High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! "Changes" is a song by David Bowie, originally released on the album Hunky Dory in December 1971 and as a single in January 1972. Despite missing the Top 40, "Changes" became one of Bowie`s best-known songs. The lyrics are often seen as a manifesto for his chameleonic personality, sexual ambiguity, and frequent reinventions of his musical style throughout the 1970s. This single is cited as David Bowie`s official North American debut, despite the fact that the song "The Man Who Sold the World" was released in North America two years prior.