Change Partners (Stephen Stills song)

{{Infobox song

| name = Change Partners

| cover = Change Partners cover.jpg

| type = Single

| artist = Stephen Stills

| album = Stephen Stills 2

| B-side = Relaxing Town

| released = 1971

| genre = Folk Rock

| length = 3:13

| label = Atlantic

| writer = Stephen Stills

| producer = Stephen Stills
Bill Halverson

| chronology =

| prev_title = Sit Yourself Down

| prev_year = 1971

| next_title = Marianne

| next_year = 1971

}}

"Change Partners" is a song written by Stephen Stills that was released on his 1971 album Stephen Stills 2. It was also released as the debut single from the album, just missing the Top 40, and peaking at number 43 on the Billboard Charts, during the week of July 24, 1971 and spending 9 weeks on the chart.{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/stephen-stills/chart-history/hsi/|title=Stephen Stills|magazine=Billboard|access-date=2020-04-18}}

Music and Lyrics

Stills said "it was about growing up in the south, attending the debutante balls, but Graham likes to refer to it as the Crosby, Stills & Nash theme song, which I suppose it is".{{Cite AV media notes |title=CSN |title-link=CSN (box set) |first=Stephen |last=Stills |author-link=Stephen Stills |others=Crosby, Stills & Nash |date=1991 |type=booklet |publisher=Atlantic Records |chapter=CSN Box Set Tracklist |chapter-url=http://albumlinernotes.com/CSN_Box_Set_Tracklist.html}} Jerry Garcia performs the pedal steel guitar played throughout the song. The song was recorded at Wally Heider Recording, Studio III in June 1970, with overdubs recorded at Criteria Recording Studios.{{Cite AV media notes |title=Carry On |title-link=Carry On (Stephen Stills album) |others=Stephen Stills |date=2013 |type=booklet |publisher=Atlantic Records |page=72}}

Reception

Paste Magazine called it a "catchy pop hit". Cash Box described the song as being "a production showcase, rather than a top forty-rhythm outing" and more of "an FM preview teaser than a teen sales effort."{{cite news|title=CashBox Record Reviews|date=May 29, 1971|page=16|accessdate=2021-12-10|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Cash-Box/70s/1971/Cash-Box-1971-05-29.pdf|newspaper=Cash Box}}

Chart history

scope="col" \| Chart (1971) ! scope="col" \| Peak position
class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"
scope="row" \| Canada 100 (RPM) {{cite web \| url = http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/obj/028020/f2/nlc008388.3749.pdf \| title = RPM Top Singles Chart \| work = RPM \| date = January 30, 1971 \| series = RPM archives \|volume = 14 \|issue = 24 \| publisher = Ottawa: Library and Archives Canada \| oclc = 352936026 \| access-date = September 3, 2016 }} \| align="center" \|42
scope="row"{{singlechart\|Dutch100\|9\|artist=Stephen Stills\|song=Love the One You're With\|accessdate=September 3, 2016\|refname="aus"}}
scope="row"{{singlechart\|Dutch40\|24\|artist=Stephen Stills\|song=Love the One You're With\|accessdate=4 June 2014}}
scope="row" \| US Hot 100 (Billboard){{cite magazine\|url={{BillboardURLbyName\|artist=Stephen Stills\|chart=Hot 100}}\|title=Stephen Stills Chart History\|access-date=September 3, 2016\|magazine=Billboard}} \| align="center" \|43
scope="row" \|US Singles (Cash Box) {{Cite web\|title=CASH BOX MAGAZINE: Music and coin machine magazine 1942 to 1996\|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Cash-Box-Magazine.htm\|access-date=2020-10-25\|website=worldradiohistory.com}} \| align="center" \|38
scope="row" \|US Singles (Record World){{Cite web\|title=RECORD WORLD MAGAZINE: 1942 to 1982\|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Record_World.htm\|access-date=2020-10-25\|website=worldradiohistory.com}} \| align="center" \|40

References

Category:1971 songs

Category:Stephen Stills songs

Category:Songs written by Stephen Stills

Category:Song recordings produced by Stephen Stills

Category:Atlantic Records singles