Everything's Changed

"Everything's Changed"
Single by Lonestar
from the album Crazy Nights and acoustic version on Lonely Grill
Released	June 29, 1998
Length	3:54
Label	BNA
Songwriter(s)	Larry Boone Paul Nelson Richie McDonald
Producer(s)	Don Cook Wally Wilson
Lonestar singles chronology
"Say When" (1998) "Everything's Changed" (1998) "Saturday Night" (1999)

"Everything's Changed" is a song written by Richie McDonald, Larry Boone and Paul Nelson, and recorded by American country music band Lonestar. It was released in June 1998 as the fourth and final single from their 1997 album Crazy Nights. Their ninth chart single overall, it was also the last single to feature bass guitarist John Rich, who left the band to pursue a solo career. The song peaked at number 2 on the Hot Country Singles & Tracks (now Hot Country Songs) chart, and number 95 on the Billboard Hot 100.[1]

Content

The song is a moderate midtempo ballad in which the narrator's lover has shown up after many years of being gone, and much has changed since they left their hometown; despite the changes in the town, however, the narrator still shows a love for her. The video for the song uses the single mix, which is mixed slightly differently from the album version.

Music video

The music video for this song features Lonestar singing and performing the song behind a bunch of memories about the narrator's hometown. It was directed by Steven T. Miller and R. Brad Murano. Filmed shortly after Rich left the band for a solo career so he is not featured in the video, this is the last video to feature Richie McDonald and Dean Sams wearing cowboy hats, and the last video to feature Keech Rainwater with long hair. Michael Britt no longer has long hair, but he sported a haircut in this video.[2]

Other versions

Lonestar also performed an acoustic rendition of this song on their third studio album, 1999's Lonely Grill.

Chart positions

"Everything's Changed" debuted at number 73 on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks for the week of July 4, 1998.

Chart (1998)	Peak position
Canada Country Tracks (RPM)[3]	3
US Billboard Hot 100[4]	95
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)[5]	2

Year-end charts

Chart (1998)	Position
Canada Country Tracks (RPM)[6]	42
US Country Songs (Billboard)[7]	42

References

1. Whitburn, Joel (2008). Hot Country Songs 1944 to 2008. Record Research, Inc. ISBN 978-0-89820-177-2.
2. Everything's Changed. YouTube. 1998. Retrieved 2008-08-01.^[dead YouTube link]
3. "Top RPM Country Tracks: Issue 7021." RPM. Library and Archives Canada. November 2, 1998. Retrieved July 14, 2013.
4. "Lonestar Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard.
5. "Lonestar Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.
6. "RPM Top 100 Country Tracks of 1998". RPM. December 14, 1998. Archived from the original on March 15, 2016. Retrieved July 14, 2013.
7. "Best of 1998: Country Songs". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. 1998. Retrieved July 14, 2013.