You Can't Change That Explained

You Can't Change That
Cover:	You_Can't_Change_That_-_Raydio.jpg
Type:	single
Artist:	Raydio
Album:	Rock On
B-Side:	Rock On
Released:	April 1979
Recorded:	c. 1979
Genre:	Soft rock^[1] yacht rock^[2] soul
Length:	3:23
Label:	Arista
Producer:	Ray Parker Jr.
Prev Title:	Honey I'm Rich
Prev Year:	1978
Next Title:	More Than One Way to Love a Woman
Next Year:	1979

"You Can't Change That" is a song by Raydio from their second studio album Rock On. Released as a single in 1979, it reached No.9 on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart and No.3 on the soul chart.^[3]

Critical reception

Robert Hilburn of the Los Angeles Times called "You Can't Change That" a "good natured" tune that's one of "the album's high points".^[4] Craig Lytle of AllMusic also called the song "a laid-back yet very danceable track; it features the vocals of the mild-tempered Ray Parker Jr. and the distinctive tenor of Arnell Carmichael."^[5] Record World said it has a "a bit of a Spinners feel."^[6]

Personnel

Raydio

• Arnell Carmichael – vocals
• Ray Parker Jr. – vocals, keyboards, synthesizers

Additional personnel

• Jack Ashford – percussion
• Ollie E. Brown – drums, percussion, vocals
• Charles Fearing – guitars
• Larry Tolbert – drums, percussion
• Cheryl Brown, Darren Carmichael, Valorie Jones, Francis Pearlman – background vocals

Chart history

Weekly charts

Chart (1979)	Peak position
Australia (Kent Music Report)^[7]	6
Canada Top Singles (RPM)^[8]	9
US Cash Box Top 100^[9]	10

Year-end charts

Chart (1979)	Position
Australia (Kent Music Report)^[10]	54
Canada Top Singles (RPM)^[11]	57
Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)^[12]	82
US Billboard Hot 100^[13]	30
US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs (Billboard)^[14]	46
US Cash Box ^[15]	65

External links

• Lyrics of this song

Notes and References

1. Web site: 14 Secretly Cruel Soft Rock Love Songs. Kuge. Mara. 7 February 2019. Ultimate Classic Rock.
2. What a Fool Believes Edition. Hit Parade Music History and Music Trivia. Slate. Molanphy. Chris. July 31, 2021. February 23, 2024.
3. Allmusic
4. Web site: Disk Derby: Have You Met Miss Jones?. Hilburn Robert. Robert Hilburn. 416. May 6, 1979. Los Angeles Times. newspapers.com.
5. Web site: Raydio: Rock On. Lytle, Craig. Allmusic. allmusic.com.
6. Record World. March 17, 1979. 2023-02-12. Hits of the Week. 1.
7. Book: Kent, David. David Kent (historian). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992. illustrated. Australian Chart Book. St Ives, N.S.W.. 1993. 0-646-11917-6. 247.
8. Web site: RPM Top 100 Singles - September 22, 1979.
9. http://tropicalglen.com/Archives/70s_files/19790811.html Cash Box Top 100 Singles, August 11, 1979
10. Web site: Kent Music Report No 288 – 31 December 1979 > National Top 100 Singles for 1979. Kent Music Report. Imgur.com. December 3, 2020.
11. Web site: Top 100 Singles (1979). July 17, 2013. . November 11, 2017.
12. Web site: Top 100-Jaaroverzicht van 1979. Dutch Top 40. January 27, 2022.
13. http://www.musicoutfitters.com/topsongs/1979.htm Musicoutfitters.com
14. Web site: Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs – Year-End 1979. Billboard. January 27, 2022. October 27, 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20211027041204/http://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/1979/hot-r-and-and-b-hip-hop-songs. dead.
15. http://tropicalglen.com/Archives/70s_files/1979YESP.html Cash Box Year-End Charts: Top 100 Pop Singles, December 29, 1979