You Can't Change That

"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 Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart.[1]

"You Can't Change That"
Single by Raydio
from the album Rock On
B-side"Rock On"
ReleasedApril 1979
Recordedc. 1979
GenreR&B
Length3:17
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)

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".[2] 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."[3]

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
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References
  1. Allmusic artist bio
  2. Hilburn Robert (May 6, 1979). "Disk Derby: Have You Met Miss Jones?". newspapers.com. Los Angeles Times. p. 416.
  3. Lytle, Craig. "Raydio: Rock On". allmusic.com. Allmusic.
  4. Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970-1992. St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
  5. Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955-1990 - ISBN 0-89820-089-X
  6. Whitburn, Joel (1993). Top Adult Contemporary: 1961–1993. Record Research. p. 184.
  7. Cash Box Top 100 Singles, August 11, 1979
  8. "Top 100 Singles (1979)". RPM. Retrieved 2017-11-11.
  9. Musicoutfitters.com
  10. Cash Box Year-End Charts: Top 100 Pop Singles, December 29, 1979


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