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 soul chart.[2]

"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)

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.
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  10. "Raydio – You Can't Change That". Top 40 Singles. Retrieved January 27, 2022.
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  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.
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  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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