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What a Wonderful World

original song written and composed by George Douglas and George David Weiss; first recorded by Louis Armstrong in 1967
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Summary

What a Wonderful World is a musical work/composition[1]. It ranks in the top 0.83% of musical work composition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (6,329 views/month, #161 of 19,375).[2]

Key Facts

  • Composer: Bob Thiele[3], George David Weiss[4]
  • Genre: jazz[5]
  • Performer: Louis Armstrong[6], Samuel E. Wright[7], Israel Kamakawiwoʻole[8], Daniel O'Donnell[9], Rod Stewart[10], Christer Sjögren[11], Susan Boyle[12]
  • Part of: What a Wonderful World[13]
  • Language of work or name: English[14]
  • Publication date: 1967[15]
  • Lyricist: Bob Thiele[16], George David Weiss[17]
  • Title: What a Wonderful World[18]
  • Different from: What a Wonderful World[19]
  • Derivative work: Vilken underbar värld[20]
  • Form of creative work: song[21]

Product Details

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  • Release type: Song[22]

  • Community tags: list song[23]

  • MusicBrainz ID: e7364956-ed0f-3fba-ae9a-d85faa558629[24]

Why It Matters

What a Wonderful World has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[25] It is known by 5 alternative names across languages and contexts.[26]

Related Entities

Freaky Friday Israel Kamakawiwoʻole Louis Armstrong Rod Stewart Susan Boyle

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . ISWC Network. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . ISWC Network. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . ISWC Network. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . ISWC Network. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Product details (FDA / USDA / NHTSA public-domain catalog data)

  1. [22] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [23] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [24] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [25] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [26] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 24w ago · KrBot bot · 2026-05-02 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → —
    Language of work or name → English
    Performer → Louis Armstrong, Samuel E. Wright, Israel Kamakawiwoʻole +4
    Form of creative work → song
    + 13 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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