Rule the World (Take That song)

"Rule the World"
Single by Take That
from the album Beautiful World (deluxe edition)
Released21 October 2007
Recorded2007
Genre
Length
  • 3:58 (radio edit)
  • 4:58 (album version)
LabelPolydor
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)John Shanks
Take That singles chronology
"I'd Wait for Life"
(2007)
"Rule the World"
(2007)
"Greatest Day"
(2008)
Music video
"Take That - Rule The World (Band Version)" on YouTube

"Rule the World" is a song by English boy band Take That. It was recorded for the soundtrack of the film Stardust (2007), and then included on the deluxe edition of their fourth studio album Beautiful World (2006).

It was released in the United Kingdom on 21 October 2007 via digital download and as a CD single the following day. The single peaked at number two on the UK Singles Chart and went on to become the group's best selling single, shifting over 1.8 million sales and being certified as 3× Platinum by the British Phonographic Industry (BPI).

The song was submitted for consideration at the 80th Academy Awards for Best Original Song, but was not nominated.[2] In addition to the song featuring in the film, it also plays over the ending of the episode “Fireworks” of the sitcom, Not Going Out.

  1. ^ This song was written specifically for the soundtrack for Stardust (2007)
  2. ^ "Academy unveils 56 songs eligible for original song Oscar". Screen Daily. Retrieved 13 August 2019