"The World We Knew (Over and Over)" | ||||
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Single by Frank Sinatra | ||||
from the album The World We Knew | ||||
B-side | "You Are There" | |||
Released | 1967 | |||
Recorded | 1967 | |||
Genre | Traditional pop | |||
Length | 2:50 | |||
Label | Reprise | |||
Songwriter(s) | Carl Sigman, Bert Kaempfert, Herbert Rehbein | |||
Producer(s) | Jimmy Bowen | |||
Frank Sinatra singles chronology | ||||
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"The World We Knew (Over and Over)" is a popular song recorded by Frank Sinatra in 1967. It is based on a composition by Bert Kaempfert, a German musician and composer.
The song first appeared on Sinatra's 1967 album The World We Knew and was released as a single later that year. "The World We Knew (Over and Over)" peaked at number thirty on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in September 1967. [1] On the Billboard easy listening chart, it spent five weeks at number one, and was Sinatra's sixth and final single to top that chart. [2]
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