"Nothing's Gonna Change My Love for You" | ||||
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Single by George Benson | ||||
from the album 20/20 | ||||
B-side | "Beyond the Sea (La Mer)" | |||
Released | 1985 | |||
Recorded | 1984 | |||
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Length | 4:04 | |||
Label | Warner Bros. Records | |||
Songwriter(s) | Michael Masser, Gerry Goffin | |||
Producer(s) | Michael Masser | |||
George Benson singles chronology | ||||
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Music video | ||||
"Nothing's Gonna Change My Love for You" (TopPop, 1985) on YouTube |
"Nothing's Gonna Change My Love for You" is a song written by composer Michael Masser and lyricist Gerry Goffin. It was originally recorded by American singer and guitarist George Benson for his 1985 studio album 20/20 , released by Warner Bros. Records. This original version was produced by co-writer Masser, and was released as a single in Europe only in 1985. In 1987, Hawaii born singer Glenn Medeiros released a version, which became a worldwide success.
The single release of the George Benson version contains Benson's cover version of "Beyond the Sea (La Mer)" as the B-side track. Benson's version of "Beyond the Sea" was released as a single, which peaked at number 60 on its second week in the UK Singles Chart [1] and remained on the chart for the following two weeks. [1] Benson's version is popular in Asia, and has received regular radio airplay in the Philippines and in Indonesia. [2] It has also been featured on several compilation albums, of which several were compiled in Asia. [3]
The music video of the Benson version shows a field where are Benson, a woman, a chauffeur, a car and an airplane. Benson and women are side by side throughout the video, and he remains connected to her by their right hands. When the song starts, Benson sings looking at the camera and looking at the woman alternately. The chauffeur who brought the two car appears throughout the video a little behind the two and looking for them. At the beginning and end of the video, Benson and the woman kiss.
7-inch release
Chart (1985) | Peak position |
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Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders) [4] | 29 |
Netherlands (Single Top 100) [5] | 43 |
"Nothing's Gonna Change My Love for You" | ||||
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Single by Glenn Medeiros | ||||
from the album Glenn Medeiros | ||||
B-side | "(Instrumental)" | |||
Released | February 1987 (US) [6] | |||
Recorded | 1986 | |||
Genre | Pop rock | |||
Length | 3:46 | |||
Label | Amherst | |||
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Producer(s) | Jay Stone | |||
Glenn Medeiros singles chronology | ||||
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A 1987 version by American singer Glenn Medeiros reached number 12 on the US Billboard Hot 100, and topped the charts in Canada and the United Kingdom. It also topped the charts in a further four countries in Europe. Medeiros also recorded the song in Spanish under the title "Nada cambiará mi amor por ti". The music video features Medeiros strolling around a beach with a girl in a pink dress. [7]
Medeiros originally released the song on a small independent label at the age of 16 in 1986, after winning Brown Bags to Stardom, a local radio talent contest at KIKI radio, in his hometown of Honolulu. Jay Stone, [8] the program director and future producer of the song, convinced Medeiros to record it and make it his first release, as Benson's "The Greatest Love of All", another Michael Masser composition, had been a No. 1 hit for Whitney Houston earlier that year. Guy Zapoleon, program director of KZZP in Phoenix was on vacation in Honolulu where his friend Jay Stone asked him to listen to the song on KIKI. Zapoleon loved the song and took the record back to Phoenix, where it debuted on KZZP in October 1986. By January 1987, the song hit No. 2 for four weeks, then through word of mouth to other program directors, the airplay spread with other stations having top 5 success with the song and by June 1987 the song had become a national hit.
The song was featured in a late 1987 episode of the US daytime soap opera Days of Our Lives as well as 1988 episodes of As the World Turns , The Bold and the Beautiful , One Life To Live and General Hospital . It was also used in a 1989 episode of Santa Barbara . The song reached No. 1 in June 1988 in the United Kingdom and stayed at the top for four weeks. In 2009, the song was used in France in a television advert for Spontex sponges. [9] The song was additionally used in a commercial for Thinkbox in the UK in 2015. During the same year, the song was used in an episode of British soap opera Coronation Street , where characters Beth Tinker and Kirk Sutherland got married.
Weekly charts
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Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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Canada (Music Canada) [44] | Gold | 50,000^ |
France (SNEP) [45] | Gold | 500,000* |
Netherlands (NVPI) [46] | Gold | 75,000^ |
United Kingdom (BPI) [47] | Gold | 500,000^ |
* Sales figures based on certification alone. |
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