Changa (album)

2017 studio album by Pnau

Changa

Studio album by

Pnau

Released| 10 November 2017
Length| 44:25
Label| etcetc
Producer| Pnau
Pnau chronology
| Good Morning to the Night
(2012)  | Changa
(2017)  | Hyperbolic
(2024)

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Singles from  Changa

1. "Chameleon"
Released: 4 November 2016
2. "Go Bang"
Released: 27 October 2017
3. "Changa"
Released: 11 May 2018[1]

Changa is the fifth studio album by Australian electronic trio Pnau. It was released on 10 November 2017 by the independent label etcetc.[2] It follows their 2012 remix album in collaboration with Elton John, Good Morning to the Night,[3] and is their first studio album since Soft Universe (2011).[4] It is also their first album as a trio, with vocalist and co-founder Nick Littlemore's brother Sam Littlemore joining in 2016.[5]

The album was preceded by the lead single "Chameleon" in November 2016,[5] which reached number four on the ARIA Singles Chart,[6] and number 11 on the Triple J Hottest 100, 2016.[7] It features vocals by Kira Divine.[4] It has received over 85 million streams on Spotify and been certified double platinum by the Australian Recording Industry Association.[8] On 25 August, Pnau released three more tracks in promotion of the album: "Into the Sky", "Young Melody" featuring Vera Blue, and "Control Your Body",[2] with "Into the Sky" debuting on Triple J.[9] Divine also lent vocals to "Control Your Body".[4] "Into the Sky" was accompanied by a video of Nick Littlemore as a floating head set against psychedelic visuals.[4] "Go Bang" was released as a single on 27 October.[10]

In the lead-up to the album's release, the trio embarked on an Australian tour,[8] performing at the Listen Out festival in Sydney on 30 September, and at the Adelaide dance event Oh Yes.[9]

At the ARIA Music Awards of 2018, Changa was nominated for Album of the Year.[11]

## Music and themes

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Upon its release, Mixmag compared "Young Melody" to the "smooth lounge vibes of PNAU's sublime debut LP Sambanova".[3] Pnau said of "Into the Sky": "It is a song that wrote itself. We like to think that it captures the ambition, angst and ambivalence we held as teenagers."[2] Nick Littlemore commented that the trio had been influenced by Happy Mondays for the song.[4] Al Newstead of ABC called "Into the Sky" a "fuzzy, distorted drum heavy track that [...] tak[es] inspiration from the 'Madchester' '90s dance scene".[4] He also labeled "Young Melody" a "blissful dance" track, and noted the "4am rave vibes" of "Control Your Body".[4] Amnplify described "Control Your Body" as having "enigmatic instrumentation and vocals before settling into a deep rhythmic groove – a true acid workout and a nostalgic homage to the bands [sic] formative rave days".[12]

"Chameleon" was additionally called a "festival favourite and dance floor anthem".[12]

## Album title

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The album is named after Changa, the DMT-infused smokeable form of ayahuasca.[3]

## Track listing

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No.| Title| Writer(s)| Producer(s)| Length

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1.| "Save Disco" (with The Two Leaves)|

* Nick Littlemore
* Peter Mayes
* Theo Hutchcraft
* Sam Littlemore
* Shakira Marshall

