"
Oh What a World" is a song written and performed by Canadian-American singer-songwriter
Rufus Wainwright. It was released as the second
single from Wainwright's third studio album,
Want One (2003), released digitally via
iTunes and
7digital in the United Kingdom on November 8, 2004. Promotional copies were also distributed to radio stations in an attempt to increase awareness of the song and album. The song includes several arrangements from Maurice Ravel's
Boléro.