World on Edge

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World on Edge
Origin Quebec, Canada
GenresPop-rock
Years active1990s
Past members
  • Rob Meyer
  • Steph Thompson
  • Peter Hopkins
  • Jon Daniels

World On Edge were a Canadian pop-rock group from Quebec from the early 1990s. The four-some comprised Rob Meyer, Steph Thompson, Peter Hopkins, and Jon Daniels.

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History

The World on Edge members worked together in (West) Germany with Christian Schudde, their co-producer. Their self-titled debut album World on Edge was released in 1991. [1] It produced six singles which reached the Top 40 (based on a combination of charts from 'RPM 100 Singles' and 'The Record'); their best-known hit was "Still Beating".

In 1992 the band was nominated as "most promising group of the year" at the Juno Awards, but did not win. [2] [3]

The 1993 follow-up album Against All Gods received little air play and the video to the lead single "Who Shot Harry" was not aired by muchmusic. Album sales were weak; the group disbanded soon after.

They toured with Roxette on the Canadian leg of that group's 1992 Canadian tour.

Singles

YearSong CAN
1990"Still Beating" [4] 16
1991"Only the Lonely" [5] 14
"Wash the Rain"14
"Standing, Push and Fall" [6] 22
"Little Lack of Love"32
1992"Love Like Candy"89
"Goodbye"39
1993"Big Sky"-
1994"Who Shot Harry"-

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  5. "Top 100 Singles". RPM, Volume 53, No. 11 Feb 16, 1991
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