The World Tonight (song)

"The World Tonight"
CD5
Single by Paul McCartney
from the album Flaming Pie
B-side	"Looking for You" (US CD) "Used to Be Bad" (UK 7" and CD1) "Really Love You" (UK CD2)
Released	17 April 1997 (US) 7 July 1997 (UK)
Recorded	13 November 1995
Studio	Hog Hill Mill (Icklesham, UK)
Genre	Rock
Length	4:03
Label	EMI, Parlophone, Capitol
Songwriter(s)	Paul McCartney
Producer(s)	Paul McCartney Jeff Lynne
Paul McCartney singles chronology
"Young Boy" (1997) "The World Tonight" (1997) "Beautiful Night" (1997)
Flaming Pie track listing
14 tracks "The Song We Were Singing" "The World Tonight" "If You Wanna" "Somedays" "Young Boy" "Calico Skies" "Flaming Pie" "Heaven on a Sunday" "Used to Be Bad" "Souvenir" "Little Willow" "Really Love You" "Beautiful Night" "Great Day"

"The World Tonight" is a song by Paul McCartney and is the second track on his 1997 album Flaming Pie. This song and Young Boy were featured in the 1997 movie Fathers' Day.

In the United States, the song was released as the first and only single from the album on 17 April 1997,^[1] peaking at number 64 on the Billboard Hot 100 and number 23 on the Billboard Modern Rock Tracks chart.^[2] The B-side for the American release was originally released in the UK as the B-side for "Young Boy" single and is an additional collaboration with Ringo Starr.

In the UK the song was released as the second single from Flaming Pie in July, peaking at #23 in the UK Singles Chart (see 1997 in British music).^[3] The B-sides for the British release are two songs from Flaming Pie: "Used to Be Bad" and "Really Love You".