World Party
Founded on the talents of ex-Waterboys keyboard player Karl Wallinger (19 O… Read Full Bio ↴Founded on the talents of ex-Waterboys keyboard player Karl Wallinger (19 October 1957, Prestatyn, Wales), World Party had to work hard to shrug off comparisons with the leader of his former band, Mike Scott. This was a little unjust, bearing in mind Wallinger’s quite separate, but in many ways equal, songwriting abilities. Wallinger was born the son of an architect father and housewife mother. He was brought up in North Wales on a diet of 60s ephemera, from the Supremes, through the Spencer Davis Group, to Merseybeat. His first musical experience arrived in 1976 with Quasimodo, who would eventually lose their hump to become the Alarm. Later he moved to London to become a clerk for ATV/Northern Songs, who counted the Beatles’ catalogue among their acquisitions. He delved back into performance in his own time, eventually going on to become musical director of The Rocky Horror Show in the West End of London. A short residency with funk band the Out overlapped his liaison with the Waterboys. After he split amicably from Mike Scott, Wallinger set out on a solo career that would see him sign to Prince’s management. He also helped Sinéad O’Connor on her Lion And The Cobra set.

Wallinger recorded the first two World Party albums (Private Revolution and Goodbye Jumbo) practically single-handed. The former reached the US Top 40 and the single ‘Ship Of Fools’ broke into the Top 30 (it was hastily dropped by radio in his native Great Britain because of the Zeebrugge ferry disaster). Goodbye Jumbo took equal amounts of inspiration from the eco movement and the Beatles, and the highly catchy single ‘Message In The Box’ provided Wallinger with his first UK Top 40 hit.

Wallinger’s muse, a relaxed and melancholic take on mid-period Beatles, has not so much been updated as revitalized on his subsequent, sterling work, although a minor breakthrough was made with 1993’s Bang!, which featured Wallinger’s only UK Top 20 hit to date, ‘Is It Like Today’, and reached number 2 on the album charts. On Bang!, Wallinger was joined by Chris Sharrock (drums, ex-Icicle Works) and Dave Catlin-Birch (guitars/keyboards). Some of the reviews for 1997’s Egyptology were unnecessarily cruel (especially the New Musical Express). It was by his standards another good album, which, although still locked into the Beatles’ sound (this time circa 1968), featured some great moments, notably the gentle ‘She’s The One’ and the meatier ‘Curse Of The Mummy’s Tomb’. The former indirectly gave Wallinger a worthy chart-topping single, when Robbie Williams’ cover version reached the top of the UK singles chart in November 1999 (Williams’ songwriting partner Guy Chambers (b. 12 Jan 1963, England) was at one time a member of World Party).

The next World Party album, 2000’s Dumbing Up, retreated from the ambitions of Egyptology, and found Wallinger resorting to his pick ‘n’ mix style of songwriting. He is one of the best magpie songwriters around, and the strong influence of ELO, Bob Dylan (‘Bob Dylan’s 115th Dream’ in the shape of ‘Who Are You?’) and even Rare Bird (shades of ‘Sympathy’ in ‘All The Love That’s Wasted’) could be heard, in addition to strong memories of the Beatles’ ‘Dear Prudence’ and ‘Baby You’re A Rich Man’ in ‘Another 1000 Years’.

Source: The Encyclopedia of Popular Music by Colin Larkin.
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World Party Lyrics


Ain't Gonna Come Till I'm Ready And you thought I was just holding on to the past Believed…
All Come True Someone was round here asking questions about someone who lo…
All I Gave Was that you dreaming out of control? Don't get uneasy, no…
All The Young Dudes Billy rapped all night 'bout his suicide How he'd kick…
Always I gotta go, got some people to see. They're going to…
And God Said And God said, "Look after the planet Look after the planet,…
And God Said... And God said, "Look after the planet Look after the planet,…
And I Fell Back Alone If we walk through each other As we leave the room, You…
Another 1000 Years Now that you know the score, How could you need some…
Baby Cry baby cry Make your mother sigh She's old enough to know…
Beautiful Dream Do what you want but you gonna have to do…
Best Place I've Ever Been If you should fall you won't need a song tomorrow. If…
Call Me Up Call me up when the night is over Call me up…



