| A |
Don't Change Your Love
Producer – Curtis Mayfield |
2:50 | ||
| B |
New Dance Craze
Producer – Clarence Burke |
3:00 |
| Title, Format | Label | Cat# | Country | Year | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Don't Change Your Love / New Dance Craze (7", Single, RE) | Radio Active Gold | RD-21 | US |
The magic drums in the very beginning of "Don't Change Of Love" by Five Stairsteps & Cubie became a standard for countless producers since then, mostly Hip Hop (if you remember hearing the beats of "Hip Hop Horay" by Naughty By Nature, you'll know what I'm talking about).
De La Soul, LL Cool J, Nice & Smooth, Chubb Rock, Big Daddy Cane, A Tribe Called Quest, Ice Cube, Saafir, House Of Pain were only some of the Hip Hop acts that sampled those intense drums from "Don't Change Your Love". Drum n' Bass genre also Honored its beats through Roni Size on "Only A Dream" and on "Titan" by Photek.
"Don't Change Your Love" romantic lyrics had all that Northern Soul essence, with very sincopated quotes ("I luv' you!... You know it too... So don’t change your way!"). The original tune was included on the compilations "Essential 60's Northern Soul Dancefloor Classics Volume 1" & "The Curtom Story".