Big Big World (song)

"Big Big World"
Single by Emilia Rydberg
from the album Big Big World
B-side Remix
Released 17 November 1998
Format CD single, CD maxi, 12" maxi
Genre Pop
Length 3:22
Label Universal
Writer(s) Emilia Rydberg, Lasse Anderson
Producer(s) Hurb, TNT, Günter "Yogi" Lauke
Emilia Rydberg singles chronology
"Big Big World"
(1998)		 "Good Sign"
(1999)

"Big Big World" is a 1998 ballad song recorded by Emilia Rydberg from Sweden. Rydberg wrote the song with Lasse Anderson. The song is about love, with references to the autumn season. It was the first single from the album of the same name and was released in late 1998. The song was a hit in Europe where it reached the top five in many countries but fared poorly in the US, where it remained at the bottom of the Billboard Hot 100. The song was given a Grammis award for "Song of the year 1998" and the song also won a Rockbjörnen award in the "Swedish song of the year 1998" category.[1]

Cover versions and samples

Vietnamese-American singer Trish Thuy Trang, made a cover version of "Big Big World" for her 1999 album I'll Dream of You. German techno group Scooter sampled "Big Big World" on their single "And No Matches", taken from the 2007 album Jumping All Over the World.

Track listings

CD single
  1. "Big Big World" – 3:22
  2. "Big Big World" (Traffic Jam mix – 88 BPM) – 4:14
CD maxi
  1. "Big Big World" (album version) – 3:22
  2. "Big Big World" (Pierre J's big radio remix) – 3:30
  3. "Big Big World" (TNT's big phat radio edit) – 3:12
  4. "Big Big World" (karaoke version) – 3:22
12" maxi
  1. "Big Big World" (Pierre J's remix) – 7:17
  2. "Big Big World" (album version) – 3:22
  3. "Big Big World" (TNT club mix) – 6:31
  4. "Big Big World" (Traffic Jam mix) – 4:15

Charts and sales

Peak positions

Chart (1998/99) Peak
position
Australian ARIA Singles Chart[2] 17
Austrian Singles Chart[2] 1
Belgian (Flanders) Singles Chart[2] 1
Belgian (Wallonia) Singles Chart[2] 2
Dutch Top 40[3] 1
Eurochart Hot 100 1
Finnish Singles Chart[2] 4
French SNEP Singles Chart[2] 2
German Singles Chart[4] 1
Irish Singles Chart[5] 3
New Zealand Singles Chart[2] 3
Norwegian Singles Chart[2] 1
Scotland (Official Charts Company)[6] 7
Spain (AFYVE)[7] 1
Swedish Singles Chart[2] 1
Swiss Singles Chart[2] 1
UK Singles Chart[8] 5
U.S. Billboard Hot 100[9] 92
U.S. Billboard Hot Adult Top 40[9] 39
U.S. Billboard Top 40 Mainstream[9] 26

Year-end charts

Chart (1998) Position
Belgian (Flanders) Singles Chart[10] 3
Dutch Top 40[3] 84
End of year chart (1999) Position
Austrian Singles Chart[11] 7
Belgian (Flanders) Singles Chart[12] 40
Belgian (Wallonia) Singles Chart[13] 23
Dutch Top 40[14] 37
French Singles Chart[15] 8
Swiss Singles Chart[16] 4

Certifications

Country Certification Date Sales certified
Austria[17] Platinum December 14, 1998 30,000
France[18] Gold December 21, 1999 250,000
Germany[19] Platinum 1999 500,000
Netherlands[20] Platinum 1999 60,000
Norway[21] 2 x Platinum 1998 20,000
Sweden[22] 3 x Platinum November 10, 1998 60,000
Switzerland[23] Gold 1999 15,000

