You're My World

For the 2009 Emilia Rydberg song, see You're My World (Emilia Rydberg song).

"You're My World"
Single by Cilla Black
B-side	"Suffer Now I Must"
Released	May 1964
Format	7" single
Genre	Easy listening
Length	2:58
Label	Parlophone
Writer(s)	Umberto Bindi, Gino Paoli, Carl Sigman
Producer(s)	George Martin
Cilla Black singles chronology
"Anyone Who Had a Heart" (1964) "You're My World" (1964) "It's for You" (1964)

"You're My World" is a ballad originally recorded in 1963 as "Il Mio Mondo" ("My World") by Umberto Bindi, who co-wrote the Italian-language version with Gino Paoli. Rendered with English lyrics by Carl Sigman as "You're My World", the song has reached No. 1 in Australia (twice), Belgium, Mexico, Netherlands, South Africa and United Kingdom via recordings by Cilla Black, Daryl Braithwaite, Guys 'n' Dolls and Helen Reddy. (Black's and Reddy's versions reached the US Top 40 in 1964 and 1977, respectively.) The song also went to No. 1 in France and Spain via the respective translations "Ce monde" and "Mi Mundo", both sung by Richard Anthony.

1960s hit versions

Cilla Black

Although the original Italian version by composer Umberto Bindi was not a hit, even in Italy, the song came to the attention of UK record producer George Martin, who commissioned an English version to be recorded by his protégée Cilla Black. The English lyrics were written by Carl Sigman whose son Michael Sigman would recall: "Inspired by Umberto Bindi's haunting melody, Carl evoked Gino Paoli's Italian title ('Ill Mio Mondo' or 'My World.') But he created a wholly original English lyric".

Black cut the song "You're My World" — as Carl Sigman entitled his English language rendering of "Il Mio Mondo" - at Abbey Road Studios with Johnny Pearson conducting his orchestra and The Breakaways providing background vocals. Black has said that her road manager and future husband Bobby Willis also sang on the track. Judd Proctor was the lead guitarist on the session.

"You're My World" reached No. 1 in Britain on the chart dated 30 May 1964 and remained there for a total of four weeks, one week more than Black's preceding single "Anyone Who Had a Heart". Although Black returned to the UK Top Ten eight times, "You're My World" was her final No. 1 hit.

Black's "You're My World" was also No. 1 in Australia for two weeks that July when it also spent three weeks at No. 2 in New Zealand while in South Africa the disc was the second biggest hit for the year 1964. A Top Twenty hit in Denmark[1], the track also reached No. 12 in Canada, No. 2 in Ireland, No. 8 in Norway and No. 7 in Sweden.

"You're My World" was the first track by Black to be released in the US, where the singer was signed to Capitol Records. Peaking at No. 26 in August 1964, "You're My World" was Black's only Top 40 hit in the United States.

An alternative take from the recording sessions which yielded the Cilla Black hit version of "You're My World" was later issued, with the opening notes being likened to be the sound of musicians tuning up. Both the 1964 versions, however, remain faithful to Bindi's strong vocal delivery and the instrumentation of his original recording in Italian.

Black remade "You're My World" in 1985 for her Surprisingly Cilla album and then again in 1993 for her Through the Years album; both tracks attempted to capture the original's orchestral quality via synthesizers. Over the Christmas season of 2008 Black came out of retirement for her professional swansong playing the Fairy Godmother in the Cinderella panto at the Liverpool Empire Theatre, each presentation of which would conclude with Black joined by her castmates in a performance of You're My World.

Personnel

• Cilla Black – vocals
• The Breakaways – backing vocals
• Bobby Willis – backing vocals

Also

Subsequent to the success of Cilla Black's "You're My World" in the English-speaking world, Richard Anthony recorded a translation for release in France as "Ce Monde", which was No. 1 for six weeks in the summer of 1964 and that autumn reached No. 3 in Belgium (Wallonia). Anthony also made the song a hit in its original Italian format, taking "Il Mio Mondo" into the Italian charts for the first time with a No. 20 peak in 1964/5. Anthony, who recorded the English rendition under the title "You Are My World", also reached No. 1 in Spain in January 1965 with the rendering "Mi Mundo" which afforded Anthony a concurrent Top Ten hit in Argentina despite a local version by Juan Ramón (es) - entitled "En Mi Mundo" - having reached the Argentine Top 20 in the autumn of 1964.

