Half the World (Belinda Carlisle song)

"Half the World" is a song by Belinda Carlisle, released in 1991 as the third single from her fourth studio album Live Your Life Be Free. The song was written by Richard Feldman, Eric Pressly and Ellen Shipley, and produced by Feldman. It features backing vocals by Sheryl Crow.

"Half the World"
Single by Belinda Carlisle
from the album Live Your Life Be Free
ReleasedDecember 1991
GenrePop
LabelMCA, Virgin
Songwriter(s)Richard Feldman, Eric Pressly, Ellen Shipley
Producer(s)Richard Feldman
Belinda Carlisle singles chronology
"Do You Feel Like I Feel?"
(1991)		 "Half the World"
(1991)		 "Little Black Book"
(1992)

Music video

A music video was produced to promote the single.[1]

Reception

Upon release, Music & Media described the song as a "lushly orchestrated ballad".[2] In a retrospective review of Live Your Life Be Free, Justin Kantor of AllMusic noted the song's "elegant arrangement" and "timeless melody", the latter of which he considered "the kind that made earlier hits like "Heaven Is a Place on Earth" and "Circle in the Sand" mainstays on radio long after their chart runs."[3]

Track listing

CD 1
  1. "Half the World (Radio Edit)
  2. "Only a Dream (previously unreleased) (Charlotte Caffey, Belinda Carlisle, and Richard Feldman)
  3. "Live Your Life Be Free (Original intro version)

CD 2
  1. "Half the World (Album version)
  2. "Vision of You (Remix 91 version)
  3. "Circle In the Sand (Album version)
  4. "Love Never Dies (Album version)

Charts
Chart (1991–92) Peak
position
Germany (Official German Charts)[4] 62
UK Singles (OCC)[5] 35

References
  1. "Belinda Carlisle "Half The World"". YouTube. Retrieved 2012-01-06.
  2. "New releases: Singles". Music & Media. February 8, 1992.
  3. https://www.allmusic.com/album/live-your-life-be-free-mw0000676539
  4. "Offiziellecharts.de – Carlisle,Belinda – Half the World". GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved March 6, 2020.
  5. "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company.
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