Oh What a World (song)

{{Infobox song

| name = Oh What a World

| cover = Rufus Wainwright Oh What a World album cover.jpg

| alt =

| border = yes

| type = single

| artist = Rufus Wainwright

| album = Want One

| released = 2004

| recorded =

| studio =

| venue =

| genre = Baroque pop

| length = {{Duration|m=4|s=23}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/want-one-r655064/review|title=Want One|first=Zac|last=Johnson|work=Allmusic|publisher=Rovi Corporation|access-date=December 27, 2011}}

| label = DreamWorks

| writer = Rufus Wainwright

| producer = Marius de Vries

| prev_title = I Don't Know What It Is

| prev_year = 2004

| next_title = The One You Love

| next_year = 2005

}}

"Oh What a World" is a song written and performed by Canadian-American singer-songwriter Rufus Wainwright. It was released as the second single from Wainwright's third studio album, Want One (2003), released digitally via iTunes and 7digital in the United Kingdom on November 8, 2004.{{cite web|access-date=November 12, 2008|url=http://www.7digital.com/artists/rufus-wainwright/oh-what-a-world/|publisher=7digital.com|title=7digital – Oh What a World|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090218180244/http://www.7digital.com/artists/rufus-wainwright/oh-what-a-world/|archive-date=February 18, 2009|url-status=dead}} Promotional copies were also distributed to radio stations in an attempt to increase awareness of the song and album. The song includes several arrangements from Maurice Ravel's Boléro.

"Oh What a World" also appears on Rufus Wainwright: Live at the Fillmore, the bonus DVD that accompanies Want Two (2004),{{Cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/want-two-r715789/review|title=Want Two|access-date=December 27, 2011|work=Allmusic|publisher=Rovi Corporation|first=Matt|last=Collar}} the repackaged double album released in the UK simply titled Want,{{Cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/want-r816155|title=Want|access-date=December 27, 2011|work=Allmusic|publisher=Rovi Corporation}} and the 2005 compilation album Acoustic 05.{{Cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/acoustic-vol-5-r803143|title=Acoustic, Vol. 5|access-date=December 27, 2011|work=Allmusic|publisher=Rovi Corporation}}

The song contains an interpolation of Maurice Ravel's Boléro, which premiered in 1928.{{cite web|title=Rufus Wainwright: Oh What A World|url=http://store.universal-music.co.uk/restofworld/rufus-wainwright-oh-what-a-world/invt/0602498691908d|publisher=Universal Music|access-date=3 January 2014}}