Changes

It’s the single from Gareth Gates’ album “Pictures of the Other Side” that I have mentioned in the older post. It has been released since 9 April 2007. “Changes” charted at no. 14 but the following week dropped out from Top 40, breaking Gareth’s streak of top 10 hits. No wonder I have never heard of this before. Being left behind and overtaken by other hit songs as well as being dropped out from charts too soon at that time, I never have the chance to know that this single does really exist! Look at the view of the embedded music video below, it is pretty obvious that the release of this single is rather disappointing than satisfying.

After listening to the song a few times, it is a nice song. The melody is nice. I myself actually like the verse part. It has something in it that hooks me. The lyric, on the other hand, is worth to listen to. It is well-composed, I think. I may not be expert enough to criticize but perhaps the flow of this song is not really the fit the taste of the majority of music fans of the world who seem to adore songs like “Touch My Body”, “Bleeding Love”, “No Air” and so on which could remain in the chart from weeks to months. This might explain the failure of this release but it can be other reasons, I don’t know.

"Changes" received generally positive reviews from critics, although many noted its obvious similarity to "No Surprises" by Radiohead and half-jokingly suggested that Thom Yorke receive a co-writing credit. Most people have reviewed that the music of Gates is more mature than the "cheesy covers" done in the past. In the chart commentary in Yahoo Music UK & Ireland by James Masterton, he rated that "Changes" is a fascinating single certainly. Meanwhile, the Sun stated that "his voice sounds good on the ballad, which washes over the eardrums very pleasantly".
Adapted from: Wikipedia

Hope we can hear more of him later despite of what happens. I am not a big fan of yours but I believe You can do it, Gareth!

I can't run, if you can't hide
And I'm allowed to change my mind,
But if I find a way to erase,
Turn the page on what we've left behind,
Cause I can't breath, when your round with my sight,

I, I don't believe in shame,
but it's alright to feel the pain,
everybody feels some pain,
I know, I've seen it in your eyes,
everytime I see you cry, I realise,
I've seen your tears too many times,
We going through changes,


I know I'm wrong I realise,
It's not my place to try and justify, what is right,
I'm not that knife in your side,
cos I'm shedding that skin that I'm in,
it's not my fate to live a life without you in,

I, I don't believe in shame,
but it's alright to feel the pain,
everybody feels some pain,
I know, I've seen it in your eyes,
everytime I see you cry, i realise,
I've seen your tears too many times,
We going through changes,

we're going through changes