Ria Bartok Columbia ESRF 1509
A1/ Ce Monde  • A2/ Ne M'Appelle Plus Jamais B1/ Tu As Perdu La Tête  • B2/ Tu Peux Pas Savoir
Ria Bartok Pathé 77-519
Ce Monde b/w Tu As Perdu La Tête

Paris-based German-born songstress Ria Bartok (fr) recorded "Ce Monde" for a four track EP released by Columbia/EMI (France) in September 1964: that same month the track was issued as 7" single Pathé 77-519 in Canada where it reached No. 1 on that nation's French-language chart. Bartok also included "Mi Mundo" on a Spanish-language EP she recorded. "Ce Monde" was also featured on the 1965 album release Ria Bartok Pathé PAM 67.214

The success of the Cilla Black version of "You're My World" in South Africa did not preclude the success of a local cover version by Ray Walter which rose as high as No. 2 on South Africa's weekly hit parade.

The Finnish language rendering of "You're My World" entitled "Olet kaikki" has become a pop music standard in Finland due to its success on the Finnish hit parade as recorded by Johnny Liebkind (fi) on October 26, 1968.

Preceded by "Juliet" by The Four Pennies	UK #1 single "You're My World" by Cilla Black	Succeeded by "It's Over" by Roy Orbison
Preceded by "Requests" EP: "Long Tall Sally"/"Boys"/"I Call Your Name" by The Beatles	Australian Kent Music Report #1 single "You're My World" by Cilla Black July 12, 1964 - July 18, 1964	Succeeded by "A Hard Day's Night"/ "Things We Said Today" by the Beatles
Preceded by "J'y Pense et Puis J'oublie" by Claude François	France #1 single "Ce monde" by Richard Anthony August 15, 1964 - September 19, 1964	Succeeded by "Vous Permettez Monsieur?" by Salvatore Adamo
Preceded by "The House of the Rising Sun" by the Animals	Spain #1 single "Mi Mundo" by Richard Anthony January 30, 1965	Succeeded by "Vamos a la cama" by Los Chavalitos

1970s hit versions

"You're My World"
Single by Helen Reddy
from the album Ear Candy
B-side	"Thank You"
Released	April 1977
Format	7" single
Genre	Easy listening
Length	2:41
Label	Capitol
Writer(s)	Umberto Bindi, Gino Paoli, Carl Sigman
Producer(s)	Kim Fowley
Helen Reddy singles chronology
"Gladiola" (1976) "You're My World" (1977) "The Happy Girls" (1977)

Helen Reddy

"You're My World" became a Top 20 hit in the US in 1977 via a remake by Helen Reddy introduced on her album Ear Candy whose recording at Brother Studio in Santa Monica was helmed by veteran producer Kim Fowley with the assistance of Earle Mankey with arranging/conducting duties carried out by David Carr. Ritchie Blackmore has been credited with playing guitar on Reddy's recording of "You're My World": Deep Purple, the group Blackmore had fronted, had been managed by Jeff Wald who in 1977 was Helen Reddy's manager and husband (Blackmore's name does not appear in the official credits listed on the Ear Candy album).

Reddy later would recall: ""I used to sing along with Cilla Black on the radio when they played this song back in the early 1960s. When it was suggested - nearly 20 years later [in fact thirteen years] - as a track for me to record, I leapt like a trout to the fly."

A smash hit in Chicago (chart peak: No. 4), Reddy's "You're My World" otherwise failed to break in any first-tier metropolitan market: the track did reach No. 2 in Buffalo and received moderate support in a number of regional markets, reaching a Billboard Hot 100 peak of No. 18 in July 1977. "You're My World" was thus Reddy's highest charting single since "Ain't No Way to Treat a Lady" almost two years previously, besting the No. 29 peak of "I Can't Hear You No More" the lead single off Reddy's precedent Music, Music album (although "You're My World" fell short of "I Can't Hear You No More"'s No. 1 Billboard A/C chart peak with a No.5 peak). However "You're My World" would prove to be Reddy's last Top 40 hit.

