The World I Know

"The World I Know"
Single by Collective Soul
from the album Collective Soul
B-side
ReleasedOctober 23, 1995 (1995-10-23)
StudioCriteria (Miami, Florida)
Length4:16
LabelAtlantic
Songwriters
Producers
Collective Soul singles chronology
"Smashing Young Man"
(1995)
"The World I Know"
(1995)
"Where the River Flows"
(1996)
Music video
"The World I Know" on YouTube

"The World I Know" is a song by American rock band Collective Soul from their second studio album, Collective Soul (1995). The song was released as the album's fourth single in October 1995. "The World I Know" peaked at number 19 on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart, spent four weeks at number one on the Billboard Album Rock Tracks chart, and became the first number-one single on the Billboard Triple-A chart. In Canada, the song reached number one on the week of March 11, 1996, becoming the band's highest-charting single there.