 In addition to that, "Change the World" peaked at number four on the "Cashbox" chart and sold more than 895,000 copies by August 1997.Also, the track debuted with a "Hot Shot/Airpower" certification on the Adult Contemporary and Adult Top 40 charts.The release topped the Adult Top 40 chart, where it stayed on the charts for 38 weeks and also spent 13 weeks at number one on the adult contemporary chart, remaining on that chart for over a year and a half (81 weeks), a feat which was extraordinarily rare at the time.