(I'd Go The) Whole Wide World

(I'd Go The) Whole Wide World

Infobox Single
Name = (I'd Go The) Whole Wide World


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Artist = Wreckless Eric
Album = Wreckless Eric
B-side = "Semaphore Signals"
Released = Start date|1977 [ [http://www.wrecklesseric.com/singles.htm Discography - singles] , wrecklesseric.com, accessed 2008-08-13]
Format = 7-inch 45 rpm record
Recorded =
Genre = Pub rock, punk rock [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=33:kzfyx0tdldse Whole Wide World - Wreckless Eric] Allmusic, accessed 2008-08-13]
Length =
Label = Stiff
Writer = Eric Goulden
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Last single =
This single = Whole Wide World {1977)
Next single = Reconnez Cherie (1978)
Misc =

"(I'd Go The) Whole Wide World" is a song written by English rock and roll singer-songwriter Eric Goulden, better known as Wreckless Eric. Goulden wrote the song in May 1974 [ [http://www.wrecklesseric.com/whole_wide_world.htm (I'd Go The) Whole Wide World] lyrics and info, wrecklesseric.com, accessed 2007-12-02] while an original member of the Stiff Records label along with Ian Dury, Elvis Costello and Nick Lowe. The song became Goulden's greatest hit.

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The song is a simple one for beginning guitar players to learn. Instead of the three chords of most pop songs, it contains only guitar chords E and A. The verses are in a steady 4/4 time with the only difference being a more spirited strum during the chorus. [ [http://copiousnotes.typepad.com/weblog/2006/11/play_guitar_wit.html Play guitar with Will Ferrell] Rich Copley (critic for the "Lexington Herald-Leader"), Copious Notes, 2006-11-08]

ung by Wreckless Eric

*1978 on the self-titled "Wreckless Eric" album, track 6
*1979 on "That Summer" movie soundtrack
*2001 on "Greatest Stiffs" album, track 1 [ [http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00005A122 Wreckless Eric - Greatest Stiffs (import)] track listing, Amazon.com, accessed 2007-12-03]
*2002 on "Me Without You" soundtrack, track 14
*2006 on "Stranger than Fiction" soundtrack, track 3 [ [http://www.amazon.com/dp/B000IONLB8 Stranger than Fiction (soundtrack)] track listing, Amazon.com, accessed 2007-12-03]
*2006 on "Whole Wide World 4 England" single, track 1 [ [http://www.amazon.com/dp/B000FQ5DVK Wreckless Eric - Whole Wide World 4 England] track listing, Amazon.com, accessed 2007-12-03]
*Wreckless Eric singing Whole Wide World live [ [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DSjwl8lHEVE&feature=related Wreckless Eric - Whole Wide World] haroldturkeypants, YouTube, 2006-07-13]

Covers by other artists

*1978 Finnish rock band Eppu Normaali had the song translated to Finnish (Nuori Poika, meaning Young Boy) as a B-side of their single "Jee Jee"
*1987 The Monkees on their Pool It! reunion album [ [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E6pmuA4d2cQ Whole Wide World - The Monkees] marrrthew, YouTube, posted 2007-11-11]
*1991 Die Toten Hosen on "Learning English, Lesson One", track 16 [ [http://www.amazon.com/dp/B000002J2W Die Toten Hosen - Learning English, Lesson One] track listing, Amazon.com, accessed 2007-12-03]
*1998 Jesse Hartman's Laptop on a single [ [http://www.laptopic.com/main_pages/disco.html Whole Wide World, Split Single (CD/Vinyl 7"), August 1998-UK] Discography, Laptop official website, accessed 2007-12-02]
*2006 Will Ferrell in the movie "Stranger than Fiction" [http://www.harpmagazine.com/news/detail.cfm?article=11935 Wreckless Eric and Amy Rigby Prep Album, Tour] Roxana Hadadi, Harp Magazine, 2007-11-19] [ [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aXAKEeYmUus&feature=related Stranger than Fiction - Whole Wide World] , Felipebarriga, YouTube, 2007-02-20]
*2006 Gemma Hayes live Vicar St, Dublin [ [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0UFALXK9gtM Gemma Hayes - Whole Wide World video] dublin1996, YouTube, posted 2006-08-12]
*2007 Amy Rigby live in UK concerts
*2007 The Proclaimers on the Life with You album, track 11 [ [http://www.amazon.com/dp/B000S9UA3K The Proclaimers - Life With You] track listing, Amazon.com, accessed 2007-12-03]
*2007 The Proclaimers in UK concerts [ [http://living.scotsman.com/index.cfm?id=1781752007 Twins play blinder to delight home crowd] Barry Gordon, Scotsman.com, 2007-11-09] [ [http://www.wrecklesseric.com/news.htm (Go the) Whole Wide World with The Proclaimers] news, wrecklesseric.com, 2007-10-16]
*2007 The Proclaimers on the Whole Wide World single, track 1

References

Specific references:General references:
*cite book | title= British Hit Singles & Albums
first= David | last= Roberts
year= 2006 | location= London
edition= 19th | publisher= Guinness World Records Limited
pages= p. 611
id= ISBN 1-904994-10-5

External links

* [http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=wreckless+eric+whole+wide+world Whole Wide World] YouTube


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