"Love Changes Everything" is a song from the musical Aspects of Love, composed by Andrew Lloyd Webber, with a lyric written by Charles Hart and Don Black.[1] It was first sung in the musical by the character Alex Dillingham, which was originated by Michael Ball in both the London and Broadway casts. The song was released as a single in 1989, also sung by Ball,[2] and stayed on the UK Singles Chart for 14 weeks, peaking at No. 2 and becoming Ball's signature tune.[3] The song was later featured on Ball's 1992 self-titled debut album and Love Changes Everything: The Collection.[4][5]

Background

In the prologue to Aspects of Love, a young Englishman, Alex, is lovestruck by a French actress, Rose. This upends his world, and he sings that "Love changes everything ... How you live and / How you die" for better or for worse. He notes that love "Makes fools of everyone" and concludes that, once love strikes, "Nothing in the / World will ever / Be the same." Musically, it is a "simple, effective three-chord piano-accompanied anthem".[6] The song became the best-known number from Aspects of Love and it "delivered yet more proof that Andrew Lloyd Webber could deliver soaring, anthemic ballads".[7]

The song was featured at the 44th Tony Awards.[8]

The 2018 compilation album, Andrew Lloyd Webber Unmasked: The Platinum Collection, included a remixed version of the 1989 single recording.

Other versions

Artists who have covered it include

• Jonathan Antoine
• John Barrowman
• Sarah Brightman
• Michael Crawford
• Il Divo (with Michael Ball)
• Climie Fisher
• Paul Potts
• G4
• Honeymoon Suite
• Aaron Lines
• Audra McDonald
• Nana Mouskouri
• Opportunity Knocks winner Mark Rattray
• Sting
• Sting and Shaggy
• Anthony Warlow
• Marti Webb
• Hayley Westenra

The Off-Broadway spoof revue Forbidden Broadway picked up on the bed-hopping aspect of Aspects of Love, changing the song to "We Sleep with Everyone".[9]

Certifications

References

External links

• Video of Michael Ball performing the song from the Really Useful Group