Rule the World

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“Rule the World”
“Rule the World” cover
Single by Take That
from the album Beautiful World: Tour Souvenir Edition
Released Flag of Europe October 22, 2007
Recorded 2007
Genre Pop
Length 3:58 (Radio Edit)
4:58 (Album Version)
Writer(s) Gary Barlow, Mark Owen, Howard Donald and Jason Orange
Producer Take That, John Shanks
Take That singles chronology
"Reach Out"
(2007)		 "Rule the World"
(2007)		 TBA
Alternate Covers
Promo CD cover
Promo CD cover

Rule the World is a song by British group Take That, taken from the film Stardust, released on November 19, 2007 in the UK, a download on 21 October 2007 and a CD single on 22 October, 2007.

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[edit] Song Information

Rule the World is the first song that Take That have written specifically for a film. Matthew Vaughn, the director of Stardust, contacted Take That in the hope of getting them to write a song for the film. After seeing the film the band members agreed to write and perform a song who wrote the chorus in Spain. The band played the song for Matthew Vaughn who included it in the end credits of the film. The song is featured in the film Stardust during the closing credits. Gary Barlow performs main lead vocals with a partial lead from Howard Donald.

The song is included on the soundtrack for Stardust, but not on the original release of the album Beautiful World. It was released internationally exclusively as a single in October 2007. It ended 2007 as the year's 5th biggest-selling single in the UK[1] The full length version appears exclusively on the Tour Souvenir Edition of the album "Beautiful World".

[edit] Music Video

The music video had its premiere on ITV on 22 September 2007. It features the band and various musicians appearing to record the song, including scenes from the film Stardust. The video was filmed at Abbey Road Studios.

[edit] Charts

The single jumped 44 places from 46 - 2 on the UK Singles Chart, being kept off the one spot by 2006 The X Factor winner Leona Lewis' "Bleeding Love". Despite never reaching number one, it was the 5th biggest selling single of 2007 [2] after peaking at #2 for four consecutive weeks, and after 24 weeks it is still in the Top 40.

Chart (2007) Peak
position
UK Singles Chart 2
UK Download Chart 2
UK iTunes Top 100 Singles 2
UK iTunes Pop Top 100 2
Irish Singles Chart 3
Italian Singles Chart 6
Euro Top 200 Chart 1
United World Chart 9
German Singles Chart 15
Swiss Singles Chart 25
Austrian Singles Chart 54
Dutch Singles Chart 57
Polish Singles Chart 60
Czech Republic Singles Chart [3] 74
Danish Singles Chart 32
Macedonian Singles Chart 1

[edit] Tracklistings

U.K. Promo CD Single (WORLD1)[4]
  1. Rule The World (Radio Edit) - 3:57
U.K. CD single (175 159-1[5]
  1. Rule The World (Radio Edit) - 3:57
  2. Stay Together - 3:57


[edit] Official Versions

  • Album Version (4:58)
  • Radio Edit (3:58)

[edit] References

  1. ^ BBC Music. "Top 40 Singles of the Year 2007 ". Retrieved 2007-12-27
  2. ^ BBC News (December 2007). "Winehouse and Lewis head charts".
  3. ^ Čns Ifpi
  4. ^ Addition Product Information
  5. ^ Take That Rule The World UK 5" CD SINGLE (416872)
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