The World (Brad Paisley song)
{{Infobox song
| name = The World
| cover = Brad Paisley - The World Single.jpg
| alt =
| type = single
| artist = Brad Paisley
| album = Time Well Wasted
| released = March 13, 2006
| recorded = 2005
| studio =
| venue =
| genre = Country
| length = 4:01 (album version)
3:38 (radio edit)
| label = Arista Nashville
| writer = {{hlist|Kelley Lovelace|Lee Thomas Miller|Brad Paisley}}
| producer = Frank Rogers
| prev_title = When I Get Where I'm Going
| prev_year = 2005
| next_title = She's Everything
| next_year = 2006
}}
"The World" is a song co-written and recorded by American country music singer Brad Paisley. It was released on March 13, 2006, as the third single from Paisley's 2005 album Time Well Wasted. It reached the top of the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart and also peaked at number 45 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100.{{cite web |url={{BillboardURLbyName|artist=daryl sherman|chart=all}} |title=Artist Chart History – Brad Paisley |work=Billboard |accessdate=2009-03-29}} Paisley wrote this song with Kelley Lovelace and Lee Thomas Miller.
Content
The singer uses a play on words to declare his love, saying, "to the world, you may be just another girl / But to me, baby, you are the world."
Critical reception
Kevin John Coyne, reviewing the song for Country Universe, gave it a negative rating. He calls the single a "treacly, condescending love song". He also adds that the song "sounds like something Archie would’ve sung to Edith."{{Cite web |last=Coyne |first=Kevin John |date=2006-03-20 |title=Single Reviews: March 19, 2006 |url=https://www.countryuniverse.net/2006/03/19/single-reviews-march-19-2006/ |access-date=2023-06-15 |website=Country Universe |language=en-us}}
Music video
The music video was directed by Scott Scovill. It features a little girl whose older sister finds one of her CDs in the former's room and yells at her for it. The little girl then opens a little chest that reveals a Brad Paisley concert. She magically appears at the concert, and Brad Paisley gives her his hat. Then when the little girl is in her room again, her older sister comes in to apologize for being mean and permit her to listen to her CDs anytime. The little girl then shows her older sister what's in the magic chest. The concert shows earth balls rolling around on top of the audience, which has been done at some of Brad Paisley's concerts. The video peaked at #1 on CMT's Top 20 Countdown in 2006.
Chart performance
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!align="left"|Chart (2006) !align="center"|Peak |
| align="left"|Canada Country (Radio & Records)[https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-RandR/2000s/2006/RR-2006-06-16.pdf Radio & Records: June 16, 2006, page 42] worldradiohistory.com
|align="center"|1 |
| {{singlechart|Billboardhot100|45|artist=Brad Paisley|artistid=339390|accessdate=February 6, 2011}} |
| {{singlechart|Billboardcountrysongs|1|artist=Brad Paisley|artistid=339390|accessdate=February 6, 2011}} |
=Year-end charts=
References
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{{Brad Paisley singles}}
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Category:Songs written by Lee Thomas Miller
Category:Songs written by Kelley Lovelace
Category:Songs written by Brad Paisley
Category:Song recordings produced by Frank Rogers (record producer)