Cry Baby Cry Cry baby cry Make your mother sigh She's old enough to know…
Curse Of the Mummy's Tomb Do you find yourself in darkness Do you find yourself in…
Dear Prudence Dear Prudence, won't you come out to play Dear Prudence, gre…
Fixing A Hole I'm fixing a hole where the rain gets in And…
Give It All Away Don't ask me who I am, 'cause maybe I don't…
God On My Side Well I seen you out there parading In the streets of…
Happiness Is A Warm Gun She's not a girl who misses much Do do do do…
Hawaiian Island World I heard about the trouble they had down on the farm they…
Hercules (Chorus) Hercules, remember me fool? Me and you used to go t…
Hércules You get up You get down You stand off This old world keeps…
Here Comes The Future Keep telling myself that it don't have to be this…
High Love I may never know Why you got off the train, Come to…
Hollywood There she is on a lifeboat There she is setting sail There…
Interview/Sweet Soul Dream I'd give you all my money Abandon that beatiful girl Take my…
Is It Like Today Many years ago He looked out through a glassless window All …
Is It Like Today? Many years ago He Looked out through a glassless window …
Is It Too Late Talk about biting that hand that feeds Sitting there watchin…
It Can Be Beautiful Oh, I want to walk this world around I'd want to…
It Is Time It is time to remember It is time to forget It is…
It's All Mine Shoes out of leather Tongue dried out The fuel's all gone, e…
Kingdom Come Now here comes the world, Here comes the moon and the…
Love Is Best One two, one two Oh my lover, I'm in the sea Nothing…
Love Street Have you ever been to Love Street Have you ever tried…
Making Love Little baby, we know what you've been through Come and join…
Martha My Dear Martha, my dear Though I spend my days in conversation, plea…
Message in a Box And if you listen now You might hear A new sound coming…
Photograph A photograph, photograph was all she left to make me…
Piece Of Mind I'm a looking for you, What do you want me to…
Private Revolution If you want a revolution, baby, There is nothing like your…
Put The Message In The Box And if you listen now You might hear A new sound coming…
Radio Days I don't know why, I don't know when I don't know…
Rescue Me Hold me up 'cause I think I'm going under Cheer me…
Rolling Off A Log "Do you remember how it used to be?" They always say. You…
Santa Barbara Going down to Santa Barbara, Gonna watch the sun go down. …
She I was her She was me We were one We were free And if…
She's The One I was her She was me We were one We were free And if…
Ship of Fools We're setting sail to the place on the map From which…
Show Me To The Top Baby you're cute in you little black hat You had a…
Silly Song Come on let′s go When you feel neglected When you feel disco…
Sooner Of Later Positivity Positivity, please won't you breathe on me? Posit…
Strange Groove See'mon everybody! Whip up like a storm! In a strange groove…
Sunshine You can't see forward, you can't look back There's nothing t…
Sweet Soul Dream I'd give you all my money Abandon that beatiful girl Take my…
Take It Up I got an extra glimpse of the truth today Staring at…
Thank You World Colours scenst and symphonies Fall on me like tears And time…
The Ballad Of The Little Man We're all at the mercy Of the 7 deadly sins We're all…
The Whole Of The Night We got into their little black book So they came in…
This World Ain't no who, what, why, or when Going to turn me…
Trouble Down Here They′re singing up in heaven God is playing his hawk He's bl…
Vanity Fair My, oh my, little girl, you should give just what…
Way Down Now Inside my TV I Never stop to wonder why I'm Way down…
What Does It Mean Now? Thought I saw you running with the west wind in…
What is Love About I only breathe when your mouth opens I only dream when…
What Is Love All About? I only breathe when your mouth opens I only dream when…
When The Rainbow Comes C'mon pack your bags Clear the floor Let's step out through …
When You Come Back To Me Just afloat on the sea Find myself on a page of…
World Party Can you hear the music It's coming from the forest where…
You're A Hurricane I'm A Caravan You're a hurricane, I'm a caravan. You're a windy day, I'm…


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