Songs Similar to A Change Is Gonna Come by Sam Cooke
Album: A Change Is Gonna Come · Soul & Jazz · Sad
Sam Cooke's “A Change Is Gonna Come” from the album A Change Is Gonna Come is a soul & jazz track with r&b roots that we file under sad songs. If it's the one you keep replaying, the list below collects tracks that fans of it also play.
The closest match right now is “Bring It on Home to Me” by Sam Cooke (100% match). The list also pulls in Aretha Franklin, Etta James, Marvin Gaye and Bill Withers — artists whose audiences overlap heavily with Sam Cooke's. By genre, the list is mostly r&b (12 of 20 tracks), with rock and pop mixed in. Each entry shows its genre and a match score, so you can start with the strongest matches and work outward. Every song links out to YouTube, Spotify and Amazon Music for a quick listen, and the ones marked as links have their own similar-song pages here.
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Data: Last.fm, updated 2026-10-11.
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FAQ about “A Change Is Gonna Come”
What songs are similar to A Change Is Gonna Come?
On our list, the closest matches are “Bring It on Home to Me” by Sam Cooke, “Nothing Can Change This Love” by Sam Cooke and “(Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay” by Otis Redding. All 20 songs on this page are ranked by how strongly their listeners overlap with fans of “A Change Is Gonna Come” by Sam Cooke, so the higher a song sits, the closer it is to the original's sound and audience.
Who does A Change Is Gonna Come sound like?
Based on listening data, “A Change Is Gonna Come” sits closest to Otis Redding, Aretha Franklin, Etta James and Marvin Gaye. Fans of Sam Cooke play these artists more than almost anyone else, which usually means a shared sound, era or scene. Start with their tracks in the list above if you want something in the same vein.
Is A Change Is Gonna Come Soul & Jazz?
We file “A Change Is Gonna Come” by Sam Cooke under Soul & Jazz, while music stores list its album under R&B. Genre labels are fuzzy, so the similar songs above aren't limited to one genre — they follow what listeners actually pair with the song.
How do you find similar songs to A Change Is Gonna Come?
Use the list on this page: it ranks 20 tracks by how often fans of “A Change Is Gonna Come” also listen to them. Open any song that has its own page to keep exploring, or enter another track in the similar song finder to start a new list.