The New Seekers

Songtekst

I'd like to build the world a home
And furnish it with love
Grow apple trees and honey bees
And snow-white turtle doves

I'd like to teach the world to sing
In perfect harmony
I'd like to hold it in my arms
And keep it company

I'd like to see the world for once
All standing hand in hand
And hear them echo through the hills
Ah, peace throughout the land

(That's the song I hear)
I'd like to teach the world to sing
(That the world sings today)
In perfect harmony

I'd like to teach the world to sing
In perfect harmony

I'd like to build the world a home
And furnish it with love
Grow apple trees and honey bees
And snow-white turtle doves

I'd like to teach the world to sing
In perfect harmony
I'd like to hold it in my arms
And keep it company

Songinformatie

Trivia

credits:

leadzang: Eve Graham
arrangeur: David Mackey
orkest o.l.v. David Mackey en Barry Guard
album opgenomen in: Morgan Studios en I.B.C. Studios, Londen


het origineel is van:

1971: Susan Shirley (Arranged & Conducted by Lew Warburton) (Produced by Roger Greenaway) getiteld True Love and Apple Pie
[Columbia DB 8787] (EMI)


cover-versies:

1971: The Hilltop getiteld I’d Like to Buy the World a Coke (dit liedje is vooral bekend omdat Coca-Cola het gebruikt in een televisiecommercial, is een bewerking van I’d Like to Teach the World to Sing (In Perfect Harmony)

1971: The Hillside Singers (Arranged by Al Ham) (Produced by Al Ham Productions) getiteld I’d Like to Teach the World to Sing (In Perfect Harmony)
[Metromedia Records MMS 231]
[n°13 US-hit]

1971: The Jordanaires (Producer: Billy Davis) getiteld I’d Like to Teach the World to Sing
[Ember EMBS 313]

1971: The New Seekers getiteld I’d Like to Buy the World a Coke
[Coca-Cola 45 CP 2601] (promotiesingle) (45 rpm)

1972: The Congregation op de LP: Softly Whispering I Love You
[Columbia SCX 6490] (EMI)

1972: Ray Conniff op de LP: I’d Like to Teach the World to Sing [Columbia KC 31220]
[n°138 US album-hit]
{Nostalgia Classic Song of All Time op radiostation KEZW Studio 1430 AM Denver, Colorado}

1972: Claes af Geijerstam (Rune Öfwermans Kör Och Orkester) getiteld Om hela världen sjöng en sång  {Zweedse versie}
[Sonet T-7879]

1972: The Edwin Hawkins Singers op de LP: I’d Like to Teach the World to Sing
[Buddah Records BDS 5101]
[n°171 US album-hit]

1972: Jim Nabors (Produced by Snuff Garrett) (Arranged by Al Capps) op de LP: The Way of Love
[Columbia KC 31336]
[n°157 US album-hit]

1972: The New Seekers op de LP: We’d Like to Teach the World to Sing
[Polydor 2883 103]
[n°2 UK album-hit]
[Elektra ESK 74115]
[n°37 US album-hit]

1972: St. Tropez Singers getiteld Endnu er jorden grøn  {Deense versie}
[Triola TD 524]

1996: No Way Sis (Produced by Kenny MacDonald) getiteld I’d Like to Teach the World to Sing
[EMI CDEM 461]
[n°27 UK-hit]

2002: Demi Holborn getiteld I’d Like to Teach the World to Sing
[Universal Classics & Jazz 0190982]
[n°27 UK-hit]

Artiest	The New Seekers
	A-kant
Titel	I'd Like to Teach the World to Sing (In Perfect Harmony)
Lengte	2:23
Componist(en)	Bill Backer; Billy Davis; Roger Cook; Roger Greenaway
Producer(s)	David Mackey
Engineer(s)	Roger Quested, Mike Claydon, John Pantry, Mike Butcher
	B-kant
Titel	Boom Town
Lengte	4:21
Componist(en)	Doyle
Producer(s)	David Mackey
Platenlabel	Philips
Catalogusnr	6006 188
Hoogste positie UK	1
Hoogste positie US	7
Album	We'd Like to Teach the World to Sing