World Outside Your Window
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| "World Outside Your Window" | ||||
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| Template:Infobox song/link by Tanita Tikaram | ||||
| from the album Ancient Heart | ||||
| A-side | "World Outside Your Window" | |||
| B-side | "For All These Years (Instrumental), Good Tradition (Live), He Likes The Sun (Live)" | |||
| Released | 27 February 1989[1] | |||
| Recorded | 1988 | |||
| Studio | Red House Studios (Silsoe, England)[2] | |||
| Genre | Folk rock | |||
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| Label | WEA | |||
| [[Songwriter|SongwriterTemplate:Pluralize from text]] | Tanita Tikaram | |||
| [[Record producer|ProducerTemplate:Pluralize from text]] | Peter van Hooke, Rod Argent | |||
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"World Outside Your Window" was the fourth and last single to be released from Ancient Heart, the highly successful debut album of Tanita Tikaram. This single peaked at #58 in UK.
Releases
The single was released on 27 February 1989. The 7" B-side is an instrumental version of "For All These Years". The 12" adds a live version of the first single "Good Tradition" and the limited CD the live "He Likes The Sun". Studio versions of all tracks appear on the Ancient Heart album.
Critical reception
Upon release, Richard Lowe of Smash Hits wrote: "Tanita can knock out an extremely whistleable tune and this is one of her best. As jaunty and poppy as "Good Tradition"."[3] Music & Media commented: "The fourth track taken from Ancient Heart is yet another catchy tune. Similar to "Good Tradition"."[4] John Mangan of The Age described the song as a "mellow, pleasant piece". He added: "While the song doesn't break too much new ground, Tikaram sings it with a self-conscious conviction devoid of the histrionic excesses that can mar this type of music."[5]
In a review of Ancient Heart, Robin Denselow of The Guardian commented: "Tikaram has an enviable knack of knocking out strong, gently sturdy melodies, [such as] the charming, thoughtful "World Outside Your Window", which uses hints of a reggae rhythm."[6] Tom Moon of The Philadelphia Inquirer commented: "...the other truly breathtaking song, "World Outside Your Window", is centered by Tikaram's freight-train vocal presence."[7]
Charts
| Chart (1989) | Peak position |
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| Dutch Singles Chart | 80 |
| UK Singles Chart | 58 |
| Iceland (Íslenski Listinn Topp 10)[8] | 3 |
References
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- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."New Singles" (PDF). Music Week. 25 February 1989. p. 43. Retrieved 25 September 2024 – via World Radio History.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Promis, Jose F. "Tanita Tikaram: Ancient Heart". AllMusic. Retrieved 16 August 2016.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Lowe, Richard (22 February 1989). "Review: Singles". Smash Hits.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Previews: Singles". Music & Media. 18 March 1989.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Mangan, John (28 July 1989). "What's On Music: Singles". The Age.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Denselow, Robin (9 September 1988). "State of the Heart". The Guardian.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Moon, Tom (15 January 1989). "New Recordings". The Philadelphia Inquirer.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Íslenski Listinn Topp 10". DV (in íslenska). 5 May 1989. p. 42. ISSN 1021-8254 – via Timarit.is.
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