Changes (2Pac song)

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"Changes"

Single by 2Pac
from the album Greatest Hits
Released	1998
Format	CD
Genre	Hip hop
Label	Interscope/Amaru/Death Row
Writer(s)	Tupac Shakur
2Pac singles chronology
Do For Love	Changes	Runnin'

Changes is a rap song by Tupac Shakur, and is one of his most notable and most liked songs. First released posthumously on his album Greatest Hits, the song addresses issues close to Shakur's realm of influence, notably racism, police brutality, drugs and gang violence. It is often noted as one of the deepest and most heartfelt songs in Tupac's vast list of poetic works.

Sampling the melody and chorus of Bruce Hornsby and The Range's "The Way It Is", Changes nevertheless took a sharply different direction in mood and content from its base.

The music video is a compilation of a number of previous music videos Shakur released while he was still alive in addition to home videos and never-before-seen pictures. Upon release, the song went straight to #1 in many countries in Europe and around the world, and gained Shakur a broader audience. It was nominated for an MTV Video Music Award for Best Editing in 1999.

"Changes" was nominated for Best Rap Solo Performance at the Grammy Awards of 2000, it remains the only posthumous song to be nominated in this category.

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Tupac Shakur

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Discography

Studio albums: 2Pacalypse Now · Strictly 4 My N.I.G.G.A.Z. · Thug Life: Volume 1 · Me Against the World · All Eyez on Me · The Don Killuminati: The 7 Day Theory

Posthumously created studio albums: R U Still Down? (Remember Me) · Still I Rise · Until the End of Time · Better Dayz · Loyal to the Game · Pac's Life

Other albums: Greatest Hits · The Rose that Grew from Concrete · Nu-Mixx Klazzics · Tupac: Resurrection (Original Soundtrack) · 2Pac Live · The Rose, Vol. 2 · Tupac: Live at the House of Blues

Singles: "Brenda's Got a Baby" · "If My Homie Calls" · "Trapped" · "I Get Around" · "Keep Ya Head Up" · "Papa'z Song" · "Holla If Ya Hear Me" · "How Long Will They Mourn Me?" · "Pour Out A Little Liquor" · "Cradle to the Grave" · "Dear Mama" · "Old School" · "So Many Tears" · "Temptations" · "California Love" · "2 of Amerikaz Most Wanted" · "How Do U Want It" · "Hit 'Em Up" · "All Bout U" · "I Ain't Mad at Cha" · "Life Goes On" · "Toss It Up" · "To Live & Die in LA" · "Hail Mary" · "Wanted Dead or Alive" · "Made Niggaz" · "I Wonder If Heaven Got a Ghetto" · "Do For Love" · "Changes" · "Runnin'" · "Happy Home" · "Unconditional Love" · "Baby Don't Cry (Keep Ya Head Up II)" · "Until the End of Time" · "Letter 2 My Unborn" · "Thugz Mansion" · "Still Ballin" · "Runnin' (Dying to Live)" · "One Day at a Time (Em's Version)" · "Thugs Get Lonely Too" · "Ghetto Gospel" · "Untouchable" · "Pac's Life"

Other

Filmography: Nothing But Trouble · Juice · Poetic Justice · Above the Rim · Bullet · Gridlock'd · Gang Related · Tupac: Resurrection · Live 2 Tell

Documentaries: Tupac Shakur: Thug Immortal · Tupac Shakur: Words Never Die (TV) · Tupac Shakur: Before I Wake... · Tupac Shakur: Thug Angel: The Life of an Outlaw · Biggie & Tupac · 2Pac 4 Ever · Tupac: Resurrection · Tupac vs. · Tupac: The Hip Hop Genius (TV) · So Many Years, So Many Tears · Notorious (TV)