Changing Partners

"Changing Partners" is a pop song with music by Larry Coleman and lyrics by Joe Darion, published in 1953. The best-known recording was made by Patti Page. It was also recorded the same year by Dinah Shore, Kay Starr and Bing Crosby.

• The version by Patti Page was recorded on September 21, 1953 and released by Mercury Records as catalog number 70260. It started on the Billboard charts on November 21, 1953, staying on the chart for 21 weeks and reaching number three in 1954.^[1] She re-recorded the song for her 1966 album Patti Page's Greatest Hits.

• The version by Dinah Shore with Hugo Winterhalter's orchestra and chorus was recorded on October 15, 1953 and released by RCA Victor Records as catalog number 20-5515 (in USA) and by EMI on the His Master's Voice label as catalog number B 10634. The American release reached No. 12 on the Billboard charts in 1954.^[1]
• The version by Kay Starr was recorded on October 22, 1953 and released by Capitol Records as catalog number 2657. It started on the Billboard charts on December 5, 1953, staying on the chart for 9 weeks and reaching No. 13 in 1954.^[1] It also reached No. 4 in the UK in 1954.^[2]
• The version by Bing Crosby was recorded on November 14, 1953^[3] and released by Decca Records as catalog number 28969. It started on the Billboard charts on January 23, 1954, staying on the chart for 2 weeks and reaching No. 17.^[1] It reached No. 9 on the UK chart.^[4] This version was also included in Crosby's 1954 album Bing Sings the Hits.

• 1954 Pee Wee King reached number 4 on the country music charts in 1954.
• 1954 Helen Forrest - a single release for Bell Records.
• 1954 Bill Monroe and His Blue Grass Boys recorded the song for Decca (No. 29021).
• 1954 Lita Roza issued the song on a single release.
• في عام 1954، سجلت دوروثي سكوايرز الأغنية أيضاً لإصدارها كأغنية منفردة. ^{[ 5 ]}
• في عام 1954، سجلت الأخوات بيفرلي نسخة منفردة لصالح شركة فيليبس (رقم PB 231). ^{[ 6 ]}
• في عام 1961، أدرج ميكي وغريف الأغنية في ألبوم ميكي وغريف .
• يتضمن ألبوم إلفيس كوستيلو لعام 2009 ، بعنوان Secret, Profane & Sugarcane ، نسخة من هذه الأغنية لاختتام الألبوم.
• غنّت فونغ فاي فاي الأغنية باللغة الصينية الماندرينية بعنوان "舞伴淚影" (بالإنجليزية: "ظل دموع الشريك" أو مجازياً "صورة ظلية دامعة للشريك"). ^{[ 7 ]}

• بدأ الفيلم الكندي "إسحاق ليتلفيذرز" الذي صدر عام 1984 بتسجيل لأغنية " تينيسي والتز " متبوعًا بتسجيل لأغنية "تغيير الشركاء".
• كما ظهرت نسخة هيلين فورست في فيلم " ذا ماستر " الذي أخرجه بول توماس أندرسون عام 2012.