Change Your World | ||||
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Released | September 1, 1992 | |||
Recorded | 1992 | |||
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Genre | Contemporary Christian music | |||
Length | 50:46 | |||
Label | Reunion, Geffen | |||
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AllMusic | [1] |
Change Your World is a 1992 studio album by Contemporary Christian music artist Michael W. Smith released by Reunion Records.
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Picture Perfect" | Michael W. Smith, Wayne Kirkpatrick | 4:00 |
2. | "Love One Another" | M. Smith, Kirkpatrick | 4:55 |
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, Kirkpatrick | 4:36 |
7. | "Out of This World" | M. Smith, Grant, Beverly Darnall, Deborah D. Smith | 4:25 |
8. | "Somebody Love Me" | M. Smith, Kirkpatrick | 4:00 |
9. | "Give It Away" | M. Smith, Kirkpatrick, Grant | 5:08 |
10. | "I Wanna Tell the World" | M. Smith, Mark Heimermann, Toby McKeehan | 4:29 |
11. | "Friends [a] " | M. Smith, D. Smith | 4:40 |
Chart (1992) | Peak position |
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US Billboard 200 [2] | 86 |
US Christian Albums (Billboard) [3] | 1 |
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