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"Nothing's Gonna Change My Love for You"
Single by George Benson
from the album 20/20
B-side
"Beyond The Sea (La Mer)"[1]
Released
1985 (only in Europe)[1]
Format
7" Single[1]
Recorded
1984[2]
Genre
Rhythm and blues
soul
Length
4:04 (Album and Single)[2][3]
Label
Warner Bros. Records[1]
Songwriter(s)
Michael Masser,
Gerry Goffin[1]
Producer(s)
Michael Masser[1]
George Benson singles chronology
"I Just Wanna Hang Around You"
(1985) "Nothing's Gonna Change My Love for You"
(1985) "Kisses in the Moonlight"
(1986)
"I Just Wanna Hang Around You"
(1985) "Nothing's Gonna Change My Love for You"
(1985) "Kisses in the Moonlight"
(1986)
Music video
"Nothing's Gonna Change My Love for You" (TopPop, 1985) on YouTube
"Nothing's Gonna Change My Love for You" is a song written by composers Michael Masser and Gerry Goffin.[1] It was originally recorded in 1984[2] by American singer and guitarist George Benson,[2] and released in 1985 on his studio album 20/20, by Warner Bros. Records.[2] This original version was produced by its own author Michael Masser,[1] and was released as a single only in Europe in 1985.[1] The song was not released as a single in the United States, but nevertheless, Benson recorded two video clips in the U.S. the same year, which were displayed on television programs.[4][5] Two years later, the song became even more well known for a re-recording by Hawaiian singer Glenn Medeiros, whose 1987 cover eventually topped the charts in several countries.
Contents
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1 George Benson version
1.1 Chart positions
1.2 Track listing
1.3 Music videos
1.4 Personnel
1.5 B-side
2 Glenn Medeiros version
2.1 Background and release
2.2 Music video
2.3 Track listings
2.4 Certifications
2.5 Chart performance
2.5.1 Weekly charts
2.5.2 Year-end charts
2.5.3 Chart successions
3 Other cover versions
4 External links
5 References
George Benson version[edit]
Chart positions[edit]
Chart (1985)
Peak
position
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)[6] 29
Netherlands (Single Top 100)[7] 43
Track listing[edit]
This is the track list of the original single by George Benson released in 1985 in Europe:[1][3]
Year
Side
Song
Length
Interpreter
Writer/Composer
Producer
Album
1985 A-side "Nothing's Gonna Change My Love for You" [1] 4:04 [3] George Benson [1] Michael Masser,
Gerry Goffin [1] Michael Masser [1] 20/20 [2]
1985 B-side "Beyond The Sea (La Mer)" [1] 4:10 [3] George Benson [1] Charles Trenet,
Jack Lawrence [1] Russ Titelman [1] 20/20 [2]
The length of 4:04 for "Nothing's Gonna Change My Love for You" and 4:10 for "Beyond The Sea (La Mer)", are the same in both the single and the album 20/20.[2][3]
Music videos[edit]
The original version of "Nothing's Gonna Change My Love for You" by George Benson has two video clips recorded by him in 1985 in the United States:[4][5]
The first music video[4] shows a field where are Benson, a woman, a chauffeur, a car and an airplane. The video suggests that the coachman brought Benson with a woman in a car to this field and that one of them is about to board a plane, which is already connected with their propellers. Benson and women are side by side throughout the video, and he remains touching she with the right hand. When the song starts, Benson sings looking at the camera and looking at the woman alternately. The chauffeur who brought the two car appears throughout the video a little behind the two and looking for them. At the beginning and end of the video, Benson and the woman kiss.[4]
This first music video of the song is available to be watched by clicking on: "Nothing's Gonna Change My Love for You", George Benson (video 1) on YouTube
