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Cooke wanted to steer the song toward the subject of schooling, revised the song and decided to cut it at a recording session on March 2, 1959, five days after completing his Billie Holiday tribute album, Tribute to the Lady. "He’d say, ‘What about that song, you know?’ And then he'd start on it again," recalled Adler. Lou Adler and Herb Alpert composed the song with the theme that neither knowledge nor education can dictate feelings, but that love "could make the world a wonderful place." Adler did not take the song very seriously but Cooke appeared to be taken with it.

5.1.4 Simon and Garfunkel with James Taylor version.

Its 1986 success was attributed to sound-alike versions featured in the film Witness (1985) and a Levi's 501 television commercial. The Sam Cooke version was featured in the 1978 film Animal House and gained greater recognition in the UK upon a 1986 re-release when it peaked at number two on the UK Singles Chart, going silver (it had peaked at number 27 on the UK singles chart on first release in 1960). A remake by Art Garfunkel with James Taylor and Paul Simon charted at number 17 in 1978. Herman's Hermits charted with their recording of the song in 1965, reaching number four in the United States and number seven in the United Kingdom, respectively. The song peaked at number 12 on the Billboard Hot 100 and hit number two on Billboard 's Hot R&B Sides chart.

"Wonderful World" ended up doing substantially better on the charts than several of his early RCA singles, becoming his biggest hit single since " You Send Me" (1957). The song was mainly composed by songwriting team Lou Adler and Herb Alpert, but Cooke revised the lyrics to mention the subject of education more.

He signed with RCA Victor in 1960 and "Wonderful World," then unreleased, was issued as a single in competition. Released on April 14, 1960, by Keen Records, it had been recorded during an impromptu session the previous year in March 1959, at Sam Cooke's last recording session at Keen. " Wonderful World" (occasionally referred to as " (What A) Wonderful World") is a song by American singer-songwriter Sam Cooke. "What A Wonderful World" (lyric video) on YouTube One of side-A labels of the 1960 US singleįrom the album The Wonderful World of Sam Cooke