Will Young: 'Changes'

Released on Monday, Sep 22 2008

Published Tuesday, Sep 16 2008, 12:44 BST | By Nick Levine | 18 comments

Will Young kicked off his last album campaign with a noisy, clattering single and a video that sent up the homo-erotic elements of Top Gun (i.e. most of it). This time around, having been away from the charts for nearly two-and-a-half years, he's taking no chances, leading with a very tasteful, very adult pop song.

Actually, 'Changes' is a close-ish relation to James Morrison's 'You Give Me Something' - no surprise really, seeing as both were penned by chart-friendly songwriter Eg White. Excitement is conspicuous in its absence, but there's an intriguing hint of desolation lurking just beneath the radio gloss ("Hope my life changes, gets alright somehow") and, like Young himself, this has class and dignity to burn.

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Jessica, London, on October 16th, 2008
Great tune!

Jennifer, Belfast, on September 20th, 2008
Gorgeous! I absolutely love it. Glad to see him back!

Val, West Midlands, on September 17th, 2008
"Class and dignity" is right, but any comparison with James Morrison is superficial (Will's been a star for nearly 7 years so who's copying who?) Changes is a delicious blend of light and dark. It's a perfect song for those days when nothing's going right and you want a bit of inspiration to lift your spirits.

Luke, on September 16th, 2008
It's a top class song from Will.

Alan, Cork, on September 16th, 2008
To be honest I don't like it, and I've loved some of his older stuff. I just think it's dull and boring, after two and a half years I was expecting something a bit better.

Maggie, London, on September 16th, 2008
I love this song.Its catchy,meaningful,easy to relate to and has the huge advantage of a WONDERFUL voice to enhance it!

Pauline, Derby, on September 16th, 2008
Changes as very meaningful words which fit well with the video. Wills voice gets more soulful than ever before, he is unique in the field of pop music. Changes will be a classic.

Ros, North East, on September 16th, 2008
It's a great classic song, I love it!! It's gone down really well on radio. Welcome back Will, my fave male solo singer by a mile!

Susie, Glasgow, on September 16th, 2008
Love it!

Elaine, Swindon, on September 16th, 2008
Like everything Will has done since Friday's Child, this has class stamped all over it. I adore his vocal on this track. A good intro to his 4th studio album. That's what I'm really waiting for.

Brendan, Surrey, on September 16th, 2008
What a rip off, he uses none of the lyrics or melody from the Bowie original. It's un-recognisable!

P Paget, on September 16th, 2008
Whatever Will does is pure class,and beautifully sung and this is no exception.Hope it is a great advert for his new album which I cant wait to hear.

Anna, London, on September 16th, 2008
A dull boring copy of James Morrison's not worth the wait.

Sva, Wales, on September 16th, 2008
Weirdly, I was just wondering what happened to Will Young, and here he is.

Rueben, London, on September 16th, 2008
I love it!!!!!!!!!!!! Can't wait until it is released. I love Will's songs. All of them are songs that make me turn the radio up. Definately buying this one for exam time!

Ken, PH, on September 16th, 2008
I love it the first time I heard it from the radio. Nice song! I'm lookin' at a top 5 hit.

Mark, London, on September 16th, 2008
I really like it, really catchy and just pure fun pop really

Sajjad Ali, on September 16th, 2008
Changes is mature, aimed at adults a really good pop song. Young is a cut above other similiar British Male Soloists in the UK at the moment, Great song, Good video, Brillant singer