'WOLD'byfrom the album'Short Stories'ReleasedDecember 1973Recorded1973Length5: 15singles chronology'(1972)' WOLD'(1973)'(1974)'WOLD' is a song written and performed. The song is about an aging who travels the United States seeking happiness, which he believes he will find by following his passion for being a radio broadcaster, only to discover that his life, looks, and voice have all passed him by, as hinted in the OLD of the title.The song is sung through the point of view of a phone call conversation from the DJ to his ex-wife, only hearing what he has to say to her. The lyrics go on to reveal that perhaps we can never change who we really are, and that what he had really wanted was the love and companionship that had eluded him in a previous failed relationship.The song is said to have helped to inspire to conceive of the premise of the TV series, including the lyrics of the theme song in which a DJ seems to speak to a former lover about his travels in his occupation—now he's 'living on the air in Cincinnati.got kind of tired of packing and unpacking, town to town, up and down the dial.' Contents.Inspiration The hit song was inspired by radio personality, who is credited for having discovered Chapin and promoted his hit, ', through radio station, where he was the AM drive-time host. After the debut of 'Taxi', Chapin sat in on a phone conversation Connors was having with his ex-wife while in studio at WMEX. This conversation led to a deep and personal discussion during an interview both on and off the air between the men.
They talked about life, the business, marriage, divorce, happiness, and all the troubles associated with being a DJ and the music business at the time.is an actual radio station in, which went on the air in, five years before Chapin recorded the song.When performing the song live, Chapin frequently replaced WOLD in the last verse with the call letters of a local station in the town where the performance was held. The live version of the song from the compilation has an example of this; WOLD was replaced with, a station in Los Angeles. In 107.9 WOLD-LP (FM) Woodbridge, New Jersey Like Theme Song In Good Morning DJ Shawn Ryan.Commercial performance The song, included on the album, peaked on the US charts at number 36 in March 1974 and at number 34 in the UK.
However, when Chapin performed it on the album, he jokingly said that the song actually charted for '.' It was also very notable in Canada, reaching number 14 and number 9. The song charted in multiple other countries in the top 20. It went on to sell over a million units.Chart performance. ^ Lewis, Jesse (November 3, 1977).
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The younger brother of the late Harry Chapin, singer/songwriter Tom Chapin carried on his sibling's legacy admirably, becoming a popular children's entertainer. The son of jazz drummer Jim Chapin, he was born in New York City in 1945; he and his brothers performed music together regularly during their adolescence, later earning acclaim on the Greenwich Village club circuit. The Chapin Brothers band dissolved during in 1964, when Tom left the country; upon returning a decade later, he issued the 1976 solo LP Life Is Like That. In 1979, he released Mother Earth, the first of.