# I Won't Change You > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/I_Won't_Change_You > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/I_Won't_Change_You.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Won't_Change_You > Source revision: 1330117403 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) 2003 single by Sophie Ellis-Bextor "I Won't Change You" Single by Sophie Ellis-Bextor from the album Shoot from the Hip B-side "Yes Sir, I Can Boogie" Released 29 December 2003 (2003-12-29) Length 3:40 Label Polydor Songwriters Sophie Ellis-Bextor Gregg Alexander Matt Rowe Producers Gregg Alexander Matt Rowe Sophie Ellis-Bextor singles chronology "Mixed Up World" (2003) "I Won't Change You" (2003) "Circles (Just My Good Time)" (2005) Alternative cover UK CD2 Music video "I Won't Change You" on YouTube "**I Won't Change You**" is a song written by [Sophie Ellis-Bextor](/source/Sophie_Ellis-Bextor), [Gregg Alexander](/source/Gregg_Alexander), and Matt Rowe for Ellis-Bextor's second album, *[Shoot from the Hip](/source/Shoot_from_the_Hip)* (2003). The song was released as the album's second [single](/source/Single_(music)) on 29 December 2003, reaching number nine on the [UK Singles Chart](/source/UK_Singles_Chart) and selling 34,000 copies.[1] ## Music video When the music video was filmed, Sophie was pregnant. The video features Ellis-Bextor [speed dating](/source/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](/source/Sophie_Muller). ## Track listings **UK CD1**[2] 1. "I Won't Change You" – 3:43 1. "I Won't Change You" (Solaris vocal mix) – 7:43 1. "[Yes Sir, I Can Boogie](/source/Yes_Sir%2C_I_Can_Boogie)" – 3:59 1. "I Won't Change You" (CD-ROM video) **UK CD2**[3] 1. "I Won't Change You" – 3:43 1. "[Murder on the Dancefloor](/source/Murder_on_the_Dancefloor)" (Phunk Investigation vocal mix) – 8:35 **European maxi-CD single**[4] 1. "I Won't Change You" – 3:43 1. "Murder on the Dancefloor" (Phunk Investigation vocal mix) – 8:35 1. "Yes Sir, I Can Boogie" – 3:59 ## Charts Chart (2004) Peak position Belgium (Ultratip Bubbling Under Flanders)[5] 11 Belgium (Ultratip Bubbling Under Wallonia)[6] 3 Germany (GfK)[7] 80 Hungary (Dance Top 40)[8] 31 Hungary (Editors' Choice Top 40)[9] 26 Ireland (IRMA)[10] 40 Romania (Romanian Top 100)[11] 49 Scotland Singles (OCC)[12] 13 UK Singles (OCC)[13] 9 ## Sales Region Certification Certified units/sales United Kingdom — 34,000[1] ## Release history Region Date Format(s) Label(s) Ref. United Kingdom 29 December 2003 CD Polydor [14] Australia 9 February 2004 [15] ## References 1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-uksales_1-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-uksales_1-1) [http://www.sophie-online.net/en/sfth_album.php](http://www.sophie-online.net/en/sfth_album.php) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20080505044605/http://www.sophie-online.net/en/sfth_album.php) 5 May 2008 at the [Wayback Machine](/source/Wayback_Machine) I Won't Change You - copies sold 1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** *I Won't Change You* (UK CD1 liner notes). [Polydor Records](/source/Polydor_Records). 2003. 9815123. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** *I Won't Change You* (UK CD2 liner notes). Polydor Records. 2003. 9815124. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** *I Won't Change You* (European maxi-CD single liner notes). Polydor Records. 2003. 9815929. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-sc_Flanders_Tip_Sophie_Ellis-Bextor_5-0)** "[Sophie Ellis-Bextor – I Won't Change You](https://www.ultratop.be/nl/showitem.asp?interpret=Sophie+Ellis-Bextor&titel=I+Won't+Change+You&cat=s)" (in Dutch). [Ultratip](/source/Ultratip). Retrieved 15 December 2018. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-sc_Wallonia_Tip_Sophie_Ellis-Bextor_6-0)** "[Sophie Ellis-Bextor – I Won't Change You](https://www.ultratop.be/fr/showitem.asp?interpret=Sophie+Ellis-Bextor&titel=I+Won't+Change+You&cat=s)" (in French). [Ultratip](/source/Ultratip). Retrieved 15 December 2018. