"If I Ruled the World" is a popular song, composed by Leslie Bricusse and Cyril Ornadel, which was originally from the 1963 West End musical Pickwick (based on Charles Dickens's The Pickwick Papers).
"If I Ruled the World" | ||||
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Single by Tony Bennett | ||||
from the album If I Ruled the World: Songs for the Jet Set | ||||
B-side | "Take the Moment" | |||
Released | January 25, 1965 | |||
Recorded | 1964 | |||
Genre | Easy listening | |||
Length | 3:00 | |||
Label | Columbia | |||
Songwriter(s) | Leslie Bricusse, Cyril Ornadel | |||
Producer(s) | Ernie Altschuler | |||
Tony Bennett singles chronology | ||||
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In the context of the stage musical, the song is sung by Samuel Pickwick, when he is mistaken for an election candidate and called on by the crowd to give his manifesto. Ornadel and Bricusse received the 1963 Ivor Novello award for Best Song Musically and Lyrically.[1]
It has been performed by other singers, notably: