It’s another CONTEST!
But! You don’t win anything tangible! Just my undying love forever and ever.
You guys, SERIOUSLY. Please help me. I need you to inform me of every single song, phrase, quote or whatever that contains the word “world” in it. It’s for a super top secret project and I would be indebted to you forever.
FOREVER. We are the world, man.
Color My World – Chicago
Joy to the World – Three Dog Night
It’s a Man’s World – James Brown
World hold on by bob sinclair!
We are the World
We Are the World-by every half-way popular singer of the 1980′s
A Whole New World-Jasmine in Aladdin
It’s A Small, Small World-Disneyland, world, and kingdom
Everybody Wants To Rule The World
World Leader Pretend, It’s the End of the World As We Know It, Half A World Away – REM (ok, so I was listening to a LOT of REM today, I’m old.)
Does it show how lame I am that I can only think up (off the top of my head): A Whole New World from Aladdin?
Welcome to my brain…scary.
I’ll stop the world & melt with you.
It’s your world, we’re just livin’ in it.
Roam around the world.
Mad world
World shut your mouth.
Everybody wants to rule the world.
It’s a small world after all.
World keep on turning.
It’s the end of the world as we know it and I feel fine.
…and the world will live as one.
what’s going on in your world?
I’m on top of the world looking down on creation.
rock my world
joy to the world
part of your world
stop the world – i wanna get off
That I can change the world…I would be the sunlight in your universe.
a whole new world
ooh, baby baby it’s a wild world.
Okay I’m going to stop now. ;)
“Shoplifters of the World Unite” — The Smiths
“What a wonderful world”- Louie Armstrong
“A whole new world”… from Aladdin
“Wild World”- Cat Stevens or… you know… whatever he changed his name to. Which is how I often call him ‘you know, whatever he changed his name to”. Similar to “the artist formerly known as Prince”. Except you know, completely different.
Best of Both Worlds – Hannah Montana (Don’t ask how I know this)
Waiting on the World to Change – John Mayer
What a Wonderful World – Louis Armstrong
A Whole New World – Aladdin (What’s with all the kid crap?)
Every Woman in the World – Air Supply
Top of the World – The Carpenters
It’s the End of the World as We Know it – REM
do you want more?
wild world – cat steven
wonderful world – louis armstrong
what a wonderful world
we are the world
you’ve got the WHOLE world IN your hands
wild world
if I could I’d give you the world
a whole new world
it’s a small world
joy to the world
very interested!
When the World Ends – The Dave Matthews Band
Wild World – Cat Stevens
4 Minutes to Save the World – Madonna, featuring Justin Timberlake
Heal the World – Michael Jackson
It’s A Man’s Man’s Man’s World – James Brown
My World – Avril Lavigne
Change the World – Eric Clapton
She Had the World – Panic at the Disco
Me Against the World – 2Pac
All I Have In This World – Rick Ross
My World – 3 Doors Down
Women of the World – Aerosmith
All Around the World – Oasis
Any Other World – Mika
I’m not sure if my list makes me awesome or lame. Probably lame…
We didn’t start the fire… it was always burnin’, since the WORLD’S been turnin’! :)
Aimee Mann–The Fall of the World’s Own Optimist
Aimee Mann–Ghost World
Men Without Hats–Pop! Goes the World
Men Without Hats–The Real World
Morrissey–The World is Full of Crashing Bores
The Orange Peels–All the World Could Pass Me By
The Weepies–World Spins Madly On
What’s the title of the Coke tune… “I’d like to teach the world to sing… in perfect harmony. I’d like to buy the world a coke and something blah blah blah…” I don’t remember the end.
“What kind of world do you want?” Five for Fighting
Movie: It’s a mad, mad, mad, mad world
“The world is my lobster.” – Henry J Tillman
“All the world’s a stage…” Shakespeare
“Laugh and the world laughs with you; snore and you sleep alone.” – Anthony Burgess
Check here for other quotes: http://www.quotationspage.com/
World of Our Own – Westlife
Wonderful World – Sam Cooke
would you not like to be sitting on top of the world with your legs hanging free–dmb
joy to the world
part of that world (?little mermaid?)
one sweet world–dmb
Around the World – Daft Punk
World in My Eyes – Depeche Mode
David Bowie – The Man Who Sold the World
The World Has Turned (and Left Me Here) – Weezer
Ha!
Before I clicked through I thought, “We Are The World”.
Oh, the eighties.
I can’t think of any others than what was shared above. My curiosity is piqued!
Welcome to the Cruel World – Ben Harper
Eyes of the World – Grateful Dead
Rockin’ in the Free World – Neil Young
Owner of the World – Oysterhead
World of Entertainment – Jurassic 5
“Where in the world is Carmen Sandiego?”
