Song · Crowded House
“World Where You Live” by Crowded House
From the album Crowded House (1986)
“World Where You Live” by Crowded House appears on 11 radio countdowns from 3 stations between 1987 and 2005. It was first released in 1986 on the album Crowded House. Its best result is #62 on the 91X Top 91 Songs of 1987. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #214 alternative song of 1987 and #2,507 alternative song of all time.
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"World Where You Live" was the song that introduced Crowded House to the rest of the world. It was the second single from their 1986 debut, Crowded House, but the first, "Mean to Me", had only come out in Australia, so this was the one that went out internationally, landing about a month after the album. Neil Finn wrote it alone, Mitchell Froom produced, and it's pure Finn: a sweet, rueful melody wrapped in crisp, chiming pop-rock that sounds far more assured than a first record has any right to.
The video put Finn and the band inside an oversized dollhouse, with Finn thumbing through maps of his native New Zealand. The song stuck around, too, turning up on the hits collection Recurring Dream and in the set at the band's Farewell to the World concert.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1987 | 62 | 91X San Diego, CA / Tijuana | 91X Top 91 Songs of 1987 | 91 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 243 | 91X | 91X Fat 500 Songs of All-Time (July 1999) | 500 |
| 1999 | 1589 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2000 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) | 2000 |
| 2000 | 1589 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2001 Songs of All-Time (December 2000) | 2001 |
| 2001 | 1589 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (December 2001) | 2002 |
| 2002 | 1581 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2003 Songs of All-Time (December 2002) | 2003 |
| 2002 | 1014 | Fred (XM 44) | Fred XM Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (July 2002) | 2002 |
| 2003 | 1581 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2004 Songs of All-Time (December 2003) | 2004 |
| 2003 | 527 | Fred (XM 44) | Fred XM Top 2044 Songs of All-Time (July 2003) | 2044 |
| 2004 | 1581 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2005 Songs of All-Time (December 2004) | 2005 |
| 2005 | 1580 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2006 Songs of All-Time (December 2005) | 1994 |
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