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"You Can't Change That"
Single by Raydio
from the album Rock On
B-side"Rock On"
ReleasedApril 1979
Recordedc. 1979
GenreSoft rock[1]
Length3:23
LabelArista
Songwriter(s)Ray Parker Jr.
Producer(s)Ray Parker Jr.
Raydio singles chronology
"Honey I'm Rich"
(1978) 		"You Can't Change That"
(1979) 		"More Than One Way to Love a Woman"
(1979)

"You Can't Change That" is a song by Raydio from their second studio album Rock On. Released as a single in 1979, it reached #9 on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart and #3 on the soul chart.[2]

Critical reception

Robert Hilburn of the Los Angeles Times called "You Can't Change That" a "good natured" tune that's one of "the album's high points".[3] Craig Lytle of AllMusic also called the song "a laid-back yet very danceable track; it features the vocals of the mild-tempered Ray Parker Jr. and the distinctive tenor of Arnell Carmichael."[4] Record World said it has a "a bit of a Spinners feel."[5]

Personnel

Raydio

  • Arnell Carmichael – vocals
  • Ray Parker Jr. – vocals, keyboards, synthesizers

Additional personnel

  • Jack Ashford – percussion
  • Ollie E. Brown – drums, percussion, vocals
  • Charles Fearing – guitars
  • Larry Tolbert – drums, percussion
  • Cheryl Brown, Darren Carmichael, Valorie Jones, Francis Pearlman – background vocals

Chart history

References

  1. ^ Kuge, Mara (7 February 2019). "14 Secretly Cruel Soft Rock Love Songs". Ultimate Classic Rock.
  2. ^ Allmusic artist bio
  3. ^ Hilburn Robert (May 6, 1979). "Disk Derby: Have You Met Miss Jones?". newspapers.com. Los Angeles Times. p. 416.
  4. ^ Lytle, Craig. "Raydio: Rock On". allmusic.com. Allmusic.
  5. ^ "Hits of the Week" (PDF). Record World. March 17, 1979. p. 1. Retrieved 2023-02-12.
  6. ^ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 247. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
  7. ^ "Raydio – You Can't Change That" (in Dutch). Ultratop 50. Retrieved January 27, 2022.
  8. ^ "Nederlandse Top 40 – week 35, 1979" (in Dutch). Dutch Top 40. Retrieved January 27, 2022.
  9. ^ "Raydio – You Can't Change That" (in Dutch). Single Top 100. Retrieved January 27, 2022.
  10. ^ "Raydio – You Can't Change That". Top 40 Singles. Retrieved January 27, 2022.
  11. ^ "Raydio Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard. Retrieved January 27, 2022.
  12. ^ "Raydio Chart History (Adult Contemporary)". Billboard. Retrieved January 27, 2022.
  13. ^ "Raydio Chart History (Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved January 27, 2022.
  14. ^ Cash Box Top 100 Singles, August 11, 1979
  15. ^ "Kent Music Report No 288 – 31 December 1979 > National Top 100 Singles for 1979". Kent Music Report. Retrieved December 3, 2020 – via Imgur.com.
  16. ^ "Top 100 Singles (1979)". RPM. July 17, 2013. Retrieved November 11, 2017.
  17. ^ "Top 100-Jaaroverzicht van 1979". Dutch Top 40. Retrieved January 27, 2022.
  18. ^ Musicoutfitters.com
  19. ^ "Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs – Year-End 1979". Billboard. Archived from the original on October 27, 2021. Retrieved January 27, 2022.
  20. ^ Cash Box Year-End Charts: Top 100 Pop Singles, December 29, 1979
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