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Bruce Hornsby and The Range

The Way It Is

1986 · via 2Pac

Bruce Hornsby wrote “The Way It Is”; Bruce Hornsby and The Range put out the earliest release of it on file, in 1986. Also recorded by Goose (released 2018) and 100% (released 1996), among 74 recordings of this work on MusicBrainz. 2Pac’s “Changes” (1998) samples it, per MusicBrainz.

Bruce Hornsby and The Range – The Way It Is
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Play the 1986 record first, then put "Changes" back on. The part you thought was all 2Pac turns out to belong to Bruce Hornsby and The Range.

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Credited writer: Bruce Hornsby.

Earliest release on file: this one, 1986.

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2Pac’s “Changes” (1998) samples it, per MusicBrainz.

Other recordings on file · first release year

74 recordings of this work on MusicBrainz.

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2Pac's "Changes" samples an earlier song, "The Way It Is," and carries its writing credit. Who first recorded "The Way It Is"?Bruce Hornsby and The Range
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