Don't Wanna Change the World

"Don't Wanna Change the World" is a song written by David Darlington. Karen Manno and Jonathan Rosen [1] and recorded by American R&B singer Phyllis Hyman, taken from her eighth studio album, Prime of My Life. The hit song spent one week at number-one on the US R&B chart in September 1991, becoming Hyman's only career number-one hit.[2]

"Don't Wanna Change the World"
Single by Phyllis Hyman
from the album Prime of My Life
ReleasedJune 1991
Genre
Length4:09 (Single version)
5:22 (Album version)
LabelPhiladelphia International Records
Songwriter(s)
  • Jonathan Rosen
  • Karen Manno
  • David Darlington
Producer(s)Nick Martinelli
Phyllis Hyman singles chronology
"Obsession"
(1990)
"Don't Wanna Change the World"
(1991)
"Living in Confusion"
(1991)

Track listing

Cassette single[3]
  1. "Don't Wanna Change the World" (Rap version) 5:22
  2. "Don't Wanna Change the World" (No Rap version) 4:09
CD Promo single[4]
  1. "Don't Wanna Change the World" (No Rap version) 4:09
  2. "Don't Wanna Change the World" (Rap version) 5:22
  3. "Don't Wanna Change the World" (Extended Rap version) 6:58
12" Promo single[5]
  1. "Don't Wanna Change the World" (Extended Rap version) 6:58
  2. "Don't Wanna Change the World" (No Rap version) 4:09
  3. "Don't Wanna Change the World" (Rap version) 5:22

Weekly Charts

Weekly chart performance for "Don't Wanna Change the World"
Chart (1991) Peak
position
US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs (Billboard)[6] 1

References

  1. "ASCAP Repertory entry for this song". ASCAP. Retrieved May 16, 2021.
  2. Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Record Research. p. 268.
  3. "Phyllis Hyman - Don't Wanna Change the World (Cassette single)". discogs.com. Retrieved 7 January 2023.
  4. "Phyllis Hyman - Don't Wanna Change the World (CD Single Promo)". discogs.com. Retrieved 7 January 2023.
  5. "Phyllis Hyman - Don't Wanna Change the World (12" Single Promo)". discogs.com. Retrieved 7 January 2023.
  6. "Phyllis Hyman Chart History (Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved January 7, 2023.

See also

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