If I Ruled the World

For the Sammy Davis Jr. album, see If I Ruled the World (album). For the Kurtis Blow song, see America (Kurtis Blow album). For the song by Nas featuring Lauryn Hill, see If I Ruled the World (Imagine That). For the UK game show, see If I Ruled the World (game show).
"If I Ruled the World"
Single by Tony Bennett
from the album If I Ruled the World: Songs for the Jet Set
B-side"Take the Moment"
ReleasedJanuary 25, 1965
Recorded1964
GenreEasy listening
Length3:00
LabelColumbia
Songwriter(s)Leslie Bricusse, Cyril Ornadel
Producer(s)Ernie Altschuler
Tony Bennett singles chronology
"Who Can I Turn To (When Nobody Needs Me)"
(1964) 		"If I Ruled the World"
(1965) 		"Fly Me to the Moon"
(1965)

"If I Ruled the World" is a popular song, composed by Leslie Bricusse and Cyril Ornadel, which was originally from the 1963 West End musical Pickwick (based on Charles Dickens's The Pickwick Papers).