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About This Track
What a Wonderful World is a song by Bob Thiele (using the pseudonym George Douglas) and George David Weiss. It was first recorded by Louis Armstrong and released as a single in 1968, and was inducted in the Grammy Hall of Fame in 1999.
Intended as an antidote for the increasingly racially and politically charged climate in the U.S. (and written specifically for Armstrong, who had broad crossover appeal), the song details the singer’s delight in the simple enjoyment of everyday life. The song also has a hopeful, optimistic tone with regard to the future, with reference to babies being born into the world and having much to look forward to. The song was not initially a hit in the United States, where it sold fewer than 1,000 copies, but was a major success in the UK, reaching number one on the UK singles chart. It was also the biggest-selling single of 1968 in the UK. The song made Louis Armstrong the oldest male to top the charts, at sixty-six years and ten months old.
Intended as an antidote for the increasingly racially and politically charged climate in the U.S. (and written specifically for Armstrong, who had broad crossover appeal), the song details the singer’s delight in the simple enjoyment of everyday life. The song also has a hopeful, optimistic tone with regard to the future, with reference to babies being born into the world and having much to look forward to. The song was not initially a hit in the United States, where it sold fewer than 1,000 copies, but was a major success in the UK, reaching number one on the UK singles chart. It was also the biggest-selling single of 1968 in the UK. The song made Louis Armstrong the oldest male to top the charts, at sixty-six years and ten months old.
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youremyfavorite wrote:
love love love.
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kamiseya wrote:
LOUIS!
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xlegone wrote:
fantastic <3
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nssworld wrote:
What's not to love in this song...sing it Satch....
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mabamar wrote:
wonderful louis
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wanderlustatul wrote:
The most beautiful song that has ever been written.
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Hearts48 wrote:
This was my dad's favorite song...............it makes me happy but sad at the same time........
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caroleona wrote:
Why does it make me sad?
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dosika66 wrote:
i tu chwila zamyślenia..utwór przepiękny śpiewany przez niezwykłego człowieka:...ujrzał piękno "Ziemi"i uczynił ... utwór ,który trwa przez pokolenia..przypomina jak Wspaniały jest ten Świat ...!!! ...oby wszyscy na tym świeci byli w pełni miłości i Pokoju.... ___________muzyka nigdy nie umiera________
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majjo01 wrote:
wonderfull der mann,schade drum,gibt es nicht wieder,aber seine musik bleibt uns
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marko19558 wrote:
przepiękny utwór jak go pobrać na komórkę
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websrfr wrote:
I like the versionof him w/ Kenny G. better.
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B-AIRLINE wrote:
HISTORY TRACK
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Rnochka wrote:
And I think to myself What a wonderful world...
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jomabbs wrote:
A Wonderful song from a Wonderful man.
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Space__Man__ wrote:
Madagascar :D
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Nochek wrote:
lOve.
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AGAPY4EVER wrote:
My song when I am gone to tell the world How wonderful it was though we suffer much today, tomorrow will always be much better
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Khloegirl1970 wrote:
:)
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carnnia wrote:
Oh, Package it up and sell it as antidepressant make the world a better place.
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