Welcome to the World (Noiseworks song)

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"Welcome to the World"
Welcome to the World by Noiseworks.jpg
Australian 7" Single
Single by Noiseworks
from the album Noiseworks
B-side "No Lies"
Released16 November 1987 [1]
RecordedFebruary 1987
Studio Rhinoceros Studios
Genre Rock
Length5:08
Label CBS
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s) Mark Opitz
Noiseworks singles chronology
"Love Someboy"
(1987)
"Welcome to the World"
(1987)
"Burning Feeling"
(1988)

"Welcome to the World" is a song by Australian rock-pop band Noiseworks. It was released in November 1987 as the fourth single from their first studio album Noiseworks (1987) and peaked at number 41 on the Australian singles chart in January 1988. It was also released as a CD single, which was rather unique for an Australian band at the time. [3]

Contents

Track listing

7" (651016 7)

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Welcome to the World" Jon Stevens, Stuart Fraser, Justin Stanley, Steve Balbi, Kevin Nicol 
2."No Lies" (live)Brent Thomas, Stevens 

Charts

Chart (1988)Peak
position
Australia (Kent Music Report) [4] 41

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References

  1. "Australian Music Report No 695 – 16 November 1987 > Singles: New Releases". Australian Music Report . Retrieved 14 December 2019.
  2. "Take Me Back". ASCAP . Retrieved 8 July 2010.
  3. "Australian ARIA Top 50 Singles Chart – Week Ending 31st January, 1988". ARIA, via Imgur.com. Retrieved 14 December 2019.
  4. Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 219. ISBN   0-646-11917-6. N.B. The Kent Report chart was licensed by ARIA between mid-1983 and 12 June 1988.