{{Short description|2003 single by Sophie Ellis-Bextor}} {{Use British English|date=September 2012}} {{Use dmy dates|date=December 2021}} {{Infobox song | name = I Won't Change You | cover = Sophie Ellis-Bextor - I Won't Change You.png | alt = | B-side = [[Yes Sir, I Can Boogie]] | type = single | artist = [[Sophie Ellis-Bextor]] | album = [[Shoot from the Hip]] | released = {{start date|2003|12|29|df=y}} | recorded = | studio = | venue = | genre = <!-- Do not add unsourced genres --> | length = 3:40 | label = [[Polydor Records|Polydor]] | writer = * Sophie Ellis-Bextor * [[Gregg Alexander]] * Matt Rowe | producer = * Gregg Alexander * Matt Rowe | prev_title = [[Mixed Up World]] | prev_year = 2003 | next_title = [[Circles (Just My Good Time)]] | next_year = 2005 | misc = {{Extra album cover | header = Alternative cover | type = Single | cover = Sophie_ellis_bextor_-_i_won't_change_you_pt_2.jpg | border = | alt = | caption = UK CD2 }} {{External music video|{{YouTube|uYXoP12AVMk|"I Won't Change You"}}}} }} "'''I Won't Change You'''" is a song written by [[Sophie Ellis-Bextor]], [[Gregg Alexander]], and Matt Rowe for Ellis-Bextor's second album, ''[[Shoot from the Hip]]'' (2003). The song was released as the album's second [[Single (music)|single]] on 29 December 2003, reaching number nine on the [[UK Singles Chart]] and selling 34,000 copies.<ref name="uksales">http://www.sophie-online.net/en/sfth_album.php {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080505044605/http://www.sophie-online.net/en/sfth_album.php |date=5 May 2008 }} I Won't Change You - copies sold</ref>
==Music video== When the music video was filmed, Sophie was pregnant. The video features Ellis-Bextor [[speed dating]], changing her looks multiple times to attract a partner. First, she wears a brown wig consisting of a part down the middle of her head and a ponytail on either side, after a second round with the same man, merely taking off her gold trenchcoat to reveal a tight-fitting black dress underneath. She looks like an informal, yet sophisticated red-headed woman. Progressively, she then becomes a black-haired woman, the hair being short, full and curly. After staring into her drink, which suspectingly turns bright blue, she is seen dancing with the man who she continuously changes for, in a blue dress and a Marilyn Monroe-esque blonde wig. Finally, we see her in a black headscarf with long wavy blonde hair. All the while, she is singing to the same man, who finds this night of speed dating an escalating amusement and she eventually ends up in his arms, with editing techniques changing which "Sophie" is in his arms. Throughout the video, there are scenes of Sophie in the bathroom in her original look singing to the mirror and changing outfits in a stall. The video was directed and co-produced by [[Sophie Muller]].
==Track listings== '''UK CD1'''<ref>{{cite AV media notes|title=I Won't Change You|year=2003|type=UK CD1 liner notes|publisher=[[Polydor Records]]|id=9815123}}</ref> # "I Won't Change You" – 3:43 # "I Won't Change You" (Solaris vocal mix) – 7:43 # "[[Yes Sir, I Can Boogie]]" – 3:59 # "I Won't Change You" (CD-ROM video)
'''UK CD2'''<ref>{{cite AV media notes|title=I Won't Change You|year=2003|type=UK CD2 liner notes|publisher=Polydor Records|id=9815124}}</ref> # "I Won't Change You" – 3:43 # "[[Murder on the Dancefloor]]" (Phunk Investigation vocal mix) – 8:35
'''European maxi-CD single'''<ref>{{cite AV media notes|title=I Won't Change You|year=2003|type=European maxi-CD single liner notes|publisher=Polydor Records|id=9815929}}</ref> # "I Won't Change You" – 3:43 # "Murder on the Dancefloor" (Phunk Investigation vocal mix) – 8:35 # "Yes Sir, I Can Boogie" – 3:59
==Charts== {|class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" !scope="col"|Chart (2004) !scope="col"|Peak<br/>position |- {{single chart|Flanders Tip|11|artist=Sophie Ellis-Bextor|song=I Won't Change You|rowheader=true|access-date=15 December 2018}} |- {{single chart|Wallonia Tip|3|artist=Sophie Ellis-Bextor|song=I Won't Change You|rowheader=true|access-date=15 December 2018}} |- {{single chart|Germany|80|artist=Sophie Ellis-Bextor|song=I Won't Change You|songid=13065|rowheader=true|access-date=15 December 2018}} |- {{single chart|Hungarydance|31|year=2004|week=7|rowheader=true|access-date=25 December 2019}} |- !scope="row"|Hungary ([[Association of Hungarian Record Companies|Editors' Choice Top 40]])<ref>{{cite web |title=2004/5. heti Editors' Choice Top 40 slágerlista |url=https://slagerlistak.hu/editors-choice-radios-jatszasi-lista/2004/5 |publisher=[[Association of Hungarian Record Companies|MAHASZ]]|language=hu|access-date=30 April 2025}}</ref> |26 |- {{single chart|Ireland3|40|artist=Sophie Ellis-Bextor|rowheader=true|access-date=20 January 2020}} |- !scope="row"|Romania ([[Romanian Top 100]])<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rt100.ro/editie-top-100_x10110.html|title=Arhiva romanian top 100 – Editia 11, saptamina 15.03 – 21.03, 2004|publisher=[[Romanian Top 100]]|language=ro|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050220191333/http://www.rt100.ro/editie-top-100_x10110.html|archive-date=20 February 2005|access-date=15 May 2020}}</ref> |49 |- {{single chart|Scotland|13|date=20040110|rowheader=true|access-date=15 December 2018}} |- {{single chart|UK|9|date=20040110|rowheader=true|access-date=15 December 2018}} |}
==Sales== {{Certification Table Top}} {{Certification Table Entry|region=United Kingdom|type=single|nocert=true|salesamount=34,000|salesref=<ref name="uksales"/>|access-date=15 December 2018}} |}
==Release history== {|class="wikitable plainrowheaders" !scope="col"|Region !scope="col"|Date !scope="col"|Format(s) !scope="col"|Label(s) !scope="col"|{{abbr|Ref.|Reference}} |- !scope="row"|United Kingdom |29 December 2003 |rowspan="2"|CD |rowspan="2"|[[Polydor Records|Polydor]] |<ref>{{cite magazine|title=New Releases: Singles 29.12.03|magazine=[[Music Week]]|page=27|date=20 December 2003}}</ref> |- !scope="row"|Australia |9 February 2004 |<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.aria.com.au/Issue728.pdf|title=The ARIA Report: New Releases Singles – Week Commencing 9th February 2004|publisher=[[Australian Recording Industry Association|ARIA]]|page=26|date=9 February 2004|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20040306130000/http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/23790/20040307-0000/Issue728.pdf|archive-date=6 March 2004|access-date=26 June 2021}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref> |}
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