World on Edge
{{Short description|Canadian pop-rock music group}}
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| origin = Quebec, Canada
| genre = Pop-rock
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World On Edge were a Canadian pop-rock group from Quebec from the early 1990s. The four-some comprised Rob Meyer, Steph Thompson, Peter Hopkins, and Jon Daniels.
History
The World on Edge members worked together in (West) Germany with Christian Schudde, their co-producer. Their self-titled debut album World on Edge was released in 1991.{{cite journal|author=Keith Tuber|title=Lamonte Dozier takes center stage|work=Orange Coast Magazine|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FhEEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA171|date=July 1991|publisher=Emmis Communications|pages=168–171|issn=0279-0483}} It produced six singles which reached the Top 40 (based on a combination of charts from 'RPM 100 Singles' and 'The Record'); their best-known hit was "Still Beating".
In 1992 the band was nominated as "most promising group of the year" at the Juno Awards, but did not win.[https://junoawards.ca/awards/page/51/ "Awards and nominations, 1992"]. Juno Awards database at junoawards.ca[https://www.proquest.com/docview/436571442 "Complete list of Juno nominees"], Toronto Star - Toronto, Ont. Feb 13, 1992 Page: B.1
The 1993 follow-up album Against All Gods received little air play and the video to the lead single "Who Shot Harry" was not aired by muchmusic. Album sales were weak; the group disbanded soon after.
They toured with Roxette on the Canadian leg of that group's 1992 Canadian tour.
Singles
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! Year ! Song ! CAN |
| 1990
|align="center"| 16 |
| rowspan="4"|1991
| "Only the Lonely"[http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/films-videos-sound-recordings/rpm/Pages/item.aspx?IdNumber=1041& "Top 100 Singles"]. RPM, Volume 53, No. 11 Feb 16, 1991 |align="center"| 14 |
| "Wash the Rain"
|align="center"| 14 |
| "Standing, Push and Fall"{{cite journal|title='Do it for you' does it at the SOCAN Awards|work=Billboard|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=QhAEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA48|date=14 November 1992|publisher=Nielsen Business Media, Inc.|pages=48–|issn=0006-2510}}
|align="center"| 22 |
| "Little Lack of Love"
|align="center"| 32 |
| rowspan="2"| 1992
| "Love Like Candy" |align="center"| 89 |
| "Goodbye"
|align="center"| 39 |
| 1993
| "Big Sky" |align="center"| - |
| 1994
| "Who Shot Harry" |align="center"| - |
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Category:Musical groups with year of establishment missing