Not a Damn Thing Changed

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"Not a Damn Thing Changed"
NotaDamnThingChanged.jpg
Single by Lukas Graham
from the album 3 (The Purple Album)
Released12 October 2018
Format Digital download
Genre Pop
Length3:13
Label
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
  • Hennedub
  • Rissi
  • Bart Schoudel
Lukas Graham singles chronology
"Love Someone"
(2018)
"Not a Damn Thing Changed"
(2018)
"Lie"
(2019)

"Not a Damn Thing Changed" is a song by Danish pop and soul band Lukas Graham. It was released on 12 October 2018 as the second single from their third studio album, 3 (The Purple Album) . The song was written by Lukas Forchhammer, Stefan Forrest, Morten Ristorp, David LaBrel, Henrik Bryld Wolsing and Rasmus Hedegaard. The song peaked at number two on the Danish Singles Chart.

Contents

Background

Talking about the song, Forchhammer said, "I still live two blocks away from where I grew up. I still hang out with the same guys. The song is a tribute to one of the guys I grew up with who hung himself in January. He was three months older than me and we walked through life together." [1]

Music video

A music video to accompany the release of "Not a Damn Thing Changed" was first released on YouTube on 11 October 2018 at a total length of three minutes and forty-nine seconds. [2] The video was directed by René Sascha Johannsen. Forchhammer's real-life childhood friends appear in the video, which they filmed in Copenhagen and their hometown, Christiania. [1]

Track listing

Digital download
No.TitleLength
1."Not a Damn Thing Changed"3:13

Charts

Chart (2018)Peak
position
Denmark (Tracklisten) [3] 2
Sweden Heatseeker Songs (Sverigetopplistan) [4] 16

Release history

RegionDateFormatLabel
Denmark12 October 2018 Digital download

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