In the second music video,[5] Benson sings "Nothing's Gonna Change My Love for You" on a small stage lit by purple lights and whose backdrop shows large buildings with bright windows. Without looking at the camera, Benson sings showing his feelings through gestures with his hands and face, walking on the small stage. Several cameras film Benson from different angles of the stage, but he sings without looking at them. At the end, Benson is darkened, but the purple lights on stage remain.[5]
This second music video of the song is available to be watched by clicking on: "Nothing's Gonna Change My Love for You", George Benson (video 2) on YouTube
Personnel[edit]
Written by – Michael Masser, Gerry Goffin [1][8]
Produced by – Michael Masser [1][8]
Arranged by – Robbie Buchanan [8]
Programmed by [Synthesizer] – Robbie Buchanan [8]
Lead Vocal – George Benson [1][8]
Guitar Soloist – George Benson [8]
Backing Vocals – Deborah Thomas, Richard Marx [8]
Guitar – Dann Huff, Paul Jackson, Jr. [8]
Keyboards – Robbie Buchanan [8]
Bass – Nathan East [8]
Drums – Carlos Vega [8]
B-side[edit]
The B-side of single "Nothing's Gonna Change My Love for You" released in Europe brought George Benson's cover of the classic "Beyond The Sea (La Mer)",[1] which, although not an original song Benson, also it was released as a single in the USA and the UK, where peaked position #60[9] and remained on the UK Singles Chart for four weeks.[9] "Beyond The Sea" is an English version of the French song "La Mer"[10] by Charles Trenet, recorded in 1946.[10] The letter was written in English by American Jack Lawrence[3] and his version titled "Beyond The Sea" was recorded by numerous artists to over the years. The Benson's cover was also released on the album 20/20 in 1985.[2]
Glenn Medeiros version[edit]
"Nothing's Gonna Change My Love for You"
Single by Glenn Medeiros
from the album Glenn Medeiros
B-side
"(Instrumental)"
Released
February 1987 (US) [11]
August 17, 1987 (Australia) [12]
June 1988 (UK) [13]
Format
7" single
12" single
Recorded
1986
Length
3:46
Label
Amherst (USA)
A&M (Canada)
London (UK)
Mercury (Australia/Netherlands)
Songwriter(s)
Michael Masser
Gerry Goffin
Producer(s)
Jay Stone
Glenn Medeiros singles chronology
"Nothing's Gonna Change My Love for You"
(1987) Nothing's Gonna Change My Love for You1987 "Lonely Won't Leave Me Alone"
(1988) Lonely Won't Leave Me Alone1988
Nick Carter singles chronology
"Get Over Me"
(2015) Get Over Me2015 "Nothing's Gonna Change My Love for You"
(2016) Nothing's Gonna Change My Love for You2016 "19 in 99"
(2016) 19 in 992016
A 1987 cover version by American singer Glenn Medeiros reached number 12 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100, and topped the charts in Canada and the United Kingdom. It also topped the charts in a further four countries in Europe. Medeiros also recorded the song in Spanish under the title "Nada cambiará mi amor por ti".
Background and release[edit]
Medeiros originally released the song on a small independent label at the age of 16, after winning a local radio talent contest in Hawaii. A visiting radio executive from KZZP in Phoenix, Arizona heard the song and took the record back to Phoenix, where it became a national hit through word of mouth.
The song was featured in a late 1987 episode of the US daytime soap opera Days Of Our Lives as well as 1988 episodes of As The World Turns, The Bold And The Beautiful, and General Hospital.
In 2009, the song was used in France in a television advert for Spontex sponges.[14] The song was additionally used in a commercial for Thinkbox in the UK in 2015. During the same year the song was used in an episode of British soap opera Coronation Street, where characters Beth Tinker and Kirk Sutherland got married.