Chart successions

Preceded by
"Calcutta (Taxi, Taxi, Taxi)" by Dr. Bombay		 Swedish number-one single
October 1, 1998 – November 12, 1998 (7 weeks) 		Succeeded by
"Here I Go Again" by E-Type
Preceded by
"Unforgivable Sinner" by Lene Marlin		 Norwegian VG-lista number-one single
47/1998 – 49/1998 (3 weeks) 		Succeeded by
"Believe" by Cher
Preceded by
"Flugzeuge im Bauch" by Oli P.		 Ö3 Austria Top 40 number-one single
December 13, 1998 – January 24, 1999 (6 weeks) 		Succeeded by
"Narcotic" by Liquido
Preceded by
"Believe" by Cher		 Belgian (Flanders) number-one single
December 19, 1998 – January 16, 1999 (5 weeks) 		Succeeded by
"Virtual Zone" by Virtual Zone
Preceded by
"Boom, Boom, Boom, Boom!!" by Vengaboys		 Dutch Top 40 number-one single
December 19, 1998 – January 9, 1999 (4 weeks) 		Succeeded by
"Believe" by Cher
Preceded by
"Believe" by Cher		 Swiss number-one single
January 10, 1999 – March 7, 1999 (9 weeks) 		Succeeded by
"...Baby One More Time" by Britney Spears
Preceded by
"Hijo de la Luna" by Loona		 German number-one single
January 15, 1999 – February 26, 1999 (7 weeks) 		Succeeded by
"...Baby One More Time" by Britney Spears
Preceded by
"Believe" by Cher		 Eurochart Hot 100 number-one single
January 16, 1999 – February 27, 1999 (5 weeks) 		Succeeded by
"...Baby One More Time" by Britney Spears

Award successions

Preceded by
"Burnin' by Cue		 Grammis award for "Song of the year"
1998 		Succeeded by
"Du får göra som du vill by Patrik Isaksson
Preceded by
"Save Tonight" by Eagle-Eye Cherry		 Rockbjörnen award for "Swedish song of the year"
1998 		Succeeded by
"Musik non stop by Kent

References

  1. ↑ "Alla Rockbjörnsvinnare sedan 1979" (in Swedish). Aftonbladet. 2000. Retrieved 1 May 2011.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 "Big Big World", in various singles charts Lescharts.com (Retrieved April 6, 2009)
  3. 1 2 "Single top 100 over 1998" (pdf) (in Dutch). Top40. Retrieved April 25, 2010.
  4. ↑ "Emilia singles, German Singles Chart" (in German). musicline. Retrieved April 25, 2010.
  5. ↑ Irish Singles Chart Irishcharts.ie Archived January 5, 2010, at the Wayback Machine. (Retrieved April 6, 2009)
  6. ↑ "Archive Chart: 1998-12-12". Scottish Singles Top 40. Retrieved June 11, 2016.
  7. ↑ Salaverri, Fernando (September 2005). Sólo éxitos: año a año, 1959–2002 (1st ed.). Spain: Fundación Autor-SGAE. ISBN 84-8048-639-2.
  8. ↑ UK Singles Chart Chartstats.com (Retrieved April 6, 2009)
  9. 1 2 3 Billboard allmusic.com (Retrieved April 6, 2009)
  10. ↑ 1998 Belgian (Flanders) Singles Chart Ultratop.be (Retrieved April 6, 2009)
  11. ↑ 1999 Austrian Singles Chart Austriancharts.at Archived 2012-03-01 at WebCite (Retrieved April 6, 2009)
  12. ↑ 1999 Belgian (Flanders) Singles Chart Ultratop.be (Retrieved April 6, 2009)
  13. ↑ 1999 Belgian (Wallonia) Singles Chart Ultratop.be (Retrieved April 6, 2009)
  14. ↑ "Single top 100 over 1999" (pdf) (in Dutch). Top40. Retrieved April 30, 2010.
  15. ↑ 1999 French Singles Chart Disqueenfrance.com (Retrieved April 6, 2009)
  16. ↑ 1999 Swiss Singles Chart Hitparade.ch (Retrieved April 6, 2009)
  17. ↑ Austrian certifications ifpi.at Archived 2010-02-01 at WebCite (Retrieved April 6, 2009)
  18. ↑ French certifications Disqueenfrance.com (Retrieved April 6, 2009)
  19. ↑ "Gold-/Platin-Datenbank ('Big Big World')" (in German). Bundesverband Musikindustrie. Retrieved April 6, 2009.
  20. ↑ Dutch certifications nvpi.nl Archived 2010-01-13 at WebCite (Retrieved April 6, 2009)
  21. ↑ Norwegian certifications Ifpi.no Archived May 10, 2011, at the Wayback Machine. (Retrieved April 6, 2009)
  22. ↑ Swedish certifications Ifpi.se (Retrieved April 6, 2009)
  23. ↑ Swiss certifications Swisscharts.com (Retrieved April 6, 2009)

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