Song · Thundercat
“Them Changes” by Thundercat
From the EP The Beyond / Where the Giants Roam (2015)
“Them Changes” by Thundercat appears on 6 radio countdowns from 4 stations between 2023 and 2026. It was first released in 2015 on the EP The Beyond / Where the Giants Roam. Its best result is #330 on the WYEP Countdown to Fall 2023. In the combined RockLists rankings it is #1,857 indie & aaa song of all time.
"Them Changes" first surfaced in June 2015 as a single from Thundercat's EP The Beyond / Where the Giants Roam, and it had enough life in it to be carried over onto his full-length Drunk, released on February 24, 2017. He wrote it with producer Flying Lotus, and it rides a beat sampled from the Isley Brothers' 1977 cut "Footsteps in the Dark", so the credits make room for the Isleys and Chris Jasper as writers too.
It's funk shot through with psychedelic jazz, pop and R&B, Thundercat singing over his own bass, with Dennis Hamm on piano and Kamasi Washington on saxophone. Carlos López Estrada directed the video. Then, in October 2022, a sped-up remix blew up on TikTok, and an official "Sped Up" version followed on digital services.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Indie & Adult Alternative
All Rock Formats
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 330 | WYEP | WYEP Countdown to Fall 2023 | 1229 |
| 2024 | 869 | The Colorado Sound | The Colorado Sound Top 1055 Songs of the 21st Century | 1055 |
| 2024 | 792 | WXPN | WXPN The 885 Greatest Songs of the 21st Century (2024) | 885 |
| 2025 | 337 | 90.9 The Bridge | 90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of the 21st Century | 909 |
| 2025 | 588 | WYEP | WYEP Best Songs of the 21st Century (So Far) | 714 |
| 2026 | 873 | The Colorado Sound | The Colorado Sound Top 1055 Songs You Discovered on The Colorado Sound | 1055 |
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