What the World Needs

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"What the World Needs"
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Single by Wynonna
from the album What the World Needs Now Is Love
ReleasedMay 5, 2003 (2003-05-05)
Genre Country
Length3:37
Label Asylum/Curb
Songwriter(s) Brett James
Holly Lamar
Producer(s) Dann Huff
Wynonna Judd
Wynonna singles chronology
"Going Nowhere"
(2000)
"What the World Needs"
(2003)
"Heaven Help Me"
(2003)

"What the World Needs" is a song recorded by American country music artist Wynonna. It was released in May 2003 as the first single from her album What the World Needs Now Is Love . The song was written by Brett James and Holly Lamar. [1]

Contents

Personnel

Chart performance

"What the World Needs" debuted at number 55 on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Songs chart for the week of May 10, 2003. [2]

Chart (2003)Peak
position
US Hot Country Songs ( Billboard ) [3] 14
US Billboard Hot 100 [4] 70

Year-end charts

Chart (2003)Position
US Country Songs ( Billboard ) [5] 55

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