Swing Out Sister - Not Gonna Change

What this video is

Released in mid-1992 as the second single from Swing Out Sister's third album 'Get in Touch with Yourself' on Fontana Records, 'Not Gonna Change' exemplifies the band's strategic pivot from their late-1980s sophisti-pop foundation toward the club-oriented, house-inflected dance-pop that dominated UK and US adult contemporary charts in the early 1990s. The track charted at No. 49 in the UK and No. 22 on the US Adult…

Why it matters

A defining artefact of early-1990s UK sophisti-pop's negotiation with club culture: 'Not Gonna Change' demonstrates how acts rooted in the mid-1980s electro-jazz-pop tradition adapted to the post-acid-house landscape by embracing dance production (including a Frankie Knuckles remix series) while…