Everything's Changed

"Everything's Changed"
Single by Lonestar
from the album Crazy Nights and piano version on Lonely Grill
Released June 29, 1998
Format CD Single
Genre Country
Length 3:54
Label BNA
Writer(s) Larry Boone
Paul Nelson
Richie McDonald
Producer(s) Don Cook
Wally Wilson
Lonestar singles chronology
"Say When"
(1998)
"Everything's Changed"
(1998)
"Saturday Night"[1]
(1999)

"Everything's Changed" is a song written by Richie McDonald, Larry Boone and Paul Nelson, and performed by American country music band Lonestar. It was released in June 1998 as the fourth and final single from their album Crazy Nights. Their ninth chart single overall, it was also the last single to feature bass guitarist John Rich, who was fired from the band shortly after this song was released as a single. The song peaked at number 2 on the Hot Country Singles & Tracks (now Hot Country Songs) chart, and number 95 on the Billboard Hot 100.[2]

Content

The song is a moderate up-tempo in which the narrator's lover has shown up after many years of being gone, and much has changed since they left their hometown; despite the changes in the town, however, the narrator still shows a love for her.

Music video

The music video for this song features Lonestar singing and performing the song behind a bunch of memories about the narrator's hometown. It was directed by Steven T. Miller and R. Brad Murano.[3]

Other versions

Lonestar also performed an acoustic rendition of this song on their third studio album, 1999's Lonely Grill.

Chart positions

"Everything's Changed" debuted at number 73 on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks for the week of July 4, 1998.

Chart (1998) Peak
position
Canada Country Tracks (RPM)[4] 3
US Billboard Hot 100[5] 95
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)[6] 2

Year-end charts

Chart (1998) Position
Canada Country Tracks (RPM)[7] 42
US Country Songs (Billboard)[8] 42

References

  1. Bjorke, Matt. "Lonestar - Lonely Grill CD Review". about.com. Retrieved September 17, 2012.
  2. Whitburn, Joel (2008). Hot Country Songs 1944 to 2008. Record Research, Inc. ISBN 0-89820-177-2.
  3. Everything's Changed. YouTube. 1998. Retrieved 2008-08-01.
  4. "Top RPM Country Tracks: Issue 7021." RPM. Library and Archives Canada. November 2, 1998. Retrieved July 14, 2013.
  5. "Lonestar – Chart history" Billboard Hot 100 for Lonestar.
  6. "Lonestar – Chart history" Billboard Hot Country Songs for Lonestar.
  7. "RPM Top 100 Country Tracks of 1998". RPM. December 14, 1998. Retrieved July 14, 2013.
  8. "Best of 1998: Country Songs". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. 1998. Retrieved July 14, 2013.

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