“In the world there are only two tragedies. One is not getting what one wants, and the other is getting it.” – Oscar Wilde
Why is everyone only doing songs?
“All the world’s a stage, and the men and women merely players”
“The world is your oyster”
“Leader of the free world”
World War III
War of the Worlds
Third world nations
World of Warcraft
Walt Disney World!
NBC’s Wide World of Sports
The World Cup
The Shot Heard ‘Round the World
The world’s smallest violin
The Worldbook Encyclopedia
Aldus Huxley’s “Brave New World”
Tom Friedman’s “The World is Flat”
The World Almanac
The Guinness Book of World Records
“World” is an awfully funny-looking word when you type it so many times…
Not sure if any of these have been used before, but here’s my little list!
Around the World (La la la la La) – ATC
The World You Love – Jimmy Eat World
The Stupidest Girl in the World – Maria Carter
King of All the World – Old 97′s
The World’s Shortest Ballad – Paul Rudd
The Most Beautiful Girl in the World – Prince
Whole Wide World – Wreckless Eric
My Little Corner of the World – Yo La Tengo
Weight of the World – Alana Davis
Top of the World- All American Rejects
My World- Avril Lavigne
Worlds Keep Spinning- Brand New Heavies
The World’s Not Falling Apart- Dar Williams
New World- David Wilcox
World Needs Now- Five Star Iris
Other Side of the World- KT Tunstall
World on Fire-Sarah McLaughlin
Strange World- Sarah McLaughlin
Big Lie Small World- Sting
Until the End of the World-U2
Tryin’ to Throw Your Arms Around the World- U2
When I Look at the World- U2
This World- Zero 7
Worldly Goods
Around the World in 80 days
World Wide Web
Spice World (uh, yeah)
Miss World
World’s Greatest ….
To the world, you are one person. But, to one person, you are the world.
And – Jesus Loves the Little Children – my childhood favorite – and I would constantly ask my mother to explain to me which children were Red and Yellow.
All around the world by Lisa Stansfield
The Promise by When in Rome
“I’m sorry, but I’m just thinking of the right words to say. (I promise)
I know they don’t sound the way I planned them to be. (I promise)
And if I had to walk the world, that make you fall for me,
I promise you, I promise you I will.”
Gee, I think I’m an 80′s dork…
All Over the World- Pixies
Miss World- Hole
Blow Up the Outside World- Soundgarden
Perfect World- Talking Heads
World of Soul- James Brown
The Man Who Sold the World- David Bowie
Bad, Wicked World- Frank Black
The World at Large- Modest Mouse
Big Lie, Small World- Sting
On Top of Your World- Sahara Hotnights
One Sweet World- Dave Matthews Band
Credit in the Straight World- Hole
World War 24- Ryan Adams
All Around the World- The Jam
Cat Stevens- Wild World
“Nothing in the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity.”
- Martin Luther King, Jr.
World Wide Web (too obvious?)
World-renowned
Around the world in 80 Days
World without end
Disney World
Wayne’s World
that the world may know
man of the world
God so loved the world
war of the worlds
leader of the free world
nations of the world
worldly-wise
What good is it for a man to gain the whole world, yet lose his soul?
out of this world
light of the world
what in the world?
World Trade Center
not for the wide world (Shakespeare’s “Much Ado About Nothing” Act 4 Scene I)
world-class
all over the world
Small World- Ani DiFranco
World Clique - Deee-Lite
World Spins Madly On- The Weepies
Other Side Of The World- KT Tunstall
Drowned World/Substitute For Love- Madonna
World In My Eyes- Depeche Mode
Walk On The World- Merchants Of Venus
It’s The End Of The World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine)- R.E.M.
World on Fire- Sarah McLachlan
Me Vs. the World- The Halo Friendlies
Wito would tell you the obvious one – La la la la, la la la la – ELMO’S WORLD!!
I’ve Got the World On a String (Ol’ Blue Eyes??)
World Champions (NY GIANTS!!)
Wide World of Sports (I think I’ve got a theme going now…)
World Wrestling Foundation (WWF – is that a sport?)
Wonderful World of Disney
Does this have something to do with WORLD being WHOORL with a D??
“Where in the world is Carmen San Diego?”
“You rock my world.”
“World Peace,” quoth every Miss America finalist.
Rockin’ In the Free World – Neil Young
Change the World – Eric Clapton
Wonderful World – James Morrison
Oh, the shame of even knowing this one: Paris Hilton sings a song called “Nothing in This World”.
How ’bout Duran Duran’s Ordinary World? Or the group Jimmy Eat World? There’s Matchbox 20′s Real World, Air Supply’s Two Less Lonely People in the World, Police with Spirits in the Material World (and Madonna is a Material Girl living in a material world).
