Climie Fisher - Love Changes (Everything)

I've liked this song since it came out in 1988, and I wouldn't have noticed anything was odd until I read through the notes of Living In Oblivion Vol. 5 and saw the notation "single remix".

So, I dug out my CD of Everything, my 45, and the other 9 compilations that have the song, and this is what I found.

The 45 runs about 3:54 and is an early fade of the US album version, with a 32-beat fade starting at 3:31. The US album version runs about a minute longer.

The US 45 (Capitol B-44137 has "Mixed by Bob Clearmountain" printed on the A-side, along with "original version appears on the LP 'Everything'". This is a remix, as noted by the "mix" credit, but the Bob Clearmountain remix is also what appears on the US CD - that's the only track mixed by Bob Clearmountain on the album. Not sure what's on the vinyl LP.

The B-side of the 45, a song called "Never Close To The Show", is credited with "from the LP Everything", but doesn't actually appear on the album. Odd.

So I played all 10 versions of "Love Changes (Everything)", and I found that the following CDs all contain the US hit remix:

• Everything (Capitol CDP 7 90514 2)
• Living In Oblivion Vol. 5 (EMI, 1995)
• Retro Lunchbox Gooey Love Songs (EMI-Captiol, 1997; digitally exactly 1.6 dB quieter than Living In Oblivion)
• Now That's What I Call Music 12 (UK)
• Now 1988 (Virgin EMI PolyGram UK 27024, 1993; digitally exactly 0.382 dB quieter than Now 12)
• Now 1988 The Millennium Series (Virgin EMI Universal UK 20277, 1999)
• Smash Hits Party 88 (Dover UK, 1988)
• Eighties Complete (EMI Australia, 1997)

Surprisingly, I found two CDs that appear to have the "original" mix, which never appeared in the US. The UK "hit" version was the Bob Clearmountain remix, so my guess is that this "original" mix is the UK album version - can't confirm, though. The drums are boomier, and the keyboard solo at the 3-minute mark is mixed farther into the background.

The "original" mix is on:

• Greatest Hits Of The 80's (Disky 853222 8-CD box, 1998)
• Greatest Hits Of The 80s (Disky BX 791682; another 8-CD box, 2002)

The remix runs at 112.0 or 112.3 BPM; the "original mix" runs a little slower at 111.1 BPM.

Thanks for the info on this, crapfromthepast--I had always wondered what the "single remix" notation on LIO referred to as well.

By the way, does anyone know if a US promo CD single was ever issued for this song?

Thanks, Jim, for another excellent piece of radio detail behind a song. I always enjoy hearing your "insider's" perspective.
For what it's worth, here in Mpls. 99 1/2 WLOL played the (3:54) early fade (based on a 1989 aircheck I have), so at least some stations did indeed play the 45 version.

Does your show also air over the internet, as does Barry Scott's weekly show "Lost 45s"?

Pat:

Regarding Climie Fisher's "Love Changes (Everything)", I've noticed the song's parent LP/CD Everything (Capitol 90514) has a run time of 4:28 and contains the comment: "45 mix but :34 longer" in the database. Since crapfromthepast verified in his initial post that the commercial 45 is an early fade of the Everything CD, wouldn't it be more appropriate for the three database CDs, all running 4:26-4:28, to instead have an "LP length" comment?



Edited by Todd Ireland