Today I'm Gonna Try and Change the World

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"Today I'm Gonna Try and Change the World"
TodayImGonnaTry.jpg
Single by Johnny Reid
from the album A Place Called Love
ReleasedJune 7, 2010 (2010-06-07)
Genre Country
Length3:59
Label EMI
Songwriter(s) Brent Maher
Johnny Reid
Producer(s) Brent Maher
Johnny Reid singles chronology
"Old Flame"
(2009)
"Today I'm Gonna Try and Change the World"
(2010)
"Let's Go Higher"
(2010)

"Today I'm Gonna Try and Change the World" is a song co-written and recorded by Canadian country music artist Johnny Reid. It was released in June 2010 as the first single from his 2010 album A Place Called Love . The song reached No. 41 on the Canadian Hot 100 in July 2010.

Country music, also known as country and western, and hillbilly music, is a genre of popular music that originated in the southern United States in the early 1920s. It takes its roots from genres such as folk music and blues.

Johnny Reid Canadian singer

John Kirkland Reid is a country music artist who has charted several hit singles in Canada. Reid moved to Canada in July 1988 when he was 13. His father, a diesel mechanic, wanted to give Reid and his brother opportunities he did not think they would have in Scotland. He graduated from Turner Fenton Secondary School in Brampton, Ontario, in 1992. Reid went on to attend Bishop's University in Lennoxville, Quebec, where he met his wife.

<i>A Place Called Love</i> (Johnny Reid album) 2010 studio album by Johnny Reid

A Place Called Love is the sixth studio album by Canadian country music artist Johnny Reid. It was released on August 31, 2010 by EMI Records.

Contents

The song was nominated for best single and best songwriting at the 2011 Canadian Country Music Association Awards. [1]

The Canadian Country Music Association (CCMA) was founded in 1976 as the Academy of Country Music Entertainment to organize, promote and develop a Canadian country music industry. The association changed its name to the Canadian Country Music Association in 1987. The CCMA is well known for the CCMA Awards Show, which takes place on the last day of Country Music Week and is broadcast on television.

Music video

The music video was directed by Margaret Malandruccolo and premiered in July 2010. It was named CMT music video of the year at the 2011 Canadian Country Music Association Awards. [2]

Margaret Malandruccolo is a Canadian photographer and music video director primarily living in Los Angeles who specializes in portraiture, album photography, and fashion photography. She has directed over a hundred music videos and has won two Juno Awards and four CCMA Awards.

Chart performance

Chart (2010)Peak
position
Canada (Canadian Hot 100) [3] 41
Canada Country ( Billboard ) [4] 3

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References

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  2. "More CCMA hardware for Reid". Winnipeg Free Press . September 13, 2011. Retrieved April 3, 2012.
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  4. "Johnny Reid Chart History (Canada Country)". Billboard.