PETER AND GORDON - A WORLD WHITHOUT LOVE

A WORLD WHITHOUT LOVE

PETER AND GORDON

SONGWRITERS: EVEN STEVENS; EDDIE RABBIT & PHIL GLADSTON

COUNTRY: U. K.

ALBUM: A WORLD WITHOUT LOVE

LABEL: COLUMBIA RECORDS

GENRE: POP

YEAR: 1964

 

       Peter and Gordon were a British pop duo, composed of Peter Asher (b. 1944) and Gordon Waller (1945–2009), who achieved international fame in 1964 with their first single, the million-selling single "A World Without Love". The duo had several subsequent hits in America in the British Invasion era including "I Go to Pieces", "Lady Godiva", "Woman", "True Love Ways" and "Nobody I Know".

           "A World Without Love" is a song recorded by the British duo Peter and Gordon and released as their first single in February 1964. It was included on the duo's debut album in the UK, and in the US on an album of the same name. The song was written by Paul McCartney and attributed to Lennon–McCartney. The B-side was "If I Were You", written by Peter and Gordon.

          In the United Kingdom, the song reached Nº 1 on both the Record Retailer chart and the New Musical Express chart. In the United States, "A World Without Love" topped both the Billboard Hot 100 and the Cash Box Top 100. The song also reached Nº 1 on the Irish Singles Chart, Nº 1 on New Zealand's "Lever Hit Parade", Nº 2 in Australia, and Nº 8 on Norway's VG-lista.

Please lock me away

And don't allow the day

Here inside where I hide

With my loneliness

 

I don't care what they say I won't stay

In a world without love

 

Birds sing out of tune

And rain clouds hide the moon

I'm okay, here I'll stay

With my loneliness

 

I don't care what they say I won't stay

In a world without love

 

So I wait and in a while

I will see my true love smile

She may come, I know not when

When she does I'll know

So baby, until then

 

Lock me away

And don't allow the day

Here inside where I hide

With my loneliness

 

I don't care what they say I won't stay

In a world without love

 

So I wait and in a while

I will see my true love smile

She may come, I know not when

When she does I'll know

So baby, until then

 

Lock me away

And don't allow the day

Here inside where I hide

With my loneliness

 

I don't care what they say I won't stay

In a world without love

 

I don't care what they say I won't stay

In a world without love.