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"Oh What a World"
Single by Rufus Wainwright
from the album Want One
ReleasedNovember 8, 2004 (2004-11-08) (UK)
GenreBaroque pop
Length4:23[1]
LabelDreamWorks
Songwriter(s)Rufus Wainwright
Producer(s)Marius de Vries
Rufus Wainwright singles chronology
"I Don't Know What It Is"
(2004) 		"Oh What a World"
(2004) 		"The One You Love"
(2005)

"Oh What a World" is a song written and performed by Canadian-American singer-songwriter Rufus Wainwright. It was released as the second single from Wainwright's third studio album, Want One (2003), released digitally via iTunes and 7digital in the United Kingdom on November 8, 2004.[2] Promotional copies were also distributed to radio stations in an attempt to increase awareness of the song and album. The song includes several arrangements from Maurice Ravel's Boléro.

"Oh What a World" also appears on Rufus Wainwright: Live at the Fillmore, the bonus DVD that accompanies Want Two (2004),[3] the repackaged double album released in the UK simply titled Want,[4] and the 2005 compilation album Acoustic 05.[5]

The song contains an interpolation of Maurice Ravel's Boléro, which premiered in 1928.[6]

Track listing

UK digital single
  1. "Oh What a World"
UK promotional CD
  1. "Oh What a World" (album version)
  2. "Oh What a World" (radio edit)

Personnel

Annie Whitehead

Television performances

Live performances

References

  1. ^ Johnson, Zac. "Want One". Allmusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved December 27, 2011.
  2. ^ "7digital – Oh What a World". 7digital.com. Archived from the original on February 18, 2009. Retrieved November 12, 2008.
  3. ^ Collar, Matt. "Want Two". Allmusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved December 27, 2011.
  4. ^ "Want". Allmusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved December 27, 2011.
  5. ^ "Acoustic, Vol. 5". Allmusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved December 27, 2011.
  6. ^ "Rufus Wainwright: Oh What A World". Universal Music. Retrieved 3 January 2014.
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