"Cool World"
AUS single
Single by Mondo Rock
from the album Chemistry
ReleasedMarch 1981
Recorded1980
GenreRock, new wave
Length3:33
LabelAvenue Records (AUS), WEA (NZ), Atlantic Records (UK)
Songwriter(s)Ross Wilson
Producer(s)Mark Moffatt
Mondo Rock singles chronology
"State of the Heart"
(1980)
"Cool World"
(1981)
"Chemistry"
(1981)

"Cool World" is a song by Australian rock band Mondo Rock, released in March 1981 as the second single released from the band's second studio album Chemistry (1981).[1] The song became the band's second top ten single, peaking at number 8 on the Kent Music Report.[2] The song was written by Mondo Rock's lead vocalist Ross Wilson.[3]

At the 1981 Countdown Music Awards, the song was nominated for Best Australian Single.[4]

Track listing

AUS 7" Single [5]

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Cool World"Ross Wilson3:34
2."Back On The Outside"Ross Wilson, Eric McCusker2:31

UK 7" Single [6]

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Cool World"Ross Wilson3:34
2."Step Up, Step Out"Eric McCusker3:23

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (1981) Peak
position
Australia (Kent Music Report)[7] 8

Year-end charts

Chart (1981) Position
Australian (Kent Music Report)[8] 43

References

  1. Mondo Rock - Cool World at Australian-Charts
  2. "Cool World | Australian Music Database". australianmusicdatabase.com. Retrieved 2017-02-07.
  3. Mondo Rock - Cool World at 45cat
  4. "Australian Music Awards". Ron Jeff. Archived from the original on 30 June 2012. Retrieved 16 December 2010.
  5. Mondo Rock - Cool World (Australian Single) at Discogs
  6. Mondo Rock - Cool World (UK Single) at Discogs
  7. Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992. St Ives: Australian Chart Book. p. 205. ISBN 0-646-11917-6..
  8. "National Top 100 Singles for 1981". Kent Music Report. 4 January 1982. p. 7. Retrieved 11 January 2022 via Imgur.
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