Music video[edit]
The music video features Medeiros strolling around a beach with a girl in a pink dress.[citation needed]
Track listings[edit]
7" single
"Nothing's Gonna Change My Love for You" — 3:46
"Nothing's Gonna Change My Love for You" (instrumental) — 5:11
12" single
"Nothing's Gonna Change My Love for You" (extended version) — 6:09
"Nothing's Gonna Change My Love for You" (seven inch version) — 3:46
"Nothing's Gonna Change My Love for You" (instrumental version) — 5:20
Certifications[edit]
Country
Certification
Date
Sales certified
Canada[15] Gold 9 July 1987 50,000
France[16] Gold 1988 500,000
Netherlands[17] Gold 1988 40,000
UK[18] Gold 1 August 1988 400,000
Chart performance[edit]
Weekly charts[edit]
Chart (1987–88)
Peak
position
Australia (ARIA)[19] 10
Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)[20] 12
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)[21] 2
Canada (The Record)[22] 2
Canada Top Singles (RPM)[23] 1
Canada Adult Contemporary (RPM)[24] 3
Europe (Eurochart Hot 100) 1
France (SNEP)[25] 1
Germany (Official German Charts)[26] 20
Ireland (IRMA)[27] 1
Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)[28] 1
Norway (VG-lista)[29] 2
Spain (AFYVE)[30] 1
Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)[31] 2
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[32] 8
UK Singles (Official Charts Company)[33] 1
US Billboard Hot 100[34] 12
US Adult Contemporary (Billboard)[35] 4
Year-end charts[edit]
Chart (1987)
Rank
Canada[36] 10
US Billboard Hot 100[37] 85
Chart (1988)
Rank
Australian Singles Chart[38] 36
Belgian (Flanders) Singles Chart[39] 13
Dutch Top 40[40] 2
UK [41] 6
Chart successions[edit]
Preceded by
"Boys (Summertime Love)" by Sabrina Salerno French SNEP number one single
12 March 1988 - 30 April 1988 (8 weeks) Succeeded by
"N'importe quoi" by Florent Pagny
Preceded by
"Yé ké yé ké" by Mory Kanté Eurochart Hot 100 number-one single
9 July 1988 (1 week) Succeeded by
"Dirty Diana" by Michael Jackson
Preceded by
"I Owe You Nothing" by Bros UK number one single
9 July 1988 - 31 July 1988 (4 weeks) Succeeded by
"The Only Way Is Up" by Yazz and the Plastic Population
Preceded by
"Fast Car" by Tracy Chapman Irish IRMA number one single
16 July 1988 - 30 July 1988 (3 weeks) Succeeded by
"Flight of Earls" by Paddy Reilly
Other cover versions[edit]
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Argentine singer-songwriter Sergio Denis also recorded a cover version for his album Afectos (1985), with Spanish lyrics written by Rolando J. Hernández.
David Lui (zh:呂方) sings the Cantonese version of this song as 求你講清楚 (1986).
Engelbert Humperdinck released a version on his album Remember - I Love You (1987).
The Shadows released an instrumental version on their album Steppin' to the Shadows (1989).
Irish boyband Westlife released a version on their album The Love Album (2006).
Khalil Fong covered this song on his album Timeless (2009).
Richard Clayderman released an instrumental version on his album A Little Romance (1994).
John McCook released a cover on his album John McCook Sings Bold and Beautiful Songs.
Nick Carter released a version on his album All American (2015) as a duet with Japanese singer Nissy (2016).
Oli P. also released a cover version featuring Tina Frank sung partially in English and German.
External links[edit]
Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics.
Music video 1 of this song by George Benson on YouTube.
Music video 2 of this song by George Benson on YouTube.
Page of this song by Benson at 45cat.
Page of this song by Benson at Discogs.
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The Necessary and Proper Clause, also known as the elastic clause,[1] is a clause in Article I, Section 8 of the United States Constitution that is as follows:
The Congress shall have Power ... To make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers, and all other Powers vested by this Constitution in the Government of the United States, or in any Department or Officer thereof.
Contents
1 History leading up to ratification
2 National bank
3 Landmark decision by Chief Justice Marshall
4 Later applications
5 Name of the clause
6 See also
7 References
History leading up to ratification[edit]
According to the Articles of Confederation, "each state retains its sovereignty, freedom, and independence, and every power, jurisdiction, and right, which is not by this Confederation expressly delegated" (emphasis added). Thus, the Continental Congress had no powers incidental to those which were "expressly delegated" by the Articles of Confederation.[2] By contrast, the Necessary and Proper Clause expressly confers incidental powers upon Congress, while no other clauses in the Constitution do so by themselves.[2]
The draft Necessary and Proper Clause provoked controversy during discussions of the proposed constitution, and its inclusion became a focal point of criticism for those opposed to the Constitution's ratification. While Anti-Federalists expressed concern that the clause would grant the federal government boundless power, Federalists argued that the clause would only permit execution of power already granted by the Constitution. Alexander Hamilton spoke vigorously for this second interpretation in The Federalist Papers. At this time James Madison concurred with Hamilton, arguing in Federalist No. 44 that without this clause, the constitution would be a "dead letter". At the Virginia Ratifying Convention, Patrick Henry took the opposing view, saying that the clause would lead to limitless federal power that would inevitably menace individual liberty.[3]
National bank[edit]
For several decades after the Constitution was ratified, the interpretation of the Necessary and Proper Clause continued to be a powerful bone of contention between the Democratic-Republican Party and the Federalist Party, and several other political parties in the United States. The first practical example of this contention came in 1791, when Hamilton used the clause to defend the constitutionality of the creation of the First Bank of the United States, the first federal bank in the new nation's history. Concerned that monied Northern aristocrats would take advantage of the bank to exploit the South, Madison argued that Congress lacked the constitutional authority to charter a bank. Hamilton countered that the bank was a reasonable means of carrying out powers related to taxation and the borrowing of funds, claiming the clause applied to activities reasonably related to constitutional powers, not just those that were absolutely necessary to carry out said powers. To embarrass Madison, his contrary claims from The Federalist Papers were read aloud in Congress:[4]
No axiom is more clearly established in law or in reason than wherever the end is required, the means are authorized; wherever a general power to do a thing is given, every particular power for doing it is included.
