I Can't Change the World
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| "I Can't Change the World" | ||||
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| Single by Brad Paisley | ||||
| from the album Wheelhouse | ||||
| Released | August 19, 2013 | |||
| Genre | Country | |||
| Length | 4:41 (album version) 4:16 (radio edit) | |||
| Label | Arista Nashville | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Brad Paisley Chris DuBois Kelley Lovelace | |||
| Producer(s) | Brad Paisley Marten Aston | |||
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"I Can't Change the World" is a song co-written and recorded by American country music artist Brad Paisley. It was released in August 2013 as the third single from his ninth studio album, Wheelhouse. Paisley co-wrote the song with Chris DuBois and Kelley Lovelace.[1] In August 2013, Paisley announced plans to film a movie based on the song.[2]
According to Paisley, the song's message is that "as messed up as this world feels, changing one person’s life makes yours worthwhile".[3] He goes on saying that one of his favorite lines of the song is "so let Jesus look down on this mess / and let the powers that be just fuss and fight".[4] The song was one of the first that was cut for the album and it was an up-tempo: "it didn’t have much magic that way. It had power, but no magic”.[5] Paisley added that the song "is very important. It’s a really timely love song". He adds that "it wouldn’t have worked 30 years ago as well as it will now. It’s written for the time we live in. Technology, instead of connecting us, it starts to separate us”.[6]