(I'd Go The) Whole Wide World

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"(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^[1] 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.

Contents 1 Sung by Wreckless Eric 2 Covers by other artists 3 References 4 External links

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.^[2]

[edit] Sung 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^[3]
• 2002 on Me Without You soundtrack, track 14^[4]
• 2006 on Stranger than Fiction soundtrack, track 3^[5]
• 2006 on Whole Wide World 4 England single, track 1^[6]
• Wreckless Eric singing Whole Wide World live^[7]

[edit] 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^[8]
• 1991 Die Toten Hosen on Learning English, Lesson One, track 16^[9]
• 1998 Jesse Hartman's Laptop on a single^[10]
• 2006 Will Ferrell in the movie Stranger than Fiction^{[11] [12]}
• 2006 Gemma Hayes live Vicar St, Dublin^[13]
• 2007 Amy Rigby live in UK concerts^[11]
• 2007 The Proclaimers on the Life with You album, track 11^[14]
• 2007 The Proclaimers in UK concerts^{[15] [16]}
• 2007 The Proclaimers on the Whole Wide World single, track 1

[edit] References

1. ^ (I'd Go The) Whole Wide World lyrics and info, wrecklesseric.com, accessed 2007-12-02
2. ^ Play guitar with Will Ferrell Rich Copley, Copious Notes, 2006-11-08
3. ^ Wreckless Eric - Greatest Stiffs (import) track listing, Amazon.com, accessed 2007-12-03
4. ^ Whole Wide World - Wreckless Eric allmusic.com, All Media Guide
5. ^ Stranger than Fiction (soundtrack) track listing, Amazon.com, accessed 2007-12-03
6. ^ Wreckless Eric - Whole Wide World 4 England track listing, Amazon.com, accessed 2007-12-03
7. ^ Wreckless Eric - Whole Wide World haroldturkeypants, YouTube, 2006-07-13
8. ^ Whole Wide World - The Monkees marrrthew, YouTube, posted 2007-11-11
9. ^ Die Toten Hosen - Learning English, Lesson One track listing, Amazon.com, accessed 2007-12-03
10. ^ Whole Wide World, Split Single (CD/Vinyl 7"), August 1998-UK Discography, Laptop official website, accessed 2007-12-02
11. ^ ^{a b} Wreckless Eric and Amy Rigby Prep Album, Tour Roxana Hadadi, Harp Magazine, 2007-11-19
12. ^ Stranger than Fiction - Whole Wide World, Felipebarriga, YouTube, 2007-02-20
13. ^ Gemma Hayes - Whole Wide World video dublin1996, YouTube, posted 2006-08-12
14. ^ The Proclaimers - Life With You track listing, Amazon.com, accessed 2007-12-03
15. ^ Twins play blinder to delight home crowd Barry Gordon, Scotsman.com, 2007-11-09
16. ^ (Go the) Whole Wide World with The Proclaimers news, wrecklesseric.com, 2007-10-16

• Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums, 19th, London: Guinness World Records Limited, p. 611. ISBN 1-904994-10-5. 

[edit] External links

• Whole Wide World YouTube