Seasons Change

If your loved one tells you, "seasons change, feelings change," you're probably getting dumped. But according to Lewis Martineé, the Cuban-born, Miami-based creator of Exposé and the man who wrote and produced all their early tracks, it's not a breakup song. In a Songfacts interview with Martineé, he explained: "'Seasons Change' is about growing old with someone, spending your life with someone. 'Seasons change, I'll sacrifice tomorrow to have you here today.' It's about being with that person forever. That was one of my favorite songs that I've ever written."

Exposé's bailiwick was dance music; the club-banger "Point Of No Return" is what earned them a deal with Arista Records. "Seasons Change" is a ballad not typical of their sound, but it connected with a wider audience and rose to #1 on both the Hot 100 and Adult Contemporary charts. It was Clive Davis at Arista Records who pegged the song as a hit. "When I took him 'Seasons Change,' he said, 'Yeah, this is the one,'" Lewis Martineé told Songfacts. "He was basically the only one that saw that, and he was right."

Exposé swapped out their members as they were recording their debut album. The original three members, who sang on their first two singles, "Point Of No Return" and "Exposed To Love," had already recorded backing vocals for "Seasons Change" and most of the other tracks when they made their exit. It took some time to find the replacement members, and they didn't come all at once. First in was Jeanette Jurado, who recorded her lead vocal for "Seasons Change" before she was joined in the group by Gioia Bruno and Ann Curless. As a result, the song has Jurado's lead but the backing vocals of the three since-departed original members: Alejandra Lorenzo, Laurie Miller, and Sandeé Casañas.