"You're My World" did afford Reddy a No. 1 hit in Mexico, where the track spent six months in the Top Ten from October 1977 to March 1978.

In the UK the Helen Reddy remake of "You're My World" was relegated to the B-side of another track from Ear Candy: the Becky Hobbs composition "Long Distance Love", which failed to chart upon its June 1977 release.

Reddy's 1978 concert album Live in London - recorded at the London Palladium - features the singer performing "You're My World".

Also

Daryl Braithwaite of Sherbet remade "You're My World" as his first solo recording; released in October 1974 the track entered the Australian chart dated November 11, 1974 following Braithwaite's performing of "You're My World" on the debut episode of the iconic Australian pop music show Countdown broadcast November 8, 1974. Produced by Tweed Harris, Braithwaite's "You're My World" spent the first three weeks of 1975 at No. 1 on the Australian chart. It was Braithwaite's version of "You're My World" that inspired a young Tina Arena who heard her sister's copy of Braithwaite's single; Arena's impromptu performance of "You're My World" at a wedding led to her launching her performing career at age 7 on the TV show "Young Talent Time". However Arena has never recorded "You're My World". Daryl Braithwaite remade "You're My World" for his 2008 album The Lemon Tree which featured acoustic remakes of several of his hits.

Prior to the massive success of the Helen Reddy version of "You're My World" in Mexico that territory had afforded hit status to a version of the song's Spanish rendering, "Eres mi mundo" having given Grupo Yndio (es) their career record in 1976.

A remake of "You're My World" by the British group Guys 'n' Dolls was overlooked in the UK but reached No. 1 in the Netherlands for four weeks in May and June 1977: the track also reached No. 1 in Belgium and was a minor hit in Germany (No. 48) (in its release in the two last-named territories the track was identified as "You Are My World"). Paul Griggs sang lead on the Guys 'n' Dolls version of "You're My World" with Martine Howard's vocals also prominently featured.

Preceded by "Kung Fu Fighting" by Carl Douglas	Australian Kent Music Report #1 single "You're My World" by Daryl Braithwaite January 6, 1975 - January 20, 1975	Succeeded by "I Can Help" by Billy Swan
Preceded by "Non Stop Dance" by Gibson Brothers	Dutch Top 40 #1 single "You're My World" by Guys 'n' Dolls May 14, 1977 - June 4, 1977	Succeeded by "Ma Baker" by Boney M

