"Whole Wide World" is a song written by English rock singer-songwriter
Wreckless Eric, who wrote the song in May 1974,[1] and recorded it in 1977, whilst an original member of the
Stiff Records label. Additional musicians on the record were
Nick Lowe on guitar and bass, and
Steve Goulding on drums.
The song was never a
charthit single for Eric, though it subsequently became his best-known recording. The only charted versions of "Whole Wide World" are a
cover by the Australian band
Mental As Anything, who took it to No. 53 on the
Australian singles chart in 1995, and another by American alternative rock band
Cage the Elephant, who took it to No. 11 on the BillboardAlternative Songs chart in 2017.
2020:
Green Day frontman
Billie Joe Armstrong covered the song for
Amazon Music's Amazon Original series, then later re-posted the cover to Green Day's
YouTube channel as part of his "No Fun Mondays" cover series. Wreckless Eric himself gave his approval of the cover in a statement, referring to Armstrong's rendition as "the most punk rock version ever."[20]
References
Specific references:
^"Same". Archived from
the original on 5 December 2007. Retrieved 3 December 2007.