Synopsis

Several official videos were made for "A Change Would Do You Good." In the black-and-white version, Crow performs guitar in the middle of a New York street while another version of herself throws belongings, and eventually herself, from an apartment window. The more elaborate version presents Crow as a whimsical, Bewitched-style figure who magically swaps the lives of various people, including a cab driver and a teenage garage-band singer. A separate edit uses footage from a VH1 live performance.

Factoids & Trivia

• The black-and-white video was filmed on Gay Street in Greenwich Village, Manhattan.

• The song received multiple narrative treatments rather than one definitive promotional video. The alternate productions are commonly identified as Version 1 and Version 2.

• The second version features appearances by Ellen DeGeneres, Andy Dick, Molly Shannon, Jeff Garlin, Heather Matarazzo, Mary Lynn Rajskub and Toby Huss.

• The magical premise of the second video was built around Crow changing places with other people, echoing the reality-bending comedy of the television series "Bewitched."

• Viewers and television critics objected to the amount of spoken dialogue and sound effects interrupting the song. The video was later re-edited with less dialogue.

• The black-and-white version was included on "The Very Best of Sheryl Crow: The Videos," released on DVD in 2004.

• The alternate version was later included on the compilation "Michel Gondry 2: More Videos (Before and After DVD 1)."