Other recorded versions of the song

Year	Artist/ *alternate title of rendition if applicable*	Details	Year	Artist/ *alternate title of rendition if applicable*	Details
1964	Joan Baxter	Embassy WB 633 budget soundalike of Cilla Black hit recording B-side is "Walk on By"	1994	Tanja Berckmans	on album VTM Soundmixshow 1994 Paradiso PA 645 2 Footnote VTM Soundmixshow 1994 features contestants from the Belgian edition of Soundmixshow on which Tanja Berckmans had performed "You're My World" in the guise of Cilla Black.
	Maria Candido fr/ *Ce monde* French	EP Disques Festival FX 1392 M Footnote Track listing: A1/ Frédéric Mistral  • A2/ C'est Vrai  • B1/ Ce Monde  • B2/ Le Chant De Mallory		Joe Longthorne	on his album The Joe Longthorne Songbook Ronco Silver CDSR 059 Footnote track also featured on 2002 Joe Longthorne compilation You're My World Recall (UK) 376
	Michel Cogoni fr/ *Ce monde* French	EP Philips 434.920 BE Footnote Track listing: A1/ Ce Monde  • A2/ Va Savoir  • B1/ Non, Non  • B2/ Toi L'Enfant Sage. "Ce Monde" was also featured on the 1969 Michel Cogoni album release Monia Philips 844 889	1995	PJ Powers	on her album Woman of Africa MFM PJCD 3002
	Robert Demontigny fr/ *Ce monde* French	on his album Un baiser pour toi Trans-Canada TF 337	1997	Sam Brown	track featured on her single "I Forgive You" Demon Records D2002CD & as bonus track on Japanese release of her album Box Crown/Loudwoof LRCL-4023 Footnote Sam Brown made her recording of "You're My World" to serve as the theme song for a Dutch TV tribute to her mother Vicki Brown who as a member of the Breakaways had sung on Cilla Black's hit recording of "You're My World".
	Gloria Lasso/ *Ce monde* French	on her album Canta en Frances Musart D 991
	Angelina Monti de/ *Il mio mondo* Italian	Telefunken #? 1978 is estimated year of recording/ release.		Garry Hagger nl	on his album My Life Paradiso PA 670 2
	Shirley Zwerus	Imperial IH 610 B-side is "Who Knows Why"		Raff Vetrugno/ *Il mio mondo* Italian	Polygram PY901 B-side is "Il mio mondo" (instrumental)
1965	Heidi Bruhl	on her album Verliebt Wie Du Und Ich Philips 843 734 PY	1998	Jane McDonald Footnote The Jane McDonald album version of "You're My World" was issued as CD-single Focus Music Int'l Ltd FMCD1 which featured three additional mixes two of which: an extended dance remix and its "dub" version, had a 12-inch single release as Focus Music Int'l Ltd FM1.	on her album Jane McDonald Focus Music Int'l Ltd FMCD1: track features Hank Marvin on guitar Footnote The Jane McDonald album was recorded at Abbey Road Studios, the site of Cilla Black's hit recording of "You're My World"
	António Calvário/ *Ce monde* French	EP A Voz Do Dono 7 LEM 3150 Footnote Track listing: A1/ Ce Monde  • A2/ Namorados De Domingo  • B1/ Hello Dolly Portuguese  • B2/ Regresso
	Michel Louvain/ *Ce monde* French	on the album Gala 65 Avec Margot Et Michel La Compagnie Campo Ltée CT-33310		Ivy Violan tl/ *Ikaw Ang Aking Daigdig* Tagalog	on her album Hanggang Ngayon Viva Records Corporation #?
	Kirsti Sparboe/ *Du er alt* Norwegian	Triola TN 245 B-side is "Gaar omkring i solen"	1999	Tuba Önal/ *Çok istersem seni* Turkish	on her album Onun adı aşk
	Anita Traversi/ *Meine welt bist du* German	Ariola 18208 B-side is "Fast zu spät"	2000	Dreamlovers	on their album 15 Hits CNR Music 2103130
1966	The British Modbeats	Red Leaf TTM625 B-side of "Love's Just a Broken Heart"		Stig Rossen	on his album Stories Polydor 07 3145 47806 2
	Vince Hill	on his album Heartaches Columbia – SX 6046 Footnote The Vince Hill recording of "You're My World" was arranged and conducted by Johnny Pearson who had been arranger and conductor on the Cilla Black hit recording.		Renato Zero	on his album Tutti gli zeri del mondo Fonopoli/Sony Music FON 498489 in medley with two other Umberto Bindi compositions: "Il nostro concerto" & "La musica è finita"
