Nothing's Gonna Change My Love For You

Album: Glenn Medeiros (1986)
Charted: 1 12
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Songfacts®:

  • This tender ballad was first recorded by George Benson in 1985 and included on his album 20/20. Glenn Medeiros, a 16-year-old high school student on the island of Kauai in Hawaii, sang it on a local radio contest called "Brown Bags to Stardom" after hearing the song on Benson's album. He won the contest and subsequently recorded the song on a local Hawaiian label in 1986. A visiting radio executive from KZZP in Phoenix, Arizona, heard Medeiros' cover, took the record back to Phoenix, and played it on the air. The song got a great response in both Hawaii and Phoenix, and in the beginning of 1987, Medeiros signed to MCA Records and it was released nationwide. In June 1987, it climbed to #12 a few weeks before Medeiros turned 17.
  • Michael Masser and Gerry Goffin wrote this song. Masser co-wrote another huge hit that was originally by George Benson: "The Greatest Love Of All," which Whitney Houston took to #1 in 1986. Goffin composed many hits of the early rock era, often with Carole King, his wife from 1959-1969. His co-writes include "The Loco-Motion," "Pleasant Valley Sunday," and "Up On The Roof."
  • In 1988, "Nothing's Gonna Change My Love For You" was released throughout Europe, where it became an even bigger hit, going to #1 in the UK, Ireland, France, and the Netherlands. It's the only song co-written by Gerry Goffin to hit #1 hit in Britain.
  • Medeiros had the looks and talent to be a teen idol, but his tastes were more mature - he was a big George Benson fan, which led him to this song. He toured the world when the song became a hit, but didn't have a raging ambition to be a pop star. His record company, MCA, pushed him in that direction though, and had him record a hip-hop-flavored song called "She Ain't Worth It" with a guest rap from Bobby Brown. That song went to #1 in America in 1990, but was his last big hit. He released a few more albums before entering the world of education, where he did very well. Medeiros earned a doctorate in educational leadership in 2014 and in 2017 became the president of the Saint Louis school near Honolulu.
  • Instead of setting the music video at an amusement park or somewhere else teenagers would hang out, it shows Medeiros and a woman who looks a lot older walking a beach, dressed like they're about to go for a fancy dinner. There's also a horse.

    The video was clearly marketed for VH1, where beaches were the go-to setting.

Comments: 5

  • Jd from 85375Very nice song. Does anyone know the girl in the video?
  • Lisa from Fort Worth, TxThis is the song that plays when my baby calls me....this song describes how I will always feel about him.....(sigh)...
  • Kathiya from Kandy, Otheryeah...It is kinda sweet
    ..........And Romantic...
    i just love it
  • Dave from Kolkata, IndiaTHAT'S A AWRSOME SONG
    KEEP IT UP DUDE
  • Aureleo from Ponda- Goa, IndiaA really beautiful love song with an equally wonderful video.
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