Hit Song: " The End Of The World," Sung By John Paul Carinci, In Style Of Peter Noone

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Hit Song: " The End Of The World," Sung as a male version of the song By John Paul Carinci, In Style Of Peter Noone. about the song The End of the World" is a sad song about the aftermath of a romantic breakup. Dee, the lyricist, said she drew on her sorrow from her father's death to set the mood for the song.

Davis recorded her version with sound engineer Bill Porter on June 8, 1962, at the RCA Studios in Nashville, produced by Chet Atkins, and featuring Floyd Cramer.[2] Released by RCA Records in December 1962, "The End of the World" peaked in March 1963 at No. 2 on the Billboard Hot 100 (behind "Our Day Will Come" by Ruby & the Romantics), No. 2 on Billboard's Hot Country Singles chart,[3] No. 1 on Billboard's Easy Listening chart, and No. 4 on Billboard's Hot R&B Singles chart.[4] It is the first, and, to date, only time that a song cracked the Top 10 (and Top 5) on all four Billboard charts.[5] Billboard ranked the record as the No. 2 song of 1963.

In the Davis version, after she sings the whole song through in the key of B-flat-major, the song modulates up by a half step to the key of B, where Davis speaks the first two lines of the final stanza, before singing the rest of the stanza, ending the song.

"The End of the World" was played at Atkins' funeral in an instrumental by Marty Stuart. The song was also played at Davis's own funeral at the Ryman Auditorium. Her version has been featured in several films, TV shows, and video games (see "Appearances in media" below).

Chart performance

Chart (1963)Peak
positionAustralian Kent Music Report32Denmark Hitlisten[6]6Hong Kong[6]1New Zealand Hit Parade[7]3Philippines[8]1South Africa RiSA[9]3UK Singles Chart[10]18US Billboard Hot 1002US Billboard Hot Country Singles2US Billboard Hot R&B Singles4US Billboard Easy Listening[11]1US Cash Box Top 1002US Cash Box Country Singles2

Sonia version

"End of the World"Single by Soniafrom the album Everybody KnowsB-side"Can't Help the Way That I Feel"Released13 August 1990Recorded1990GenrePopLength3:36

3:29 (video version)

LabelChrysalisSongwriter(s)Arthur Kent, Sylvia DeeProducer(s)Stock, Aitken & WatermanSonia singles chronology"You've Got a Friend"
(1990)"End of the World"
(1990)"Only Fools (Never Fall in Love)"
(1991)

In 1990, English singer Sonia covered "End of the World". The fifth and final single from her debut album, Everybody Knows, it reached number 18 in the UK,[12] the same chart position as the original, and number 18 too in Ireland.[13] The single's B-side "Can't Help the Way That I Feel" also appeared on Sonia's debut alb
um. This was her final single with Stock Aitken