who originally wrote a change is gonna come
Edit this wiki. A Change Is Gonna Come is a 1964 single by R&B singer-songwriter Sam Cooke, written and first recorded in 1963 and released under the RCA Victor label shortly after his death in late 1964.hough Cooke recognized it's been a long/a long time coming, the song states that change is inevitable. A similar sentiment was echoed by Dylan in The Times They Are a-Changin', written and released after A Change Is Gonna Come..