Something Changed

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"Something Changed"
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Boy CD
Template:Infobox song/link by Pulp
from the album Different Class
B-side
  • "Mile End"
  • "F.E.E.L.I.N.G.C.A.L.L.E.D.L.O.V.E"
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GenreBritpop[1]
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LabelIsland
[[Songwriter|SongwriterTemplate:Pluralize from text]]Pulp
[[Record producer|ProducerTemplate:Pluralize from text]]Chris Thomas
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"Disco 2000"
(1995) 		"Something Changed"
(589) 		"Help the Aged"
(1997)
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Alternative cover
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Girl CD

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"Something Changed" is a song by Britpop band Pulp, released on their 1995 album, Different Class. Written much earlier in the band's existence but revived for the Different Class sessions, "Something Changed" features lyrics that focused on the random nature as to how important events happen in life. The song also features a guitar solo performed by guitarist Mark Webber.

"Something Changed" was released as the fourth and final single from Different Class, reaching number 10 on the UK Singles Chart and number 30 in both Iceland and Ireland. It has since received critical acclaim.

Background

According to guitarist Mark Webber, the song "was an old song that Jarvis dredged up and we all dusted off. There's a rehearsal tape of a previous incarnation of Pulp attempting it circa 1984."[2] Cocker explained:

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Webber himself contributed the song's guitar solo; he recalled, "'Something Changed' is the first guitar solo I've sat and written, but I didn't let anyone else know about it until we went into the studio and did it."[3]

Cocker said of the song in 2020, "That's the one Pulp song that seems to crop up. I've been stopped by a lot of people who tell me that song was played at their wedding. They walked down the aisle to it!"[4]

Release

"Something Changed" was released as the fourth and final single from Different Class on 25 March 1996.[5] The song was initially available as two CD singles and a cassette single,[5] but on 7 October 1996, a third format—a pink 7-inch single—was issued.[6] The single was released with two different sleeves (a "boy" and "girl" version), but with identical track listings. Like the other singles from the album, the song charted within the top 10 in the UK, reaching number 10.[7] The song also appeared on the Pulp compilation album Hits.

The B-side, "Mile End", appeared on the Trainspotting soundtrack album and became a number-one hit in Iceland, where it was the second-most-successful song of 1996.[8][9] The single also features a remixed version of "F.E.E.L.I.N.G.C.A.L.L.E.D.L.O.V.E" produced by Moloko. At the time of the single's release, Cocker said of Moloko, "I like Moloko. They've done a remix of "F.E.E.L.I.N.G.C.A.L.L.E.D.L.O.V.E" on this new single. I predict great things for them this year."[10]

Reception

"Something Changed" has seen critical acclaim since its release. Robert Christgau of The Village Voice wrote in his review of Different Class, "If 'Common People' should fall short, I recommend Island proceed directly to 'Something Changed,' a happy love song every bit as clever and realistic as his class war song."[11] David Fricke of Rolling Stone praised the song's "delightfully cheesy loser's-lounge blend of strings and low, throaty guitar twang," while Simon Reynolds of Pitchfork said that the song was "a straightforwardly romantic and gorgeously touching song about the unknown and unknowable turning points in anyone's life." Adrien Begrand of PopMatters called the song "sweet."[12]

Track listings

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Personnel

Charts

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Covers

Spanish band Astrud released an album of rarities and B-sides called Algo cambió (Spanish for Something Changed) which featured a Spanish-language version of the song.

References

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  1. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Sullivan, Caroline (15 February 2017). "Britpop songs – 10 of the best". The Guardian. Retrieved 7 June 2021.
  2. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Christie, Erin. "Members of Pulp talked 'Different Class' & more on Tim's Twitter Listening Party". BrooklynVegan. Retrieved 3 August 2020.
  3. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Nicoll, Donna. "Making a Mark on Us". Pulp Friction. Acrylic Afternoons. Retrieved 3 August 2020.
  4. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Sheffield, Rob (8 July 2020). "Jarvis Cocker Will Never Give Up on Pop". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 3 August 2020.
  5. ^ a b Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."New Releases: Singles" (PDF). Music Week. 23 March 1996. p. 31. Retrieved 29 June 2021.
  6. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."New Releases: Singles". Music Week. 5 October 1996. p. 37.
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  8. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Íslenski Listinn Topp 40 (24.8. – 30.8. '96)". Dagblaðið Vísir (in íslenska). 24 August 1996. p. 42. Retrieved 27 June 2023.
  9. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Árslistinn 1996". Dagblaðið Vísir (in íslenska). 2 January 1997. p. 16. Retrieved 27 June 2023.
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  11. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Christgau, Robert (9 April 1996). "Consumer Guide". The Village Voice. New York. Retrieved 7 December 2015.
  12. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Begrand, Adrien (19 May 2004). "Pulp: Different Class". PopMatters. Retrieved 1 May 2014.
  13. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Something Changed (UK CD single liner notes: Boy version). Island Records. 1996. CIDX 632, 854 599-2.
  14. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Something Changed (UK CD single liner notes: Girl version). Island Records. 1996. CID 632, 854 597-2.
  15. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Something Changed (UK 7-inch single sleeve). Island Records. 1996. ISC 632, 854 598-7.
  16. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Something Changed (UK cassette single sleeve). Island Records. 1996. CIS 632, 854 596-4.
  17. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Eurochart Hot 100 Singles" (PDF). Music & Media. Vol. 13, no. 15. 13 April 1996. p. 23. Retrieved 20 October 2020.
  18. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Íslenski Listinn Topp 40 (27.4. – 3.5. '96)". Dagblaðið Vísir (in íslenska). 27 April 1996. p. 26. Retrieved 20 October 2020.
  19. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Airplay Top 50 of 1996" (PDF). Music Week. 18 January 1997. p. 29. Retrieved 21 March 2026.

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