Song · Chris Cornell
“Can't Change Me” by Chris Cornell
From the album Euphoria Mourning (1999)
“Can't Change Me” by Chris Cornell appears on 19 radio countdowns from 14 stations between 1999 and 2026. It was first released in 1999 on the album Euphoria Mourning. Its best result is #22 on The End Top 107 Songs of 1999. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #42 alternative song of 1999, #4,737 alternative song of all time and #321 of the '90s.
Watch
Video from YouTube (ChrisCornellVEVO). Pressing play loads YouTube's player. Watch on YouTube
"Can't Change Me" was the first single from Chris Cornell's debut solo album, Euphoria Morning, in 1999, though it was one of the last songs he wrote during a long stretch of writing for the record. Cornell said anyone who knows Soundgarden's "Blow Up the Outside World" and "Fell on Black Days" can hear where it came from. The song is a sad realization: the singer is with someone who can help people and change the world for the better, and none of that goodness is rubbing off on him.
He produced, arranged and mixed it with Alain Johannes and Natasha Shneider, playing guitar and harmonica alongside Johannes' guitar, Shneider's keyboards, Ric Markmann's bass and Josh Freese's drums, and the sound is warm and melancholy, a far cry from grunge's sludge. It reached number five on Mainstream Rock and seven on Modern Rock, and picked up a Grammy nomination for Best Male Rock Vocal Performance.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
Indie & Adult Alternative
Hard Rock & Metal
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 58 | KROQ Los Angeles, CA | KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 1999 | 107 |
| 1999 | 32 | 91X San Diego, CA / Tijuana | 91X Top 91 Songs of 1999 | 91 |
| 1999 | 64 | Live 105 San Francisco, CA | Live 105 Top 105.3 Songs of 1999 | 106 |
| 1999 | 42 | Q101 Chicago, IL | Q101 Top 101 Songs of 1999 | 101 |
| 1999 | 56 | WHFS Washington, DC / Baltimore, MD | WHFS Top 99.1 Songs of 1999 | 100 |
| 1999 | 71 | K-Rock New York, NY | K-Rock Top 92 Songs of 1999 | 92 |
| 1999 | 67 | WFNX Boston, MA | WFNX Top 99 Songs of 1999 | 99 |
| 1999 | 22 | 107.7 The End Seattle, WA | The End Top 107 Songs of 1999 | 107 |
| 1999 | 50 | 89X Detroit, MI / Windsor, ON | 89X Top 89 Songs of 1999 | 89 |
| 1999 | 86 | 102.7 WEQX Southern Vermont and the Capital District of New York (Albany) | WEQX Top 102.7 of 1999 | 103 |
| 1999 | 45 | Radio & Records United States (national airplay chart) | Radio & Records Top 104 Songs of 1999 | 104 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 447 | 107.7 The End | The End Top 1077 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) | 1077 |
| 1999 | 950 | KISW | KISW Top 1000 of All Time (1999) | 998 |
| 2002 | 836 | KISW | KISW Top 999 of All Time (2002) | 999 |
| 2004 | 467 | 107.7 The End | The End Original Alternative 500 (May 2004) | 500 |
| 2020 | 404 | 105.9 The X | 105.9 The X July 420 (2020) | 420 |
| 2022 | 456 | The Colorado Sound | The Colorado Sound Top 900 Songs of the '90s | 900 |
| 2022 | 744 | The Colorado Sound | The Colorado Sound Top 1055 Colorado Sound Songs of All Time | 1055 |
| 2026 | 733 | The Colorado Sound | The Colorado Sound Top 1055 Songs You Discovered on The Colorado Sound | 1055 |
Comments
Log in or create a free account to join the conversation about "Can't Change Me" by Chris Cornell.
No comments yet. Be the first to share your thoughts.