Eventually, Southern opposition to the bank and to Hamilton's plan to have the federal government assume the war debts of the states was mollified by the transfer of the nation's capital from its temporary seat in Philadelphia to a more southerly permanent seat on the Potomac, and the bill, along with the establishment of a national mint, was passed by Congress and signed by President Washington.[5]
Landmark decision by Chief Justice Marshall[edit]
This clause, as justification for the creation of a national bank, was put to the test in 1819 in the case of McCulloch v. Maryland,[6] wherein the state of Maryland had attempted to impede the operations of the Second Bank of the United States by imposing a tax on out-of-state banks, of which the Second Bank of the United States was the only one. The court ruled against Maryland, and Chief Justice John Marshall, Hamilton's longtime Federalist ally, wrote the opinion, which stated that while the Constitution did not explicitly give permission to create a federal bank, it conferred upon Congress an implied power to do so under the Necessary and Proper Clause so that Congress could realize or fulfill its express taxing and spending powers. The case reaffirmed Hamilton's view that legislation reasonably related to express powers was constitutional. Marshall wrote:
We admit, as all must admit, that the powers of the Government are limited, and that its limits are not to be transcended. But we think the sound construction of the Constitution must allow to the national legislature that discretion with respect to the means by which the powers it confers are to be carried into execution which will enable that body to perform the high duties assigned to it in the manner most beneficial to the people. Let the end be legitimate, let it be within the scope of the Constitution, and all means which are appropriate, which are plainly adapted to that end, which are not prohibited, but consistent with the letter and spirit of the Constitution, are constitutional.
The court in McCulloch v. Maryland[6] held that federal laws could be necessary without being "absolutely necessary", and noted that "The clause is placed among the powers of Congress, not among the limitations on those powers." At the same time, the court retained the power of judicial review established in Marbury v. Madison, declaring that it had the power to strike down laws that departed from those powers: "Should Congress, in the execution of its powers, adopt measures which are prohibited by the Constitution, or should Congress, under the pretext of executing its powers, pass laws for the accomplishment of objects not intrusted to the Government, it would become the painful duty of this tribunal, should a case requiring such a decision come before it, to say that such an act was not the law of the land."
As Chief Justice Marshall put it, the Necessary and Proper Clause "purport[s] to enlarge, not to diminish the powers vested in the government. It purports to be an additional power, not a restriction on those already granted."[7][8] Without this clause in the Constitution, there would have been a dispute about whether the express powers imply incidental powers, whereas this clause resolved that dispute by making the incidental powers to be expressed instead of implied.[8]
In a related case following the Civil War, the clause was employed (in combination with other enumerated powers) to give the federal government virtually complete control over currency.[9]
Later applications[edit]
The clause has been paired with the Commerce Clause to provide the constitutional basis for a wide variety of federal laws. For instance, various reforms involved in the New Deal were found to be necessary and proper enactments of the objective of regulating interstate commerce.[10]
Indeed, the influence of the Necessary and Proper Clause and its broader interpretation under McCulloch v. Maryland (1819) in American jurisprudence can be seen in cases generally thought to simply involve the Commerce Clause.
