Whole Wide World
Wreckless Eric
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When I was a young boy My mama said to me "There's only one girl in the world for you And she probably lives in Tahiti." I'd go the whole wide world Go the whole wide world just to find her Or maybe she's in the Bahamas Where the Caribean Sea is blue Weeping in the tropical moonlit night Because nobody's talking about you I'd go the whole wide world Go the whole wide world just to find her I'd go the whole wide world Go the whole wide world To find out where they hide her I'd go the whole wide world Go the whole wide world just to find her Why am I hanging around in the rain right here Trying to pick up a girl Why are my eyes Filling up with these lonely tears When there's girls all over the world Is she lying on a tropical beach somewhere Underneath a tropical sun Pining a way in a heat wave there Hoping that I won't be long I should be lying on that sun swept beach with her Caressing her warm, brown skin And then in a year or maybe not quite We'll be sharing the same next of kin I'd go the whole wide world Go the whole wide world just to find her. I'd go the whole wide world Go the whole wide world To find out where they hide her I'd go the whole wide world Go the whole wide world just to find her I'd go the whole wide world Go the whole wide world To find out where they hide her Yeah! Whole wide world Whole wide world
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Written by: Eric Frank Goulden
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10 facts about this song
Song Origin"Whole Wide World" is originally a song by Wreckless Eric, an English rock and new wave singer-songographer. His version was released in 1977.
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Cover VersionAmerican rock band, Cage the Elephant released their cover version of "Whole Wide World" in 2017.
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Lyric InspirationThe lyrics of the original song were allegedly inspired by a phrase that Wreckless Eric’s manager said to him about finding the right woman, stating "you’ll find her in the whole wide world“.
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Wreckless Eric’s VersionEric wrote the song in 1974, and it was his first ever composed song which was finally released in 1977 on Stiff Records, which made him one of the earliest artists of the British punk and new wave scene.
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Movie AppearanceBefore Cage the Elephant's cover version, the song gained popularity in 2006 after it was featured in Will Ferrell's movie "Stranger Than Fiction,"
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Cage the Elephant VersionThe band transformed this rather simple and raw punk song into a vigorous, modern-sounding rock song, thereby placing the song into a new context and making it accessible to a young audience.
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AcclaimDespite the song not being one of Wreckless Eric's mainstream successes during its initial release, it has been celebrated in recent years. Mojo Magazine included the song in their list of the best punk rock singles of all time in 2001.
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Album InclusionCage the Elephant's version of "Whole Wide World" is included in their album "Unpeeled," which primarily contains live, acoustic versions of their previous songs, along with a few covers.
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Unrequited LoveThe lyrics of the song create a picture of unrequited love, expressing how the protagonist is ready to search the entire world for the love of his life.
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Not a Commercial HitInterestingly, while being one of the most recognized songs of Wreckless Eric and a popular choice for cover versions, the song was never hit on the music charts during its initial release.
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