"I'd Love to Change the World" is a song by the British blues rock band Ten Years After.
Written by Alvin Lee, it is the lead single from the band's 1971 album A Space in Time.
[2] The song was written and sung by Alvin Lee and features a folk-inspired chord pattern to support the melody.
It discusses the confused state of the world, covering a wide variety of societal complaints, until it finally addresses the Vietnam War.
[3] When it was released, "I'd Love to Change the World" was a staple of both FM and AM radio, a rarity for the time.