World of Our Own (song)

"World of Our Own" is a song by Irish boy band Westlife. It was released on 18 February 2002 as the second single from their third studio album of the same name (2001). The song peaked at number one on the UK Singles Chart,[1] becoming their 10th number one single - making them a part of a small group of artists in British chart history to achieve this feat. Also, they made history by being the fastest music act to achieve ten number ones in the UK Singles Chart (2 years and 10 months or 149 weeks) – more than 3 months quicker than the Beatles (165 weeks). The song's popularity peaked when it was featured in the children's feature film, You Wish!.[2]

For the Westlife album, see World of Our Own.
"World of Our Own"
Single by Westlife
from the album World of Our Own
Released18 February 2002
RecordedRokstone Studios, London
2001
GenrePop
Length3:30
LabelSony BMG
Songwriter(s)Steve Mac, Wayne Hector, Dennis Morgan, Simon Climie
Producer(s)Steve Mac
Westlife singles chronology
"Queen of My Heart"
(2001)		 "World of Our Own"
(2002)		 "Bop Bop Baby"
(2002)
"World of Our Own CD2"
Music video
"World of Our Own" on YouTube
Music video
"World of Our Own (US Version)" on YouTube

"World of Our Own" was the 40th best selling single of 2002 in the UK, and received a Gold sales certification in the UK for over 200,000 copies sold.[3] It is the band's fourth most streamed song, and twelfth best selling single of all-time on both paid-for and combined sales categories in the United Kingdom as of January 2019.[4][5] While it is their second most streamed song of all time from their home country, the Republic of Ireland, with 579 thousand streams as of 2 April 2019.

Critical reception

Chuck Taylor from Billboard called it "a definitive pop song", praising its "joyfully catchy chorus, itchy train-track-clacking beat, velvet harmonies" and Shane Filan's "glossy, emotive vocals", concluding that "Westlife deserves it shot in America, and this is the perfect song with which to take aim."[6]

Music video

The video of this song was directed by Cameron Casey[7] and it was Rat Pack styled. The band members are dressed up as gangsters and they enter in an American Hummer. Until the first chorus, the band members sing beneath a bridge. Then, they go to the balcony of a futuristic building then on a deserted bridge. As they sing, the darkness lifts and the sun shines making everybody (the people) happy. The song ends with the scene shifting from the top of the roof of yet another futuristic building to back under the bridge from where the song initiated.[8]

There is a video for the U.S. version as well, which is a bit mature from the band's earlier innocent-type videos and it was directed by Antti Jokinen. The video features the band singing in an abandoned building with broken walls and surrounded by shrubbery. The video occasionally cuts to various couples kissing and necking each other while the band continue to sing in the building equipped with mics and seating on sofas. The video also shows the boys having fun at a party lit by candles, drinking beer and flirting with girls. The video ends in the same fashion it begins: by zooming out of the building.[9]

Another video features the group members recording the song in a studio.[10]

Tours performed at

Track listing
UK CD1
  1. "World of Our Own" (Single Remix) - 3:28
  2. "Crying Girl" - 3:39
  3. "Angel" (Single Remix) - 4:22
  4. "World of Our Own" (Video) - 3:28
UK CD2
  1. "World of Our Own" (Single Remix) - 3:28
  2. "I Promise You That" - 3:35
  3. "Angel" (Video) - 4:22
UK VHS Video Single
  1. "World of Our Own" (Video) - 3:28
  2. "Angel" (Video) - 4:22
  3. "Behind the Scenes Footage"
  4. "Band Messages"
Japanese E.P.
  1. "World of Our Own" (Single Remix) - 3:28
  2. "Queen of My Heart" (Radio Edit) - 4:20
  3. "Crying Girl" - 3:39
  4. "I Promise You That" - 3:35
  5. "Uptown Girl" (Radio Edit) - 3:06
  6. "My Love" (Radio Edit) - 3:52
  7. "Against All Odds" (featuring Mariah Carey) - 3:21
  8. "En Ti Deje Mi Amor" (Single Remix) - 3:29
  9. "Con Lo Bien Que Te Ves" (Single Remix) - 3:52
  10. "World of Our Own" (U.S. Remix) - 3:29

Credits and personnel
Recording[11]
  • Recorded at Rokstone Studios, London
Personnel[11]
  • Steve Mac – songwriter, producer, arranger, mixing, piano, keyboards
  • Wayne Hector – songwriter, additional backing vocals
  • Chris Laws – engineer, drums
  • Matt Howe – engineer
  • Daniel Pursey – assistant engineer
  • Quentin Guine – assistant engineer
  • Philipe Rose – assistant engineer

Charts

Certifications and sales
Region CertificationCertified units/sales
United Kingdom (BPI)[37] Gold 400,000

Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

Release history
Country Release date
United Kingdom 18 February 2002
United States May 14, 2002

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