The World Is Flat (song)

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"The World Is Flat"
Single by Echobelly
from the album Lustra [1]
Released11 August 1997
Genre Rock, indie rock
Length4:56
Label Epic
Songwriter(s) Sonya Madan, Glenn Johansson
Producer(s) Gil Norton, Echobelly
Echobelly singles chronology
"Dark Therapy"
(1996)
"The World Is Flat"
(1997)
"Here Comes the Big Rush"
(1997)

"The World Is Flat" is the first single from Echobelly's third album Lustra. It was released by the Britpop group on 11 August 1997.

Contents

The song was included on both of the greatest hits albums that Echobelly have released; I Can't Imagine The World Without Me and The Best Of Echobelly . [2] [3] 3 of the b-sides ("Falling Flame, Drive Myself Distracted & Holding The Wire were released on the US release of Lustra. [4]

A music video was made for the song. [5]

It reached 31 in the UK Singles Chart.

Track listing

UK and Australian CD 1

All tracks are written by Sonya Madan and Glen Johansson

No.TitleLength
1."The World Is Flat"4:01
2."Holding The Wire"3:32
3."The World Is Flat (remix)"4:57
Total length:12:30

UK CD 2 and Japanese promo

All tracks are written by Sonya Madan and Glen Johansson

No.TitleLength
1."The World Is Flat"4:01
2."Drive Myself Distracted"4:21
3."Falling Flame"4:06
Total length:12:28

UK maxi-single

All tracks are written by Sonya Madan and Glen Johansson

No.TitleLength
1."The World Is Flat" 
2."Holding The Wire" 
3."Drive Myself Distracted" 
4."Falling Flame" 
5."The World Is Flat (remix)" 

UK promo

All tracks are written by Sonya Madan and Glen Johansson

No.TitleLength
1."The World Is Flat" 

12" promo vinyl

All tracks are written by Sonya Madan and Glen Johansson

No.TitleLength
1."The World Is Flat" 
2."The World Is Flat (remix)" 
3."The World Is Flat (instrumental remix)" 

Credits

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