A World Without Love

For the song by Eddie Rabbitt, see A World Without Love (Eddie Rabbitt song).

"A World Without Love"
Norwegian picture sleeve
Single by Peter and Gordon
from the album A World Without Love
B-side"If I Were You"
Released28 February 1964[1]
Recorded21 January 1964[2]
StudioEMI, London
GenrePop
Length2:41
LabelColumbia, Capitol
Songwriter(s)Lennon–McCartney
Producer(s)Norman Newell
Peter and Gordon singles chronology
"A World Without Love"
(1964) 		"Nobody I Know"
(1964)

"A World Without Love" is a song recorded by the British duo Peter and Gordon and released as their first single in February 1964. It was included on the duo's debut album in the UK, and in the US on an album of the same name. The song was written by Paul McCartney[3] and attributed to Lennon–McCartney.[4] The B-side was "If I Were You", written by Peter and Gordon.[5]

In the United Kingdom, the song reached No. 1 on both the Record Retailer chart[6] and the New Musical Express chart.[7] In the United States, "A World Without Love" topped both the Billboard Hot 100[8] and the Cash Box Top 100.[9] The song also reached No. 1 on the Irish Singles Chart,[10] No. 1 on New Zealand's "Lever Hit Parade",[11] No. 2 in Australia,[7] and No. 8 on Norway's VG-lista.[4]

  1. ^ Unterberger 2006, p. 345.
  2. ^ Unterberger 2006, pp. 115, 345.
  3. ^ Miles 1997, p. 111.
  4. ^ a b Peter & Gordon - World Without Love, norwegiancharts.com. Retrieved June 4, 2018.
  5. ^ Peter & Gordon - If I Were You, norwegiancharts.com. Accessed July 27, 2016.
  6. ^ Peter and Gordon - Full Official Chart History, Official Charts Company. Accessed July 26, 2016.
  7. ^ a b "Hits of the World", Billboard, May 9, 1964. p. 30. Accessed July 26, 2016.
  8. ^ Hot 100 - Peter and Gordon A World Without Love Chart History, Billboard.com. Retrieved June 4, 2018.
  9. ^ "Cash Box Top 100", Cash Box, June 27, 1964. p. 4. Accessed July 26, 2016.
  10. ^ Song Title Search Results for "World Without Love", The Irish Charts. Accessed July 27, 2016.
  11. ^ "Lever Hit Parade" 28-May-1964 Archived 9 February 2018 at the Wayback Machine, Flavour of New Zealand. Accessed July 27, 2016.