Change His Ways

"Change His Ways"
Single by Robert Palmer
from the album Heavy Nova
B-side"More Than Ever"
ReleasedMay 1989[1]
Length2:56
LabelEMI
Songwriter(s)Robert Palmer
Producer(s)Robert Palmer
Robert Palmer singles chronology
"Tell Me I'm Not Dreamin'"
(1989) 		"Change His Ways"
(1989) 		"It Could Happen to You"
(1989)
Audio video
"Change His Ways" on YouTube

"Change His Ways" is a song by English vocalist Robert Palmer, which was released in 1989 as the fourth single from his ninth studio album Heavy Nova.[2] The song was written and produced by Palmer.[1] "Change His Ways" reached No. 28 in the UK.[3]

A music video, featuring the use of animation and cartoon characters designed by the Italian artist and cartoonist Massimo Mattioli,[4] was filmed to promote the single.[5][6] The video parodies the highly successful Terence Donovan-directed videos for "Addicted to Love", "I Didn't Mean to Turn You On" and "Simply Irresistible" by replacing the backing models with caricature animated birds.[7] The song itself features yodelling and Zydeco accordion.[8]

  1. ^ a b "Robert Palmer – Change His Ways / More Than Ever – EMI – UK – EM 85". 45cat. Retrieved 2018-03-23.
  2. ^ Robert Palmer. "Heavy Nova – Robert Palmer | Songs, Reviews, Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved 2018-03-23.
  3. ^ "ROBERT PALMER – full Official Chart History – Official Charts Company". Officialcharts.com. Retrieved 16 July 2018.
  4. ^ "BIOGRAPHY - MASSIMO MATTIOLI - Official Website". Archived from the original on 2020-08-10. Retrieved 2020-07-14.
  5. ^ Live Nation (2015-09-16). "The Most Addictive, Most Simply Irresistible Robert Palmer Parodies of All Time". Yahoo.com. Retrieved 2018-03-23.
  6. ^ Dennis Hunt (December 10, 1989). "MIXED MEDIA: A periodic look at pop-related books, videos and laser discs. : – latimes". Articles.latimes.com. Retrieved 2018-03-23.
  7. ^ Hawkins, Stan (5 July 2017). The British Pop Dandy: Masculinity, Popular Music and Culture – Stan Hawkins – Google Books. ISBN 9781351545860. Retrieved 2018-03-23.
  8. ^ Tobler, John (1991). Who's who in rock & roll – John Tobler – Google Books. ISBN 9780517056875. Retrieved 2018-03-23.