Some Things Never Change (Sara Evans song)

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"Some Things Never Change"
Single by Sara Evans
from the album Greatest Hits
ReleasedFebruary 4,2008
Genre Country
Length4:09
Label RCA Nashville
Songwriter(s) Sara Evans
Matt Evans
Hillary Lindsey
John Shanks
Producer(s) John Shanks
Sara Evans singles chronology
"As If"
(2007)
"Some Things Never Change"
(2008)
"Love You with All My Heart"
(2008)

"Some Things Never Change" is a song co-written and recorded by American country music singer Sara Evans. It was released in February 2008 as the second single from her Greatest Hits compilation album. The song reached number 26 on the US Billboard Hot Country Songs chart. [1] Evans wrote this song with her brother Matt Evans, Hillary Lindsey, and John Shanks.

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This song is a celebration of home, family, and such simple pleasures as seeing the kids get off the bus at the end of the school day. [2] The song's title, "some things never change", is based on how the central character realizes that, while things may change in the world around her, the basics of love between family will never change. [3]

Chart performance

Chart (2008)Peak
position
US Hot Country Songs ( Billboard ) [4] 26

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References

  1. Whitburn, Joel (2013). Hot Country Songs: 1944-2012, Eighth edition. Record Research. p. 115.
  2. Billboard Song Reviews - "Some Things Never Change."
  3. Sara Evans' Greatest Hits at Country Music.About.com
  4. "Sara Evans Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.