Change Partners

Not to be confused with Changing Partners by Larry Coleman and Joe Darion or Change Partners (Stephen Stills song).

For the film, see Change Partners (film). For the TV episode, see Change Partners (Terriers).

"Change Partners" is a popular song written by Irving Berlin for the 1938 film Carefree, in which it was introduced by Fred Astaire. The song was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Original Song in 1938, but lost out to "Thanks for the Memory."

"Change Partners"
Song by Fred Astaire
B-side	"I Used to Be Color Blind"
Published	June 13, 1938 (1938-06-13) by Irving Berlin, Inc., New York[1]
Released	July 1938
Recorded	March 24, 1938[2]
Studio	Los Angeles, California
Genre	Jazz, Pop Vocal
Label	Brunswick 8189[3]
Songwriter(s)	Irving Berlin
Fred Astaire singles chronology
"Nice Work If You Can Get It" (1937) "Change Partners" (1938) ""The Yam"" (1938)

Hit versions in 1938 included those by Astaire, Ozzie Nelson, Jimmy Dorsey and Lawrence Welk.^[4] The song reached No. 1 on Billboard's Record Buying Guide.

The song has subsequently been recorded by many artists.^[5]

Notable recordings

• Vic Damone – Linger Awhile with Vic Damone (1962)^[6]
• Steve Lawrence – for his album Academy Award Losers (1964)^[7]
• Frank Sinatra - Francis Albert Sinatra & Antônio Carlos Jobim (1967)
• Bing Crosby - A Couple of Song and Dance Men (1975)
• Andy Williams - Close Enough for Love (1986)
• Barbara Cook - Live from London (1994) (in medley with "I See Your Face")
• Harry Connick, Jr. - Come By Me (1999)