Otis Redding - A Change Is Gonna Come

[2buffalo5]

I agree, However, checkout Tina Turner's version, and tell me what you think. She rocks this song. However, that takes nothing away from Otis. Anybody who don't feel this song must be dead.

[idealou]

i prefer the real version of sam cooke / no contest

[va89boi]

this is the real version dumbass otis was out before sam plz know yo shit before u comment........but sams version is a lil betta!

[alextimo96]

No, Sam Cooke wrote this song, this is a cover. I prefer this version personally because in my opinion no voice has ever came close to Otis's.

[2buffalo5]

Otis has a very unique voice and style. Everything he sings sound good. However, check out Tina Turner's version of this song. Her and Robert Cray rocks the house with this side. Check it out and tell me what you think.

[crodrigo]

cosign on that one. Otis is leaps and bounds above Cooke, but Otis couldn't do it without Cooke's genius.

[2buffalo5]

Sorry, you are wrong. This is Sam Cooke's original song. It was released shortly after his death. Otis did a remake on it, along with everybody else. However, I think we both agree, its a great song regardless who did it first.

Peace.

[faskagat]

ILOVEIT

[crynomoore]

music is something that moves emotions

[rubberbandgrip]

Otis Redding gives me goosebumps, he's so good.

[supu6]

What happened to music from the 60s and 70s? All it is is suck and no feeling now....it is all about the big bucks now. I mean listening to a song such as this then say you listen to like Britney Spears or something, it just makes you go what the hell. American Pie shoulds be changed to be about when John Lennon died in 1980 because the 80s is when music started to go down hill so I always believed that is the day the music truely died.

[azizma7777]

Otis put more soul in this song than Sam Cook. In my opinion Otis did it better. REST IN PEACE OTIS.

[tartalmd]

Dio!!

=God

[antoineduvalblood]

lets start being better people lets not look at anyone else but are self for are short comings.. God we are the strongest people god made we've gotten threw everything this world has done to us.. Obama proved we can do it. hes not all black but still Im tired of listening to all my home boys blaming the white man. Yeah the mess us over be My grandfater is 89 they say most black men dont make it past 60 lets change the world people..

[winndell]

Do any of you know how old Otis Redding was when he died? I was shocked when I looked it up. He has so much feeling and maturity in his voice, he was 26!

[taxmonkey123]

What I love about Otis Redding is that he sings like it's the last thing he'll ever do in his life :D

Still, I gotta say, Sam Cooke's version is slightly better than this, even though both are great. What ever happened to Sam's version on youtube, anyway? Did they take it down?

[smartbombminded]

I never heard it put quite like that, and I might end up phrasing it like that every time I talk about it.

He sings like it's the last thing he'll ever do in his life.

Jesus Christ has anything ever been closer to the truth?

[hoosierdaddy2nite]

Sam cooke's version is the best! Both are great versions however!

[CrimsonRain11]

Who is this song origanally by?

xox

[shimmerine]

Sam Cooke wrote it and sang it.

[EricGoule81]

I still prefer this version.

[shimmerine]

Me too. He just has so much feeling when he sings. I love it.

[leeipswich]

ha yeah right poo poo

[kagsy81]

Otis sings this song beautifully accompanied by a cascade of horns, highlighting the message! Change is always good.....

[crouchedge]

check out the Bob Dylan -a change is gonna come -at the apollo with the introduction by Ossie Davis, its on you tube.

[freein2339]

Sing that Otis....!!!

[ILoveKingOfPop1357]

don't you thing they should have used this song in a commercial for Barack Obama? I think so

[ILoveKingOfPop1357]

i love this song

[bgw48]

I have heard 5 different artist sang this song and all were beautiful,but the 1st place trophy goes to Sam first,then my one and only main man Al Green,then the lovable Luther V.

[FIGGYWOMAN]

Next to Sam Cook, I could listen to Otis Redding all day long. He does an excellent rendition of a "Change Is Gonna Come". I just love it.

[eag021249]

Aprés celle de Sam trés émouvante version Otis est mort le jour de mes 18 ans...........

[EricGoule81]

The best Version of that song...

[tendarine1]

I love this song. Can't decide which version I prefer. The version of Cooke is also great

[bigbrorudy]

i agree w/u. listen 2 leela james version.

[JulikeAdobo]

Just heard her cover &...wow.

[ahmed956]

would have, could have but didn't. Otis would have been the greatest if he didn't die so young

[stushment]

this song brings me back....and i was born 1990. but i luv this mans music. too bad todays music doesnt have the same quality

[rickyjay2006]

I agree wit u 1000% percent. music today is garbage. I'm 24 yrs old, and I listen to this kind of music non-stop

[phhollis]

I'm glad to hear you young ppl like this music (i'm 40). This man makes you wanna cry. There are so many versions but in my opinion this one and the original are the best. Otis was the man.

[rickyjay2006]

I agree. I grew up on jazz and blues. My grandmothers played it all the time, at all their house parties. That music is in my soul. I wish I could sing like that myself. lol

[iamjezuzchrist]

I have a certain bias towards Otis. But when I think about it... nobody ever can do what he did. He made pain sound so good! He made you feel not just his pain but he brought your pain right out along with it. Change has come but it dont stop here. Keep movin! And like Curt said move on up!

[trueiopian]

The best version!

[crunkface11]

Thank God for Otis, Thank God for Obam, Thank God for Black Folkz I love U all

[rickyjay2006]

we love u too!!! lol

[loulor1]

Someone please get a message to Sam Cooke. Tell him a Change has Come!

[crunkface11]

Lol, agree

[rickyjay2006]

amen!

[smcneal057]

I'm sure he knows along with Dr. King, Malcolm X, Al Green, Luther Vandroses, and many others. They are all praising G-d.

[anncompton2]

Just be beautiful black people my friends. Bring your children inside and let's get this show on the road. Most of you don't understand this kind of music, Just be better and help our President. Mary, 65 years old.

[litequaz]

Ann-

We're lining up for duty. We hear you loud and clear... you folks carried the burden for a long time. Rest your weary body... us brothers are going to make you proud. We have it... rest your weary body.

[prettysorryeyes]

wow! i've never heard this version before!!

[nickloselafrite]

This song is unbelievably beautiful, and now it makes perfect sense, because change has come...

[yungmizzel]

i didnt know so many people recorded this song. beautiful

[Hibbitt99]

I guess I won't be an angry blackman anymore. Good job Obama.

[timing82]

Change is here!!

[babiebungle]

<3~~~~~~~~~~~~~:)

[flashyribbons]

a change has finally come!

[trueiopian]

This is so amazing!

They don't make them like Otis anymore!

[xxGypsyxPrincessxx]

so good :)