The World (Brad Paisley song)

2006 single by Brad Paisley

"The World"

Single by Brad Paisley
from the album  Time Well Wasted
Released| March 13, 2006
Recorded| 2005
Genre| Country
Length| 4:01 (album version)
3:38 (radio edit)
Label| Arista Nashville
Songwriter(s)|

* Kelley Lovelace
* Lee Thomas Miller
* Brad Paisley

Producer(s)| Frank Rogers
Brad Paisley singles chronology
| "When I Get Where I'm Going"
(2005)  | "The World"
(2006)  | "She's Everything"
(2006)

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"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.[1] Paisley wrote this song with Kelley Lovelace and Lee Thomas Miller.

## Content

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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

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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."[2]

## Music video

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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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Chart (2006)  | Peak
position

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Canada Country (Radio & Records)[3] | 1
US Billboard Hot 100[4] | 45
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)[5] | 1

### Year-end charts

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Chart (2006)  | Position

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US Country Songs (Billboard)[6] | 2

## References

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1. ^ "Artist Chart History – Brad Paisley". Billboard. Retrieved 2009-03-29.
2. ^ Coyne, Kevin John (2006-03-20). "Single Reviews: March 19, 2006". Country Universe. Retrieved 2023-06-15.
3. ^ Radio & Records: June 16, 2006, page 42 worldradiohistory.com
4. ^ "Brad Paisley Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard. Retrieved February 6, 2011.
5. ^ "Brad Paisley Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved February 6, 2011.
6. ^ "Best of 2006: Country Songs". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. 2006. Retrieved July 10, 2012.

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Brad Paisley singles

Who Needs Pictures|

* "Who Needs Pictures"
* "He Didn't Have to Be"
* "Me Neither"
* "We Danced"

Part II|

* "Two People Fell in Love"
* "Wrapped Around"
* "I'm Gonna Miss Her (The Fishin' Song)"
* "I Wish You'd Stay"

Mud on the Tires|

* "Celebrity"
* "Little Moments"
* "Whiskey Lullaby"
* "Mud on the Tires"

Time Well Wasted|

* "Alcohol"
* "When I Get Where I'm Going"
* "The World"
* "She's Everything"

5th Gear|

* "Ticks"
* "Online"
* "Letter to Me"
* "I'm Still a Guy"
* "Waitin' on a Woman"

Play|

* "Start a Band"

American Saturday Night|

* "Then"
* "Welcome to the Future"
* "American Saturday Night"
* "Water"

Hits Alive|

* "Anything Like Me"

This Is Country Music|

* "This Is Country Music"
* "Old Alabama"
* "Remind Me"
* "Camouflage"

Wheelhouse|

* "Southern Comfort Zone"
* "Beat This Summer"
* "I Can't Change the World"
* "The Mona Lisa"

Moonshine in the Trunk|

* "River Bank"
* "Perfect Storm"
* "Crushin' It"
* "Country Nation"

Love and War|

* "Today"
* "Last Time for Everything"
* "Heaven South"

Non-album singles|

* "Without a Fight"
* "Bucked Off"
* "No I in Beer"
* "Same Here"
* "The Medicine Will"

Other songs|

* "Accidental Racist"
* "Freedom Was a Highway"
* "Forever Country"
* "Is It Raining at Your House"
* "Santa Looked a Lot Like Daddy"
* "You'll Never Leave Harlan Alive"

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