Goodness. I could keep going forever. Didn’t notice a lot of quotes with “world” so I’ll stop with William Blake’s :To see a world in a grain of sand and heaven in a wild flower. Hold infinity in the palms of your hand and eternity in an hour.”
Here’s a movie quote from “The Princess Bride”. As Buttercup prepares to kill herself by putting a knife through her chest Westley says “There’s a shortage of perfect breasts in this world. It would be a pity to damage yours.”
If I Ruled the World – N.A.S./Lauryn Hill
Movies…
“The World is Not Enough”
“The Lost World”
“Wayne’s World”
“Team America: World Police”
“A Perfect World”
TV Shows…
The Real World
Boy Meets World
Little People, Big World
World Poker Tour
A Different World
Miss World Competition
As the World Turns
World News Tonight with Peter Jennings :)
“The world is not dangerous because of those who do harm but because of those who look at it without doing anything” – Einstein
Top of the world – van halen
other side of the world- ky tunstall
doggy dogg world – snoop (yeah, I just went ‘there’)
two less lonely people in the world – air supply
separate ways (worlds aparty) – journey
the world exploded into love – bob schneider
more than anything in this world – lenny kravitz
heal the world – Michael J.
the rape of the world – tracy chapman
my world – G ‘n R
world in my eyes – depeche
world bank
world clock
world news
world atlas
The Weepies, The World Spins Madly On
Aimee Mann, The Fall of the World’s Own Optimist
Cary Brothers, Loneliest Girl in the World
Crowded House, World Where You Live
Depeche Mode, World In My Eyes
Frank Sinatra, World On a String
KT Tunstall, Other Side of the World
Regina Spektor, Come to My World
Old 97′s, King of All the World
How about:
“Standing on top of the world” by Van Halen
Lyric in song, “Woman in chains” by Tears for Fears
Wordsworth, “The world is too much with us”
Kim Addonizio (poet), “What do women want” (go to: http://www.poets.org and search for the word world — lots of poems there)
“The World Is Flat,” by Thomas Friedman
Arrested Development — my husband says during the intro track on Zingalamaduni, Speech says, “World party is officially on, brothers and sisters get your tape deck ready.”
P.S. Hope you were able to effectively complain to Wito’s caregivers…and I hope you can find a place you can trust. (Might you consider reporting the incident?) We love Montessori — we’ve found a real balance at our daughter’s school.
Put a Little Love in Your Heart–Annie Lennox (“…and the world will be a better place…”)
Today Your Love, Tomorrow the World–The Ramones
“Today Germany, tomorrow the world”–some Nazi douchebag.
Sittin on Top of the World – Amanda Marshall
The World I Know – Collective Soul
The World Turned Upside Down – Coldplay
That’s the Way of the World – Earth, Wind, and Fire
The World Is Not Enough – Garbage
Mad World – Gary Jules
Come Into My World – Kylie Minogue
Heal The World – Michael Jackson
Dried Up, Tied And Dead To The World – Marilyn Manson
Drowned World/Substitute For Love – Madonna
The Day The World Went Away – NIN
All The Love In The World – Nine Inch Nails
The Man Who Sold the World – Nirvana
Goodbye Cruel World – Pink Floyd
Worlds Collide – Plumb
Is This The World We Created – Queen
New World Man – Rush
This World – Zero 7
All Around The World – ATC
World Hold On – Bob Sinclair
Everybody Wants To Rule The World – Tears for Fears
:D
Because I am a nerd …
“No passion in the world is equal to the passion to alter someone else’s draft.” (H.G. Wells)
“Popular opinion is the greatest lie in the world.” (Thomas Carlyle)
“All the world’s a stage,
And all the men and women merely players.” (Shakespeare)
“The new electronic interdependence recreates the world in the image of a global village.” (Marshall McLuhan)
End nerdery.
7 wonders of the world
The world is your oyster
He’s got the whole world in his hands
Oh world! Oh Life! Oh Time! On whose last steps I climb ~Percy Shelley
The world is too much with us ~Wordsworth
I don’t think I’ve seen these in comments yet:
George W Bush: from drunk to world leader – Headline in Britian’s Telegraph Newspaper on 4/4/08
“All the world’s a stage, And all the men and women merely players” – Shakespeare’s As You Like It
““The world is not dangerous because of those who do harm but because of those who look at it without doing anything” – Einstein
“Don’t go around saying the world owes you a living; the world owes you nothing; it was here first” – Mark Twain
“We are what we think. All that we are arises with our thoughts. With our thoughts, we make the world.” – Buddha
“The world is a playground, and life is pushing my swing.” -Natalie Kocsis
I just love this bit of a poem:
“The world is so full of a number of things, I’m sure we should all be as happy as kings.” -Robert Louis Stevenson
The whole world – Outkast
Remembered one more:
“because the world owes me nothing, and we owe each other the world” -Ani DiFranco (joyful girl)