One Better World

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"One Better World"
Single by ABC
from the album Up
Released15 May 1989[1]
Recorded1988
Genre
Length5:45
Label
Songwriters
Producers
  • Martin Fry
  • Mark White
ABC singles chronology
"King Without a Crown"
(1988)		 "One Better World"
(1989)		 "The Real Thing"
(1989)
Music video
"One Better World" on YouTube

"One Better World" is a song by the English band ABC, released as the first single from their fifth studio album, Up (1989).

The song, sung with accompanying children's chorus, concerned love, peace and tolerance ("one better world"), and peaked at No. 32 on the UK Singles Chart, becoming their final top 40 hit.

Track listing

  • UK 7" Single
  1. "One Better World" – 3:43
  2. "One Better World" (Percapella Mix) – 3:59
  • UK 12" Single
Side one
  1. "One Better World" (Club Mix) – 5:55
Side two
  1. "One Better World" (Garage Mix) – 6:02
  2. "One Better World" (Percapella Mix) – 3:56

Chart performance

Chart (1989) Peak
position
Germany (GfK)[2]51
UK Singles Chart[3] 32

References

  1. "New Singles" (PDF). Music Week. 13 May 1989. p. 42. Retrieved 2 October 2024 – via World Radio History.
  2. "Offizielle Deutsche Charts" (in German). GfK Entertainment charts. To see the peak chart position, click 'TITEL VON', followed by the artist's name. Retrieved 24 April 2026.
  3. "The Official Charts Company - One Better World by ABC Search". The Official Charts Company. 6 May 2013.