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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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What a Wonderful World

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 (3,756 views/month, #161 of 19,375).[2]

Key Facts

  • What a Wonderful World's instance of is recorded as musical work/composition[3].
  • What a Wonderful World's composer is recorded as Bob Thiele[4].
  • What a Wonderful World's composer is recorded as George David Weiss[5].
  • What a Wonderful World's genre is jazz[6].
  • What a Wonderful World was performed by Louis Armstrong[7].
  • Among the performers on What a Wonderful World was Samuel E. Wright[8].
  • Among the performers on What a Wonderful World was Israel Kamakawiwoʻole[9].
  • What a Wonderful World was performed by Daniel O'Donnell[10].
  • Among the performers on What a Wonderful World was Rod Stewart[11].
  • Among the performers on What a Wonderful World was Christer Sjögren[12].
  • What a Wonderful World was performed by Susan Boyle[13].
  • What a Wonderful World is part of What a Wonderful World[14].
  • What a Wonderful World's language of work or name is recorded as English[15].
  • What a Wonderful World was released on 1967[16].
  • What a Wonderful World's lyricist is recorded as Bob Thiele[17].
  • What a Wonderful World's lyricist is recorded as George David Weiss[18].
  • What a Wonderful World's title is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'What a Wonderful World'}[19].
  • What a Wonderful World's different from is recorded as What a Wonderful World[20].
  • What a Wonderful World's derivative work is recorded as Vilken underbar värld[21].
  • What a Wonderful World's form of creative work is recorded as song[22].

Product Details

The following facts are restated verbatim from public-domain and CC0 open-data sources — every line is independently verifiable against the named source's catalog.

MusicBrainz — CC0 open music encyclopedia

  • Release type: Song[23]

  • Community tags: list song[24]

  • MusicBrainz ID: e7364956-ed0f-3fba-ae9a-d85faa558629[25]

Body

Authorship and Creation

Performers include Louis Armstrong[7], Samuel E. Wright[8], Israel Kamakawiwoʻole[9], Daniel O'Donnell[10], Rod Stewart[11], and Christer Sjögren[12].

Publication

What a Wonderful World was released on 1967[16]. Its language of work or name is recorded as English[15]. Its genre is jazz[6]. It is part of it[14].

Why It Matters

What a Wonderful World ranks in the top 0.83% of musical_work_composition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,756 views/month, #161 of 19,375).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[26]

Related Entities

Freaky Friday Israel Kamakawiwoʻole Louis Armstrong Rod Stewart Susan Boyle

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . ISWC Network. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . ISWC Network. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . Retrieved . 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] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . ISWC Network. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . ISWC Network. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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

  1. [23] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [24] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [25] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

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

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  1. 5w 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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