The World as It Is (song)

"The World as It Is"
Single by Daryl Braithwaite
from the album Taste the Salt
B-side	"In the Distance (Getting Closer)"
Released	8 October 1993 (1993-10-08)
Recorded	July–August 1993; Melbourne, Australia
Genre	Pop
Length	3:53
Label	Columbia
Songwriter(s)	Tina Harris, Daniel O'Brien
Producer(s)	Simon Hussey
Daryl Braithwaite singles chronology
"Nothing to Lose" (1992) "The World as It Is" (1993) "Barren Ground" (1994)

"The World as It Is" is a song by Australian singer-song writer, Daryl Braithwaite, released in October 1993, as the lead single from his fourth studio album, Taste the Salt.

Simon Hussey won an ARIA award for Engineer of the Year for his work on this track, and "Barren Ground" at the ARIA Music Awards of 1994.^[1]