Wonderful World

Album: Progressed (2011)
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Songfacts®:

  • This song is a collaboration between Take That group members Gary Barlow and Mark Owen with producer Stuart Price. Said Barlow on his his official website: "This song is a Mark Owen special. I left him with the backing track over night and he arrived with pretty much the finished thing! Beautifully simple and hypnotic. The vocals were also a lot of fun to do on this track. Thanks to Stuart Price for the ever so '80s half time drum pattern."
  • The phrase "wonderful world" has cropped up on a number of occasions in song titles, including ones made famous by Sam Cooke and Louis Armstrong.

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