| Pnau| 3:54
2.| "Chameleon"|

* N. Littlemore
* Mayes
* S. Littlemore

| Pnau| 3:18
3.| "Go Bang"|

* N. Littlemore
* Mayes
* S. Littlemore
* Luke Steele

| Pnau| 3:09
4.| "Changa"|

* N. Littlemore
* Mayes
* S. Littlemore

| Pnau| 3:25
5.| "In My Head"|

* N. Littlemore
* Mayes
* S. Littlemore

| Pnau| 3:07
6.| "Into the Sky"|

* N. Littlemore
* Mayes
* S. Littlemore

| Pnau| 2:57
7.| "Please Forgive Me"|

* N. Littlemore
* Mayes
* S. Littlemore

| Pnau| 3:02
8.| "Young Melody" (featuring Vera Blue)|

* N. Littlemore
* Mayes
* Tim Lefebvre
* Celia Pavey
* S. Littlemore

| Pnau| 3:41
9.| "Nothing in the World"|

* N. Littlemore
* Mayes
* S. Littlemore

| Pnau| 3:12
10.| "Control Your Body"|

* N. Littlemore
* Mayes
* S. Littlemore

| Pnau| 4:06
11.| "La Grenouille"|

* N. Littlemore
* Mayes
* S. Littlemore

| Pnau| 4:52
12.| "Changes" (vs. Faul & Wad Ad)|

* N. Littlemore
* Mayes
* S. Littlemore

| Faul & Wad Ad| 5:42
Total length:| 44:25

2018 tour edition bonus tracks[13]No.| Title| Writer(s)| Length

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12.| "Embrace"|

* N. Littlemore
* Mayes
* S. Littlemore
* P. Brown

| 5:29
13.| "Wild Strawberries"|

* N. Littlemore
* Mayes
* S. Littlemore

| 3:55
14.| "Baby"|

* N. Littlemore
* Mayes
* S. Littlemore

| 2:45
15.| "No More Violence"|

* N. Littlemore
* Mayes
* S. Littlemore
* K. Moyes

| 4:54
16.| "With You Forever"|

* N. Littlemore
* Mayes
* S. Littlemore
* Luke Steele

| 3:34
17.| "Come Together"|

* N. Littlemore
* Mayes
* S. Littlemore
* M. Di Francesco

| 5:01
Total length:| 64:20

Notes

* Tracks 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 9 and 10 feature vocals by Kira Divine.
* The bonus tracks from the 2018 tour edition came from their previous album Pnau.

## Charts

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Chart performance for Changa Chart (2017)  | Peak
position

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Australian Albums (ARIA)[14] | 11
Australian Dance Albums (ARIA)[15] | 1
New Zealand Heatseeker Albums (RMNZ)[16] | 5

## References

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1. ^ "Changa – EP by PNAU on iTunes". iTunes Store (AU). 11 May 2018. Retrieved 10 June 2018.
2. ^ a b c Williams, Tom (25 August 2017). "Pnau Just Dropped Three New Songs From Their New Album 'Changa'". Music Feeds. Retrieved 16 September 2017.
3. ^ a b c Carbines, Scott (25 August 2017). "PNAU embrace 'Changa' on new album". Mixmag. Retrieved 16 September 2017.
4. ^ a b c d e f g Newstead, Ad (25 August 2017). "First listen: PNAU announce new album with Madchester raver 'Into The Sky'". Triple J. Retrieved 16 September 2017.
5. ^ a b Cashmere, Paul (4 November 2016). "PNAU Premiere First Song In Four Years 'Chameleon'". Noise11. Retrieved 16 September 2017.
6. ^ "australian-charts.com – Pnau – Chameleon". Hung Medien. Retrieved 16 September 2017.
7. ^ "1–100 | Hottest 100 2016 | triple j". ABC. 11 November 2016. Retrieved 16 September 2017.
8. ^ a b Pezeshki, Ariana (11 September 2017). "PNAU Announce Upcoming Australian Tour & Album Release". MTV. Archived from the original on 16 September 2017. Retrieved 16 September 2017.
9. ^ a b Lefevre, Jules (25 August 2017). "Pnau just dropped the new music you've been waiting for". Junkee. Archived from the original on 30 August 2017. Retrieved 16 September 2017.
10. ^ "Go Bang – Single by PNAU". iTunes Store (AU). Archived from the original on 9 November 2017. Retrieved 10 November 2017.
11. ^ Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) (28 November 2018). "And the ARIA Award Goes To..." Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA). Retrieved 28 November 2018.
12. ^ a b "PNAU Share Three New Tracks + Announce Fifth Studio Album 'CHANGA'". Amnplify. 4 September 2017. Retrieved 16 September 2017.
13. ^ "Changa (2018 Tour Edition) by Pnau on Apple Music". iTunes Store (AU). 6 July 2018. Retrieved 6 May 2019.
14. ^ "Australiancharts.com – Pnau – Changa". Hung Medien. Retrieved 18 November 2017.
15. ^ "ARIA Dance – Week Commencing 20th November 2017" (PDF). ARIA Charts (1447): 17. 20 November 2017. Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 November 2017. Retrieved 19 March 2017.
16. ^ "NZ Heatseeker Albums Chart". Recorded Music NZ. 20 November 2017. Retrieved 17 November 2017.

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Pnau

* Nick Littlemore
* Sam Littlemore
* Peter Mayes

Studio albums|

* Sambanova
* Again
* Pnau
* Soft Universe
* Changa
* Hyperbolic

Remix albums|

* Good Morning to the Night (with Elton John)

Singles|

* "Follow Me"
* "Baby"
* "Embrace"
* "Good Morning to the Night"
* "Sad"
* "Changes"
* "Chameleon"
* "Go Bang"
* "Changa"
* "Solid Gold"
* "River"
* "Stranger Love"
* "You Know What I Need"
* "The Hard Way"
* "Stars"
* "AEIOU"

Related articles|

* Luke Steele
* Empire of the Sun
* "Cold Heart" (Pnau remix)

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