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.
Sheryl
April 9, 2008 at 4:05 am7 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
ikate
April 9, 2008 at 4:41 amI 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
Julia
April 9, 2008 at 5:23 amI 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
K
April 9, 2008 at 5:25 amThe whole world – Outkast
Julia
April 9, 2008 at 5:34 amRemembered one more:
“because the world owes me nothing, and we owe each other the world” -Ani DiFranco (joyful girl)
Brittany
April 9, 2008 at 5:35 amAround the World in a Day – Prince
The Most Beautiful Girl in the World – Prince
Katie
April 9, 2008 at 5:52 amSome of these only mention the world ‘world’ once or twice, I hope that’s okay.
Songs:
Heal the World by Michael Jackson
Beautiful World by Colin Hay
Don’t Panic by Coldplay
Wordplay by Jason Mraz
American Girl by Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
3×5 by John Mayer
No Such Thing by John Mayer
Quotes:
“As long as the world is turning and spinning, we’re gonna be dizzy and we’re gonna make mistakes.” -Mel Brooks
“The world breaks us all. Afterward, some are stronger at the broken places.” -Ernest Hemingway
wwcutie
April 9, 2008 at 5:56 amThese are popping up from my late-nineties suburban teenager consciousness, which is hilariously embarassing:
Top of the World — Brandy (featuring Mase)
The Whole World Looking At Me — Busta Rhymes
Veronique
April 9, 2008 at 5:56 ammatthew good – lullaby for a new world order
rufus wainwright – oh what a world
dave matthews band – when the world ends
moby – in this world
daft punk – around the world
m.i.a. – world town
telefon tel aviv – at the edge of the world you will still float
courtney
April 9, 2008 at 6:13 am“What do you want to do tonight, Brain?” “Same thing we do every night, Pinky. Try to take over the world.”
heatherfeather
April 9, 2008 at 6:14 amWorld Falls – Indigo Girls
All Around the World (Myth of Fingerprints) – Paul Simon
New World – David Wilcox
World Full of Nothing – Depeche Mode
I Wonder What Would Happen to this World – Harry Chapin
The World’s Green Laughter – The B-52s
Looking at the World from the Bottom of a Well – Mike Doughty
Top of the World – Patty Griffin
The Oldest Baby in the World – John Prine
The Other Side of the World – John Prine
The World’s Address – They Might Be Giants
World Before Columbus – Suzanne Vega
Political World – Bob Dylan
World – New Order
Whole Other World – Christine Kane
World of Gold – Michael Tiernan
Everybody Wants to Rule the World – Tears for Fears
Mad World – Tears for Fears
We Can Change the World – Chicago
The World’s Not Falling Apart – Dar Williams
Can’t Stop the World – The Go-Gos
Sundrenched World – Joshua Radin
The World I Know – Collective Soul
If you need more, I’ll start combing song lyrics when I’m at home!
Jen
April 9, 2008 at 6:31 amWay of the World – Tina Turner
Everybody Wants to Rule the World – Tears for Fears
jonniker
April 9, 2008 at 6:54 amRegina Spektor “Hotel” lyrics: “Come into my world I’ve got to show show show you/come into my bed I’ve got to know know know you”
Erasure (shut up) also has a song called “Weight of the World”
Peter Gabriel’s “Secret World” is one of the best songs ever, as well.
And Five for Fighting has a song called simply, “World”
This is a bit of a broad brush you’re painting with here.
Linda
April 9, 2008 at 7:03 amDepeche Mode – World in My Eyes
New Order – World in Motion
The Police – When the World is Running Down, You Make the Best of What’s Still Around
jonniker
April 9, 2008 at 7:07 amAnd New Order’s “World in Motion” which was England’s official song for the 1990 World Cup. If you’re looking for a super-extra dose of world all over the place.
Extra added bonus: it always makes me wish I were English and, perhaps even stranger, a soccer fan.
“We’re playing for England (in-ger-land!)! We’re playing the song! We’re playing for ENGLAND (in-ger-land!) Arrivederci it’s one on one!”