriter(s)Dwight Yoakam
Producer(s) Pete Anderson
Dwight Yoakam singles chronology
" Baby Don't Go"
(1997)
"Things Change"
(1998)
"These Arms"
(1998)

"Things Change" is a song written and recorded by American country music artist Dwight Yoakam. It was released in May 1998 as the first single from his album A Long Way Home. The song reached number 17 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart in July 1998. [1]

Critical reception

Deborah Evans Price of Billboard gave the song a favorable review, saying that it is "a well-written treatise on the mercurial nature of relationships - nicely set against a backdrop of tasty guitar riffs." [2]

Music video

The music video was directed by Yoakam and premiered in May 1998. [3]

Chart performance

Chart (1998) Peak
position
Canada Country Tracks ( RPM) [4] 23
US Hot Country Songs ( Billboard) [5] 17

References

  1. ^ "Dwight Yoakam Hot Country Songs Chart History". Billboard. Retrieved January 29, 2012.
  2. ^ Price, Deborah Evans (May 9, 1998). "Reviews & Previews". Billboard. Retrieved January 29, 2012.
  3. ^ "CMT : Videos : Dwight Yoakam : Things Change". Country Music Television. Retrieved January 29, 2012.
  4. ^ " Top RPM Country Tracks: Issue 3652." RPM. Library and Archives Canada. August 10, 1998. Retrieved July 14, 2013.
  5. ^ "Dwight Yoakam Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.