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-sc_Germany_Sophie_Ellis-Bextor_7-0)** "[Offizielle Deutsche Charts](https://www.offiziellecharts.de/titel-details-13065)" (in German). [GfK Entertainment charts](/source/GfK_Entertainment_charts). To see the peak chart position, click 'TITEL VON', followed by the artist's name. Retrieved 15 December 2018. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-sc_Hungarydance_8-0)** "[Archívum – Slágerlisták – MAHASZ](https://slagerlistak.hu/dance-top-40-lista/2004/7)" (in Hungarian). [Dance Top 40 lista](/source/Association_of_Hungarian_Record_Companies). Magyar Hanglemezkiadók Szövetsége. Retrieved 25 December 2019. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-9)** ["2004/5. heti Editors' Choice Top 40 slágerlista"](https://slagerlistak.hu/editors-choice-radios-jatszasi-lista/2004/5) (in Hungarian). [MAHASZ](/source/Association_of_Hungarian_Record_Companies). Retrieved 30 April 2025. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-sc_Ireland3_Sophie_Ellis-Bextor_10-0)** "[Irish-charts.com – Discography Sophie Ellis-Bextor](http://irish-charts.com/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Sophie+Ellis-Bextor)". [Irish Singles Chart](/source/Irish_Singles_Chart). Retrieved 20 January 2020. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-11)** ["Arhiva romanian top 100 – Editia 11, saptamina 15.03 – 21.03, 2004"](https://web.archive.org/web/20050220191333/http://www.rt100.ro/editie-top-100_x10110.html) (in Romanian). [Romanian Top 100](/source/Romanian_Top_100). Archived from [the original](http://www.rt100.ro/editie-top-100_x10110.html) on 20 February 2005. Retrieved 15 May 2020. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-sc_Scotland_12-0)** "[Official Scottish Singles Sales Chart on 10/1/2004 – Top 100](https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/scottish-singles-chart/20040110/41/)". [Official Charts Company](/source/Official_Charts_Company). Retrieved 15 December 2018. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-sc_UK_13-0)** "[Official Singles Chart on 10/1/2004 – Top 100](https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/singles-chart/20040110/7501/)". [Official Charts Company](/source/Official_Charts_Company). Retrieved 15 December 2018. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-14)** "New Releases: Singles 29.12.03". *[Music Week](/source/Music_Week)*. 20 December 2003. p. 27. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-15)** ["The ARIA Report: New Releases Singles – Week Commencing 9th February 2004"](https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20040306130000/http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/23790/20040307-0000/Issue728.pdf) (PDF). [ARIA](/source/Australian_Recording_Industry_Association). 9 February 2004. p. 26. Archived from [the original](http://www.aria.com.au/Issue728.pdf) (PDF) on 6 March 2004. Retrieved 26 June 2021. v t e Sophie Ellis-Bextor Discography Songs Albums Read My Lips Shoot from the Hip Trip the Light Fantastic Make a Scene Wanderlust Familia Hana Perimenopop Live albums Kitchen Disco – Live at the London Palladium Compilations The Song Diaries Songs from the Kitchen Disco Singles "Take Me Home" "Murder on the Dancefloor" "Get Over You" / "Move This Mountain" "Music Gets the Best of Me" "Mixed Up World" "I Won't Change You" "Catch You" "Me and My Imagination" "Today the Sun's on Us" "If I Can't Dance" "Bittersweet" "Off & On" "Starlight" "Young Blood" "Runaway Daydreamer" "Love Is a Camera" "The Deer & the Wolf" "Hypnotized" "Freedom of the Night" "Relentless Love" "Vertigo" "Taste" "Dolce Vita" "Stay on Me" Featured singles "Groovejet (If This Ain't Love)" "Circles (Just My Good Time)" "Heartbreak (Make Me a Dancer)" "Can't Fight This Feeling" "Not Giving Up on Love" Tours Perimenopop Tour Related articles Theaudience Janet Ellis Robin Bextor Richard Jones Watch My Lips Authority control databases MusicBrainz work MusicBrainz release group --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [I Won't Change You](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Won't_Change_You) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Won't_Change_You?action=history)). 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