| "Blue World" | ||||
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| Single by The Moody Blues | ||||
| from the album The Present | ||||
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| Released | 12 August 1983 (UK) 16 August 1983 (US) | |||
| Recorded | 8 March – 10 December 1982 | |||
| Genre | Rock | |||
| Length | 5:20 (Album version) 3:38 (Single version) | |||
| Label | Threshold | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Justin Hayward | |||
| Producer(s) | Pip Williams | |||
| The Moody Blues singles chronology | ||||
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"Blue World" is a 1983 single by the Moody Blues written by Justin Hayward. It was first released in the UK as the lead single of the album The Present in August 1983. It was released as single in the US in the Fall of 1983. "Blue World" was one of three singles from The Present, with the others being "Sitting at the Wheel" and "Running Water." The single's cover is a pastiche of the painting Daybreak by Maxfield Parrish.[1][2]
- ^ Rockin' the Classics and Classicizin' the Rock: Janell R. Duxbury - 2001 p261 " FRANKFURT ROCK ORCHESTRA SS0695 Classic Moody Blues hits: featuring Justin Hayward and friends. ... know you're out there—Running water—New horizons—Blue world—Isn't life strange—The voice—Blue guitar—I'm just ..."
- ^ Freakes, Geoffrey (2019). The Moody Blues: Every Album, Every Song. Sonicbond. p. 94. ISBN 9781789520422.