Them Changes (Thundercat song)

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"Them Changes"
Single by Thundercat
from the EP The Beyond / Where the Giants Roam
ReleasedJune 18, 2015 (2015-06-18)
Genre
Length3:07
Label Brainfeeder
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s) Ellison
Thundercat singles chronology
"Oh Sheit It's X"
(2013)
"Them Changes"
(2015)
"Bus in These Streets"
(2016)

"Them Changes" is a song by American musician Thundercat. It was first released on June 18, 2015, as a single from his EP The Beyond / Where the Giants Roam . [1] [4] The track, which Thundercat co-wrote with producer Flying Lotus, was later included on Thundercat's full-length album Drunk , released on February 24, 2017. [6]

A funk and psychedelic jazz song with elements of pop and R&B, "Them Changes" features a sampled beat from the 1977 song "Footsteps in the Dark" by the Isley Brothers. [5] "Them Changes" was accompanied by a music video directed by Carlos López Estrada. [7] [8] [9] In October 2022, after a sped-up remix of the song went viral on TikTok, an official "Sped Up" version of the song was released on digital platforms. [10]

Personnel

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