	Elvira Voća/ *Moj svijet* Croatian	on her EP Kupi mi malo cvijeca Jugoton EPY 3557
1967	Glen Campbell	on his album Gentle on My Mind Capitol ST 2809	2001	Alison Jiear	on her album Forgiveness' Embrace Dress Circle DAD0072
	Britt Bergström sv/ *Du är min* Swedish	Scan Disc SC 1073 B-side is "Romeo och Jula"		Ornella Vanoni/ *Il mio mondo* Italian	on her album E Poi...la Tua Bocca Da Bacciare Epic 50 9975 04972 2 7
1968	Dionne Warwick	on her album Dionne Warwick in Valley of the Dolls Scepter 568	2002	George Salinas	on his album 20 Love Songs Mouse Music Company 120300-1
1969	Norro Wilson	on his album Dedicated to: Only You Smash SRS-67116	2003	Los Angeles de Charly/ *Eres mi mundo* Spanish	on their album Recuerdos Fonovisa 350872
	Miranda Martino/ *Il mio mondo* Italian	Victory Records – VY 020 B-side is "Stagione"		Anita Sarawak	on her album Love Me EMI Music Distribution 541845
1970	Roy Drusky	on his album All My Hard Times Mercury MCR 4 61306		Franco Simone *Il mio mondo* Italian	on his album Dizionario (Rosso) Dei Sentimenti Azzura 907816
	Terry Rice Milton	CBS 5101 B-side: "Sure Enough Baby"	2004	Bouke nl	on his album A Song For Love CD Hal C45924
1971	Tom Jones	on his album Tom Jones Sings She's a Lady Decca SKL5089 (UK)/Parrot XPAS 71046 (US)		El Chalinillo/ *Eres mi mundo* Spanish	on his album Mientras viva EMI Music Distribution 50059
1973	Judy Page af	on her album Portrait Aztec ACL 11000	2005	Laura Gissara	on album Australian Idol Final 13: Australian Made - The Hits Sony Music Distribution 674719
	Frances Yip	on her album Frances Yip's Target Hits Life Records FA 6		Marcie Jones	on her album Here I Am CDBY 60017
1974	Birthe Kjær *Du' mit liv* Danish	on her album Tennessee Waltz Philips 6318 023	2006	Claudio Baglioni/ *Il mio mondo* Italian	on his album Quelli degli altri tutti qui Sony BMG srl 08 2876 89732 7 1
	Wizex/ *Du är hela min värld* Swedish Footnote Kikki Danielsson, who recorded "Du är hela min värld" as a soloist in 1991, was lead singer on the 1974 Wizex version of the song.	on their album Skratta & le Starec SR 2001		Julie Dingman Evans, Marie-France Arcilla tl	on Shout! The Mod Musical cast recording Rhino 74791 medley with "All I See is You"
1977	Howard Carpendale	on his album Jede Farbe ist schön Electrola 066-32 082		Patrizio Buanne/ *Il mio mondo* Italian	on his album Forever Begins Tonight UMTV 1707174; featuring the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Forever Begins Tonight was completed at Abbey Road Studios after preliminary recording in Vienna & Warsaw Footnote Abbey Road Studios was the site of the 1964 Cilla Black hit recording.
	Matti & Teppo fi/ *Olet Kaikki* Finnish	on their album Sait mitä hait M&T Productions MTLP-8/ single release M&T Productions MTHLP-1009 A-side is "Pää pyörälle"
			2007	Amy Cruz tl	on her album Remember My Name Able Music Int'l #?
	Anneli Pasanen fi/ *Olet Kaikki* Finnish	on her album Rakastan jokaista päivää CBS 82423		The Dakotas	on their album Evolution Maximus Records #?
	Kari Tapio/ *Olet Kaikki* Finnish	on his album Kaipuu Scandia SLP 643		Pentti Hietanen fi/ *Olet Kaikki* Finnish	on his album Con Amore Capitol/EMI 946 3 86663 25
	Claude Valade *Ce monde* French	on her album Ce monde Telson AE-1513		Isabela/ *Eres mi mundo* Spanish	on her album Porque Te Vas Disa B000NJLLZQ
1978	Eve Bridger	on her EP The World of Eve Bridger Hillside HIL EP 4009		Antonella Ruggiero/ *Il mio mondo* Italian	on her album Genova, la Superba Libera 0186882
	Mike Fabian	EMI Columbia 1C 006-32 947 A-side is "Was Der Sommer Weiss..."	2008	AK-7/ *Eres mi mundo* Spanish	on their album Renaciendo Fonovisa 353692
	Jimmy Crawford	on his album Close Encounters Jacklyne Productions – JPR 1061 1978 is estimated year of recording/ release.		Jade Adams	on her EP Forever & a Day Everyday Records #?
