What a Wonderful World

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"What a Wonderful World" is a classic 1967 jazz and pop ballad, best known for Louis Armstrong’s warm, gravelly vocals and its optimistic reflection on the beauty of everyday life.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf single ⓘ
song ⓘ
associatedEra 1960s ⓘ
associatedWithArtist Louis Armstrong ⓘ
chartPositionUKSingles 1 ⓘ
chartPositionUSBillboardHot100 32 ⓘ
composer Bob Thiele ⓘ
George David Weiss ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
featuredInFilm Good Morning, Vietnam ⓘ
firstChartSuccessRegion United Kingdom ⓘ
genre ballad ⓘ
jazz ⓘ
traditional pop ⓘ
hasCoverVersionBy Eva Cassidy ⓘ
Israel Kamakawiwoʻole ⓘ
Joey Ramone ⓘ
Rod Stewart ⓘ
Tony Bennett ⓘ
hasCulturalStatus jazz standard ⓘ
pop standard ⓘ
standard ⓘ
hasLyricsTheme appreciation of everyday life ⓘ
beauty of nature ⓘ
love ⓘ
optimism ⓘ
peace ⓘ
hasMood reflective ⓘ
uplifting ⓘ
includedOnAlbum What a Wonderful World self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: What a Wonderful World (Louis Armstrong album)
key F major ⓘ
language English ⓘ
length 2:21 ⓘ
lyricist George David Weiss ⓘ
notableLine And I think to myself, what a wonderful world ⓘ
I see trees of green, red roses too ⓘ
originalArtist Louis Armstrong ⓘ
performer Louis Armstrong ⓘ
producer Bob Thiele ⓘ
recordedBy Louis Armstrong ⓘ
recordingDate 1967-08-16 ⓘ
recordLabel ABC Records ⓘ
reissueChartSuccess 1988 ⓘ
releaseDate 1967-09-01 ⓘ
releaseYear 1967 ⓘ
subjectOf numerous film and television soundtracks ⓘ
tempo slow ⓘ
vocalist Louis Armstrong ⓘ
vocalStyle gravelly voice ⓘ

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Louis Armstrong → notableWork → What a Wonderful World ⓘ
Grammy Hall of Fame Award → hasNotableRecording → What a Wonderful World ⓘ
this entity surface form: "What a Wonderful World"
Pops → notableWork → What a Wonderful World ⓘ
subject surface form: Louis Armstrong
What a Wonderful World → includedOnAlbum → What a Wonderful World self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: What a Wonderful World (Louis Armstrong album)
Satch → notableWork → What a Wonderful World ⓘ
subject surface form: Louis Armstrong
Louis → notableWork → What a Wonderful World ⓘ
subject surface form: Louis Armstrong
Bob Thiele → notableWork → What a Wonderful World ⓘ
Bob Thiele → coWrote → What a Wonderful World ⓘ
Bob Thiele → wroteLyricsFor → What a Wonderful World ⓘ
Bob Thiele → notableSongwritingCredit → What a Wonderful World ⓘ
Don’t Worry About Me → hasTrack → What a Wonderful World ⓘ
Don’t Worry About Me → coverSong → What a Wonderful World ⓘ
Don’t Worry About Me → notableTrack → What a Wonderful World ⓘ
George David Weiss → notableWork → What a Wonderful World ⓘ
George David Weiss → coWrote → What a Wonderful World ⓘ
Art Garfunkel → notableSong → What a Wonderful World ⓘ
this entity surface form: (What a) Wonderful World
Towering Song Award → notableRecipientWork → What a Wonderful World ⓘ
this entity surface form: “What a Wonderful World”