Change Your World

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Change Your World
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Studio album by
ReleasedSeptember 1, 1992
Recorded1992
Genre Contemporary Christian music
Length50:46
Label Reunion, Geffen
Producer Mark Heimermann, Wayne Kirkpatrick, Scott MacLeod, Trace Scarborough, Michael W. Smith
Michael W. Smith chronology
Go West Young Man
(1990)
Change Your World
(1992)
The Wonder Years
(1993)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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Change Your World is a 1992 studio album by Contemporary Christian music artist Michael W. Smith released by Reunion Records.

Contents

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Picture Perfect"Michael W. Smith, Wayne Kirkpatrick 4:00
2."Love One Another"M. Smith, Kirkpatrick4:55
3."I Will Be Here for You"M. Smith, Diane Warren 4:35
4."Color Blind"M. Smith, Kirkpatrick, Dann Huff 5:17
5."Somewhere Somehow (w/ Amy Grant)"M. Smith, Kirkpatrick, Amy Grant, David Foster 4:17
6."Cross of Gold"M. Smith, Kirkpatrick4:36
7."Out of This World"M. Smith, Grant, Beverly Darnall, Deborah D. Smith4:25
8."Somebody Love Me"M. Smith, Kirkpatrick4:00
9."Give It Away"M. Smith, Kirkpatrick, Grant5:08
10."I Wanna Tell the World"M. Smith, Mark Heimermann, Toby McKeehan 4:29
11."Friends [lower-alpha 1] "M. Smith, D. Smith4:40

Personnel

Production

Chart performance

Chart (1992)Peak
position
US Billboard 200 [2] 86
US Christian Albums (Billboard) [3] 1

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References

Note

  1. "Friends" first appeared on Smith's debut album, Michael W. Smith Project .