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"The End of the World" is a pop song written by composer Arthur Kent and lyricist Sylvia Dee, who often worked as a team. They wrote the song for American singer Skeeter Davis, and her recording of it was highly successful in the early 1960s, reaching the top five on four different charts, including No. 2 on the main Billboard Hot 100.
The song was featured in several satirical videos on YouTube, in connection with the prediction of radio pastor Harold Camping of Family Radio, that the world would end on May 21, 2011; the song was later played on a loop following the sale of Family Radio station WKDN (now WKVP) in Philadelphia prior to a format change on that station. [14]
The End of the World is the fourth studio album by American country singer Skeeter Davis.It was released in March 1963 by RCA Victor.It includes the hit single "The End of the World", which peaked at number two on the Billboard Hot 100 pop chart.
Skeeter Davis (born Mary Frances Penick; December 30, 1931 – September 19, 2004) was an American country music singer and songwriter who sang crossover pop music songs including 1962's "The End of the World". She started out as part of the Davis Sisters as a teenager in the late 1940s, eventually landing on RCA Victor. In the late 1950s, she ...
To Leto, song and video signify "a celebration of art, design, fashion, and the remarkable people who bring them to life". [9] Release of the song was accompanied by the announcement of the album, their first in over five years. [10] It was made available for pre-order in various CD and vinyl editions. [11]
The 80s song, played at the end of 'The Last of Us' Episode 1 on the radio, signals trouble to come for both Joel and Ellie. ... The Argentinian-born musician understood the world of his post ...
"The End of the World" was the band's most successful single since 1996's "Mint Car", peaking at number 19 in Italy, [2] number 25 on the UK Singles Chart, [3] number 19 on the Billboard Hot Modern Rock Tracks chart in the United States, [4] and number 42 on the Irish Singles Chart. [5] The song also charted in France, Germany, and Switzerland. [2]
"Turner Doomsday Video" is the internal title of a video intended to be broadcast by CNN at the end of the world.The video, created at the direction of CNN founder Ted Turner before the network's 1980 launch, [1] is a performance of the Christian hymn "Nearer My God To Thee" performed by multiple members of the U.S. Army, Navy, Air Force, and Marine bands.