Song · Bob Geldof
“This Is The World Calling” by Bob Geldof
From the album Deep in the Heart of Nowhere (1986)
“This Is The World Calling” by Bob Geldof appears on 1 radio countdown from 1 station in 1986. It was first released in 1986 on the album Deep in the Heart of Nowhere. Its best result is #27 on the Studio Brussel De Eindafrekening 1986. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #184 alternative song of 1986.
"This Is the World Calling" was the main single from Deep in the Heart of Nowhere, the first solo album Bob Geldof made after his years singing for the Boomtown Rats, released in November 1986. Geldof wrote it with Raymond Doom and sings it himself, and Annie Lennox slips in on backing vocals, which lends the record some extra gloss.
MTV gave it a short burst of sneak-preview power rotation, and "Love Like a Rocket" also got a single release from the album. The song came back around in 2005, when the album was remastered for The Great Songs of Indifference: The Anthology 1986-2001, a set that gathered it with Geldof's three other solo albums of the time and tacked on bonus tracks.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1986 | 27 | Studio Brussel Flanders, Belgium | Studio Brussel De Eindafrekening 1986 | 30 |
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