Change of Heart is a Canadian alternative rock band, active from 1982 to 1997. They had one Top 40 hit, "There You Go" in 1992, as well as several hits on Canada's modern rock charts, including "Trigger" and "Little Kingdoms".

The band had a diverse, genre-defying sound, with the songs on their albums crossing from pop to hard rock to something almost akin to punk. spawned the band's only Top 40 charting single, "There You Go", which took off after a radio program director in Saskatchewan placed the song in rotation on his station. Fellow musicians also frequently praised the album; Milchem wore a Change of Heart T-shirt in Blue Rodeo's music video for "Rain Down on Me", Steven Page wore one in Barenaked Ladies' video for "Brian Wilson", and Andrew Scott wore one in Sloan's original video for "Underwhelmed".

Following the tour to support their 1994 album Tummysuckle, Borra left the band and was replaced by Rob Higgins for the band's final album, 1997's Steelteeth. but broke up soon afterward.

Blurton, the band's singer and main songwriter, went on to form the bands Blurtonia and C'mon, as well as becoming a record producer. Maiezza went on to form Cookie Duster with Brendan Canning of hHead; that band released its debut album, produced by Blurton, in 2001.

Reunion

The band's Steelteeth lineup, consisting of Blurton, Richardson, Higgins and Maiezza, reformed for a one-off show at the Horseshoe Tavern in Toronto on June 20, 2009.

A new 25 song, two-LP compilation entitled There You Go '82 - '97 has been assembled by Ian Blurton and was released on September 18, 2012 by Sonic Unyon Records. To celebrate, the band reunited for a series of reunion shows starting with the 2012 edition of the Supercrawl festival in Hamilton, Ontario on September 15.

In 2025 they released In the Wreckage, their first album of new material since Steelteeth. They supported the album's release with two shows at the Sound Garage in Toronto, their first new shows since the 2017 reunion tour.

Discography

  • 50 Ft. Up (1986)
  • Slowdance (1987)
  • Soapbox (1989)
  • Smile (1992)
  • Tummysuckle (1994)
  • Steelteeth (1997)
  • There You Go '82 - '97 (2012)
  • In the Wreckage (2025)

References

  • Change of Heart bio on answers.com
  • Change of Heart discography