1979	Johnny Rodriguez	on his album Rodriguez Was Here Mercury – SRM-1-5015		Natasha Hamilton & Kush	on Liverpool – The Number Ones Album EMI 50999 5 19522 2 8
1980	Tracy Nelson	on her album Come See About Me Flying Fish FF209		Marko Lämsä fi/ *Olet Kaikki* Finnish	on his album Olet Kaikki Suomen Mediamusiikki Oy #?
1981	Barry Crocker	on his album You're My World JB 084 C		Anke Pietrangeli	on her album Tribute to the Great Female Vocalists EMI #?
	Joe Harris nl duet with Chrissy	on his album 25 Jaar Gnome GD 29011 GL	2009	Alexia/ *Il mio mondo*Italian	on her album Ale & C Edel 845753
	Iva Zanicchi/ *En mi mundo* Spanish	on her album Nostalgias Epic EPC 32396		Morgan/ *Il mio mondo* Italian	on his album Italian Songbook, Vol. 1 Columbia 08 8697 49561 2 9
1982	François Deguelt/ *Ce monde* French	EP French Medley - Pot-Pourri Anglais JPF FD 4.12.17 Footnote Track listing: A1/ Notre concerto  • A2/ Ce Monde  • A3/ Un Monde Fait Pour Nous  • B1/ Yesterday  • B2/ My Way  • B3/ Over the Rainbow		El Trono de Mexico/ *Eres mi mundo* Spanish	on their album Reunion entre amigos Skalona Records SKAL6900
1985	Umberto Bindi/ *Il mio mondo* Italian	on his album Bindi Arison TAR 12422 as a duet with Loredana Berté	2010	Jane McDonald	on her album Live at the London Palladium JMD Records JANEMCD 2
	Claudette Dion fr/ *Ce monde* French	on her album Hymnes à l'amour volume 2 Les Productions TBS – TBS 502		Christian Delagrange fr/ *Ce monde* French	on his album Histoires d'amour Play It Again Sam 35 9697 22913 2 6
1987	Michèle Torr/ *Ce monde* French	on her album Chansons de toujours AZ 105112		Pate Mustajärvi/ *Olet Kaikki* Finnish	on album Reino & Aino – Rakkaustarina Motley MOTCD 223
1988	Jorma Kalevi fi/ *Olet Kaikki* Finnish	JKS 103 A-side is "Si Si Si"	2011	The Borderers	on their album Tales of Love & Loss+Rise Up! Celtic Records 9330938001307
1989	Lisa Nilsson	on her album Lean on Love RCA 74321 10992 2 (BMG)		Mary Byrne	on her album Mine & Yours Sony Music 88697869142
	Rose-Marie	on her album The Rose-Marie Party Album Telstar STAR-2374		Janene Lovullo	on her album This Moment
1990	Bles Bridges	on his album Let Me Love You Brigadiers – BRIGL 2035		Denisse Malebrán/ *Il mio mondo* Italian	on her album Mi Caravana Oveja Negra 5903340 track is a duet with Camilo Salinas es
1991	Kikki Danielsson/ *Du är hela min värld* Swedish Footnote Kikki Danielsson, who recorded "Du är hela min värld" as a soloist in 1991, was lead singer on the 1974 Wizex version of the song.	on her album Vägen hem till dej Sweden Music/ Universal Music 849 064-2 2564605085	2012	Boy George/ *Il mio mondo* Italian	on EP recorded as charity record to benefit the Marie Curie hospices Footnote Other tracks include "Io Non Che Non Vivo Senza Te" and "La Vita".
	Topi Sorsakoski/ *Olet Kaikki* Finnish	on his album Yksinäisyys Parlophone 777-798268	2015	Amaury Vassili/ *Ce monde* French	on his album Chansons Populaires Warner B0153OW0IC
1993	Joe Dolan	on his album Here and Now K-Tel – KLP 150	2014	Sheridan Smith	soundtrack of Cilla

Miscellany

A thirty-three second outtake from an Abbey Road Studios session by the Beatles dated 3 June 1964 is said to be a snippet of "You're My World": presumably still in the Abbey Road vaults, this track has yet to be released or bootlegged.

Elvis Presley kept a copy of the Cilla Black single of "You're My World" in his personal jukebox. When the Beatles visited Presley at his Bel Air home on 27 August 1965 the group jammed with Presley in an impromptu rendition of "You're My World": reportedly the song was deemed a tribute to Presley's intended wife Priscilla Beaulieu, as its singer Cilla Black's full first name was Priscilla.

Miss America 1986 Susan Akin - Miss Mississippi 1985 - sang "You're My World" in the talent competition of the Miss America Pageant broadcast on NBC 14 September 1985 from Convention Hall in Atlantic City.