Can't Change Me

"Can't Change Me"
Single by Chris Cornell
from the album Euphoria Morning
B-side	"Flutter Girl", "Nowhere But You"
Released	1999
Format	CD single
Recorded	1998
Genre	Alternative rock
Length	3:23
Label	Interscope
Writer(s)	Chris Cornell
Producer(s)	Chris Cornell Natasha Shneider Alain Johannes
Chris Cornell singles chronology
"Flutter Girl" (1998) "Can't Change Me" (1999) "Preaching the End of the World" (1999)

"Can't Change Me" is the only single released from Chris Cornell's solo album, Euphoria Morning. A music video was produced for the song. Its filming was showcased in an episode of MTV's Making the Video.

Release and Reception

"Can't Change Me" was released in early 1999 and turned out to be the biggest hit from the album commercially and the song had strong chart positions. "Can't Change Me" was the first Cornell single to chart but in late 1998 "Sunshower" charted in the US on the Modern and Mainstream chart. "Can't Change Me's" peak on the Mainstream rock Tracks was 5 and on the Modern Rock Tracks its peak was 7. The song also charted in the UK where its peak was 62 and became a minor hit outside the US.

Greg Tate of Rolling Stone said this about the song "Can't Change Me," is as rhapsodically gorgeous as pop gets, putting a spin on true love that any reprobate slacker can relate to: "She's going to change the world/But she can't change me/Suddenly I can see everything that's wrong with me/But what can I do?/I'm the only thing I really have at all." Cornell unveils a desire to be reckoned with as an openly wounded and unabashedly portentous rock balladeer."^[1]

A music video directed by Johan Renck was produced for the song.

Track listing

CD1

1. "Can't Change Me" (Cornell)
2. "Flutter Girl" From the Poncier CD (Cornell)
3. "Nowhere But You" From the Poncier CD (Cornell)

CD2

1. "Can't Change Me" (Cornell)
2. "When I'm Down" Demo (Cornell)
3. "Can't Change Me" (Enhanced CD-Rom video)

Chart positions

Chart (1999)	Peak position
US Billboard Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks	5
US Billboard Alternative Songs	7
US Billboard Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles[2]	2
UK Singles Chart[3]	62

References

1. Rolling Stone review of Euphoria Morning
2. [http://www.billboard.com/biz/search/charts?f[0]=ts_chart_artistname%3AChris%20Cornell&f[1]=itm_field_chart_id%3A344&f[2]=ss_bb_type%3Achart_item&type=2&artist=Chris%20Cornell "Chris Cornell Chart Search"]. Billboard.biz. Retrieved 2015-10-30.
3. "Chris Cornell". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 2015-10-30.

External links

• Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics