"This article is about the Eric Clapton song. For other uses, see Change the World (disambiguation).%22Change the World%22 is a song written by Tommy Sims, Gordon Kennedy, and Wayne Kirkpatrick whose best-known version was recorded by Eric Clapton for the soundtrack of the 1996 film, Phenomenon. The track was produced by pop music record producer Kenneth %22Babyface%22 Edmonds.The title features Clapton playing acoustic guitar only and reached the Top 40 in various countries around the world. It became a number-one single in Canada, both on the RPM Top Singles- and Adult Contemporary chart, as well as in Japan on the Oricon international singles chart and reached number one on the Billboard Adult Contemporary chart, where it spend a total of 81 weeks. The release sold more than 1,500,000 copies worldwide and was awarded three Grammy Awards in 1997." . "-11.4"^^ . "english" . "2007-10-05"^^ . . "5714decf25ac0d8aee41389f" . "Song recordings produced by Babyface (musician)" . "234000.0"^^ . _:b429588651 . _:b429588652 . _:b429588630 . "1996 songs" . . "Babyface (musician)" . _:b429588627 . . "Billboard Adult Contemporary number-one singles" . "Reprise Records" . _:b429588630 . _:b429588631 . _:b429588627 "0"^^ . _:b429588628 . . "Tommy Sims" . _:b429588629 . "USRE19600049" . "false"^^ . _:b429588628 . _:b429588634 . _:b429588635 . _:b429588632 . _:b429588633 . _:b429588638 . . "96.0"^^ . _:b429588639 . _:b429588652 "0.0144799845"^^ . _:b429588629 "0"^^ . _:b429588636 . _:b429588648 . _:b429588637 . _:b429588629 . _:b429588642 . _:b429588643 . _:b429588628 "0"^^ . _:b429588640 . _:b429588653 . _:b429588641 . _:b429588649 . _:b429588646 . . _:b429588647 . _:b429588631 "0"^^ . _:b429588644 . "Songs written by Gordon Kennedy (musician)" . _:b429588645 . "Gramophone record" . "Wayne Kirkpatrick" . _:b429588650 . _:b429588651 . _:b429588630 "0"^^ . _:b429588648 . "192" . _:b429588649 . . . _:b429588633 "0"^^ . _:b429588652 . "1996-07-05"^^ . _:b429588650 . _:b429588653 . "1112350" . . _:b429588632 "0"^^ . . _:b429588635 "0"^^ . _:b429588627 . _:b429588634 "0"^^ . "Change The World" . _:b429588637 "0"^^ . _:b429588636 "0"^^ . "Gold" . _:b429588641 "0"^^ . _:b429588637 . _:b429588639 "0"^^ . _:b429588634 . "Reprise Records singles" . _:b429588640 "0"^^ . _:b429588633 . _:b429588638 "0"^^ . _:b429588638 . _:b429588641 . "Grammy Award for Record of the Year" . _:b429588643 "0"^^ . "Babyface (musician) songs" . _:b429588642 "0"^^ . . _:b429588642 . _:b429588645 "0"^^ . _:b429588644 . "2"^^ . "0"^^ . . _:b429588644 "0"^^ . _:b429588647 "0"^^ . "1996 singles" . "Platinum" . "Grammy Award for Song of the Year" . _:b429588646 "0"^^ . "Gordon Kennedy (musician)" . _:b429588636 . _:b429588649 "0"^^ . "a3355226-6023-4dbf-8999-e29a3318c974" . _:b429588648 "0"^^ . . "Songs written by Tommy Sims" . "Billboard Adult Top 40 number-one singles" . _:b429588640 . "Songs written by Wayne Kirkpatrick" . _:b429588651 "0"^^ . "-0.313531"^^ . _:b429588639 . . "Oricon International Singles Chart number-one singles" . _:b429588650 "0"^^ . . "Soft rock songs" . _:b429588653 "0"^^ . _:b429588635 . "Wynonna Judd songs" . _:b429588646 . _:b429588643 . "false"^^ . _:b429588632 . "RPM Top Singles number-one singles" . "Eric Clapton songs" . "false"^^ . _:b429588645 . "eng" . _:b429588631 . _:b429588647 . "Change The World" . "632012"^^ . "-0.421458"^^ .