Editing World Party (section)

{{Short description|Welsh/English musical group}}
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{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2024}}
{{Use British English|date=January 2013}}
{{Infobox musical artist <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Musicians -->
| name              = World Party
| image             = World Party band.jpg
| landscape         = yes
| caption           = World Party performing in May 2015 
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| background        = group_or_band
| alias             = 
| origin            = [[London]], England
| genre             = [[Alternative rock]], [[indie pop]], [[folk rock]], [[power pop]], [[psychedelic pop]]
| years_active      = 1986&ndash;2015
| label             = [[Ensign Records|Ensign]], [[Chrysalis Records|Chrysalis]], [[Papillon Records|Papillon]]
| website           = {{URL|http://www.worldparty.net/}}
| current_members   = 
| past_members      = [[Karl Wallinger]]<br />[[Dave Catlin-Birch]]<br />[[Chris Sharrock]]<br />[[Guy Chambers]]<br />[[Jeff Trott]]<br />[[Amanda Kramer]]<br />[[John Turnbull (musician)|John Turnbull]]<br />David Duffy<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://recordcollectormag.com/reviews/live/world-party-2|title=World Party - Record Collector Magazine}}</ref>
}}

'''World Party''' was a musical group, predominantly the solo project of its sole consistent member, the songwriter, producer and multi-instrumentalist [[Karl Wallinger]].<ref name="kwobituaryguardian">[https://www.theguardian.com/music/2024/mar/13/karl-wallinger-obituary Karl Wallinger obituary] by Robin Denselow in ''The Guardian'', 13 March 2024</ref><ref name=guardian12032024>[https://www.theguardian.com/music/2024/mar/13/karl-wallinger-obituary "World Party’s Karl Wallinger was a pick’n’mix songwriter with a total, titanic love of music"] – article by Graeme Thomson in ''The Guardian'', 12 March 2024</ref> Wallinger started the band in 1986 in [[London]] after leaving [[the Waterboys]].<ref name="The Great Rock Discography" /> At various times, World Party also featured [[Guy Chambers]], [[David Catlin-Birch]], future [[Oasis (band)|Oasis]] drummer [[Chris Sharrock]], [[Jeff Trott]], [[Amanda Kramer]] and [[John Turnbull (musician)|John Turnbull]].

World Party produced several hit singles during the late 1980s and early 1990s including "[[Ship of Fools (World Party song)|Ship of Fools]]", "[[Way Down Now]]", "Put the Message in the Box" and "Is It Like Today?" The band also released the original version of "[[She's the One (World Party song)|She's the One]]", written (like virtually all World Party material) by Karl Wallinger but best known due to the 1999 cover version by [[Robbie Williams]], a UK number one hit single.<ref name="sgumobit">{{cite web |last1=Breihan |first1=Tom |title=Karl Wallinger (World Party, The Waterboys) Dead at 66 |url=https://www.stereogum.com/2255269/karl-wallinger-world-party-the-waterboys-dead-at-66/news/ |website=Stereogum |access-date=11 March 2024|date=11 March 2024 |archive-date=11 March 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240311232746/https://www.stereogum.com/2255269/karl-wallinger-world-party-the-waterboys-dead-at-66/news/ |url-status=live}}</ref>