Change (Killing Joke song)

"Change"
Single by Killing Joke
B-side"Tomorrow's World"
Released17 March 1980
GenrePost-punk
Length9:28
LabelMalicious Damage
Songwriter(s)Jaz Coleman, Kevin "Geordie" Walker, Martin "Youth" Glover, Paul Ferguson
Producer(s)Killing Joke
Killing Joke singles chronology
"Wardance"
(1980)
"Change"
(1980)
"Requiem"
(1980)
"Change: Spiral Tribe Mix"
Single by Killing Joke
B-side"Requiem (A Floating Leaf Always Reaches the Sea Dub Mix)"
Released1992
GenrePost-punk
LabelE.G.
Songwriter(s)Jaz Coleman, Kevin "Geordie" Walker, Martin "Youth" Glover, Paul Ferguson
Producer(s)Killing Joke
Killing Joke singles chronology
"Money Is Not Our God"
(1991)
"Change: Spiral Tribe Mix"
(1992)
"Exorcism"
(1994)

"Change" is a song by English post-punk band Killing Joke that appeared on the US release of their 1980 self-titled debut album. The song bears a resemblance to the War song "Me and Baby Brother", which Killing Joke have acknowledged.[1][2] DFA Records cofounder Tim Goldsworthy stated that the song was the key inspiration to the composition of his record label artist James Murphy on LCD Soundsystem's debut single "Losing My Edge".[3]

  1. ^ Doran, John (20 January 2010). "Tomorrow's World: Jaz And Youth Play Us The New Killing Joke Album". The Quietus. Retrieved 28 September 2021.
  2. ^ Haynes, Rob (18 April 2013). "Killing Joke – The 10 Best Drum Tracks From Killing Joke's Drummer". Louder Than War. Retrieved 28 September 2021.
  3. ^ Goodman, Lizzy (2017). Meet Me in the Bathroom. HarperCollins. p. 288. ISBN 978-0-06-223309-7. Tim Goldsworthy: "Losing My Edge" is a direct rip-off of a Killing Joke track.