In Wickard v. Filburn (1942), the Supreme Court upheld a federal statute making it a crime for a farmer to produce more wheat than was allowed under price controls and production controls, even if the excess production was for the farmer's own personal consumption. The Necessary and Proper Clause was used to justify the regulation of production and consumption.[11]
Also, in addition to this combination of clauses being used to uphold federal laws affecting economic activity, they also were used to justify federal criminal laws.[12] For example, Congress in the Federal Kidnapping Act (1932) made it a federal crime to transport a kidnapped person across state lines, because the transportation would be an act of interstate activity over which the Congress has power. It has also provided justification for a wide range of criminal laws relating to interference with the federal government's rightful operation, including federal laws against assaulting or murdering federal employees.[citation needed]
In National Federation of Independent Business v. Sebelius (2012), the Supreme Court ruled that the individual mandate of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act cannot be upheld under the Necessary and Proper Clause. Chief Justice John Roberts wrote in his ruling that the mandate cannot "be sustained under the Necessary and Proper Clause as an integral part of the Affordable Care Act's other reforms. Each of this Court's prior cases upholding laws under that Clause involved exercises of authority derivative of, and in service to, a granted power. [...] The individual mandate, by contrast, vests Congress with the extraordinary ability to create the necessary predicate to the exercise of an enumerated power and draw within its regulatory scope those who would otherwise be outside of it. Even if the individual mandate is "necessary" to the Affordable Care Act's other reforms, such an expansion of federal power is not a "proper" means for making those reforms effective."[13]
According to its proponents, this ruling in NFIB v. Sebelius returns the Necessary and Proper clause to its original interpretation outlined by John Marshall in McCulloch v. Maryland. According to David Kopel, the clause "simply restates the background principle that Congress can exercise powers which are merely 'incidental' to Congress's enumerated powers."[14]
Name of the clause[edit]
The specific term "Necessary and Proper Clause" was coined in 1926 by Associate Justice Louis Brandeis, writing for the majority in the Supreme Court decision in Lambert v. Yellowley, 272 U.S. 581 (1926), wherein the court upheld a law restricting medicinal use of alcohol as a necessary and proper exercise of power under the 18th Amendment establishing Prohibition in the United States.
This phrase has become the label of choice for this constitutional clause, and it was universally adopted by the courts, and it received Congress's imprimatur in Title 50 of the United States Code, section 1541(b) (1994), in the purpose and policy of the War Powers Resolution.[15]
See also[edit]
McCulloch v. Maryland
United States v. Comstock
Wickard v. Filburn
Federalist No. 33
Federalist No. 44
References[edit]
Jump up ^ Gary P. Gershman (2008). The Legislative Branch of Federal Government: People, Process, and Politics. ABC-CLIO. pp. 28–. ISBN 978-1-85109-712-8.
^ Jump up to: a b Vile, John. The Constitutional Convention of 1787: A Comprehensive Encyclopedia of America's Founding, Volume 1, p. 591 (ABC-CLIO 2005).
Jump up ^ Watkins Jr., William J. (2004). Reclaiming the American Revolution.
Jump up ^ Chernow, Ron (2004). Alexander Hamilton.
Jump up ^ Allgor, Catherine (2006). A Perfect Union. McMillan.
^ Jump up to: a b "McCulloch v. Maryland 17 U. S. 316 (1819)". Justia.
Jump up ^ McCulloch v. Maryland, 17 U.S. 316, 420 (1819) quoted in Printz v. United States, 521 U.S. 898 (1997) (Stevens, J., dissenting, joined by Souter, Ginsburg & Breyer, JJ.).
^ Jump up to: a b Levy, Richard. The Power to Legislate, p. 104 (Greenwood Publishing Group 2006).
Jump up ^ Legal Tender Cases (Juilliard v. Greenman), 110 U.S. 421, 449 (1884).
Jump up ^ Gardbaum, Steven (1996). "Rethinking Constitutional Federalism".
Jump up ^ Wickard v. Filburn, 317 U.S. 111 (1942)
Jump up ^ "United States v. Comstock 560 U.S. 126 (2010)". Justia.
Jump up ^ Roberts Jr., John G. (28 June 2012). "The Supreme Court Decision on Obama's Health Care Law". The New York Times. Retrieved 1 July 2012.
Jump up ^ Kopel, David (28 June 2012). "Major limits on the Congress's powers, in an opinion worthy of John Marshall". SCOTUSblog. Retrieved 1 July 2012.
Jump up ^ "US CODE: Title 50,1541. Purpose and policy". Law.cornell.edu. Retrieved 2008-09-06.
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