Cool World (song)
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{{for|the David Bowie song|Real Cool World}}
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{{Infobox song
| name = Cool World
| cover = Cool World By Mondo Rock.jpg
| alt =
| caption = AUS single
| type = single
| artist = Mondo Rock
| album = Chemistry
| released = March 1981
| recorded = 1980
| studio =
| length = 3:33
| label = Avenue Records (AUS), WEA (NZ), Atlantic Records (UK)
| writer = Ross Wilson
| producer = Mark Moffatt
| prev_title = State of the Heart
| prev_year = 1980
| next_title = Chemistry
| next_year = 1981
}}
"Cool World" is a song by Australian rock band Mondo Rock, released in March 1981 as the second single released from the band's second studio album Chemistry (1981).[https://australian-charts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Mondo+Rock&titel=Cool+World&cat=s Mondo Rock - Cool World] at Australian-Charts The song became the band's second top ten single, peaking at number 8 on the Kent Music Report.{{cite web|url=http://www.australianmusicdatabase.com/recordings/cool-world-by-mondo-rock|publisher=australianmusicdatabase.com|title=Cool World | Australian Music Database|accessdate=7 February 2017}} The song was written by Mondo Rock's lead vocalist Ross Wilson.[http://www.45cat.com/record/k8190 Mondo Rock - Cool World] at 45cat
At the 1981 Countdown Music Awards, the song was nominated for Best Australian Single.{{Cite web | url = http://users.ncable.net.au/~ronjeff/top40/oz_king.htm | title = Australian Music Awards | publisher = Ron Jeff | accessdate = 16 December 2010 | archive-date = 30 June 2012 | archive-url = https://archive.today/20120630220831/http://users.ncable.net.au/~ronjeff/top40/oz_king.htm | url-status = dead }}
Track listing
AUS 7" Single [https://www.discogs.com/Mondo-Rock-Cool-World/release/753694 Mondo Rock - Cool World (Australian Single)] at Discogs
{{Track listing
| title1 = Cool World
| length1 = 3:34
| writer1 = Ross Wilson
| title2 = Back On The Outside
| length2 = 2:31
| writer2 = Ross Wilson, Eric McCusker
| total_length =
}}
UK 7" Single [https://www.discogs.com/Mondo-Rock-Cool-World/release/5024270 Mondo Rock - Cool World (UK Single)] at Discogs
{{Track listing
| title1 = Cool World
| length1 = 3:34
| writer1 = Ross Wilson
| title2 = Step Up, Step Out
| length2 = 3:23
| writer2 = Eric McCusker
| total_length =
}}
Charts
=Weekly charts=
| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" |
| scope="col"| Chart (1981)
!scope="col"| Peak |
|---|
| scope="row"| Australia (Kent Music Report){{cite book|first=David|last=Kent|author-link=David Kent (historian)|title=Australian Chart Book 1970–1992|publisher=Australian Chart Book|location=St Ives|year=1993|page=205|isbn=0-646-11917-6}}.
| style="text-align:center;"| 8 |
=Year-end charts=
| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" |
| scope="col"| Chart (1981)
!scope="col"| Position |
|---|
| scope="row"| Australian (Kent Music Report){{cite web|title= National Top 100 Singles for 1981 |publisher= Kent Music Report |issue= 393 |page= 7 |via= Imgur |date= 4 January 1982 |access-date= 11 January 2022 |url= https://i.imgur.com/RgsDOOc.jpg}}
| style="text-align:center;"| 43 |
References
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Category:Songs written by Ross Wilson (musician)