I’d Like to Teach the World to Sing (in Perfect Harmony)

Name: I’d Like to Teach the World to Sing (in Perfect Harmony)
Duration: 2 min 22 s

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#	Title	Length	Track artist	Release title	Release artist	Release group type	Country/Date	Label	Catalog#
Official
1.1	I’d Like to Teach the World to Sing (In Perfect Harmony)	2:25	The New Seekers	I'd Like to Teach the World to Sing (In Perfect Harmony)	The New Seekers	Single	CA1971-11	Elektra (all releases with “Elektra” or “Elektra Entertainment” logo, 1950 to present)	EKS 45762
1.1	I’d Like to Teach the World to Sing (In Perfect Harmony)	2:23	The New Seekers	I’d Like to Teach the World to Sing (In Perfect Harmony)	The New Seekers	Single	US1971	Elektra (all releases with “Elektra” or “Elektra Entertainment” logo, 1950 to present)	EK-45060
1.1	I’d Like to Teach the World to Sing (In Perfect Harmony)	2:23	The New Seekers	I’d Like to Teach the World to Sing (In Perfect Harmony)	The New Seekers	Single	GB1971	Polydor (worldwide imprint, see annotation)	2058-184
1.6	I’d Like to Teach the World to Sing (In Perfect Harmony)	2:25	The New Seekers	We’d Like to Teach the World to Sing	The New Seekers	Album	US1971	Elektra (all releases with “Elektra” or “Elektra Entertainment” logo, 1950 to present)
1.3	I’d Like to Teach the World to Sing (In Perfect Harmony)	2:20	The New Seekers	We’d Like to Teach the World to Sing	The New Seekers	Album	GB1972-03	Polydor (worldwide imprint, see annotation)	2383 103
1.6	I’d Like to Teach the World to Sing (In Perfect Harmony)	2:21	The New Seekers	25 Years of Rock ’n’ Roll: 1971: 20 of the Year’s Greatest Tracks	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	-1988	Connoisseur Collection	YRNR CD71
1.10	I’d Like to Teach the World to Sing	2:23	The New Seekers	Rock Times, Volume 9: 1971-1972	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	DE1990	Zounds	27000299 A
1.5	I'd Like to Teach the World to Sing	2:23	The New Seekers	De Pre Historie 1971, Volume 1	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	BE1991	BMG Ariola Belgium NV/SA (do not use this as an imprint!)	260.743
6.13	I’d Like to Teach the World to Sing (In Perfect Harmony)	2:25	The New Seekers	40 Years of Top Ten Hits	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	GB1992	Reader’s Digest	RDCD401, RDCD402, RDCD403, RDCD404, RDCD405, RDCD406
1.9	I'd Like to Teach the World to Sing (In Perfect Harmony)	2:26	The New Seekers	Super Hits of the '70s: Have a Nice Day, Vol. 16	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	US1993-04-06	Rhino (reissue label)	R2 71196
1.2	I'd Like to Teach the World to Sing (In Perfect Harmony)	2:25	The New Seekers	Sounds of the Seventies: AM Pop Classics	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	US1993	Warner Special Products, Time–Life Music	OPCD-2712, SOD-32
2.5	I’d Like to Teach the World to Sing (in Perfect Harmony)	2:23	The New Seekers	The 70’s: 1972	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	DE1994	Time–Life Music	TL 597/03
1.14	I’d Like to Teach the World to Sing	2:21	New Seekers	World Hits 1971	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	DE1994	Spectrum Music (Universal Music Group budget label)	550 696-2
4.20	I’d Like to Teach the World to Sing (in Perfect Harmony)	2:20	The New Seekers	Those Were the Days: 30 Years of Great Folk Hits	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	US1995	Reader’s Digest Music
1.1	I’d Like to Teach the World to Sing	2:23	The New Seekers	The World of the New Seekers	The New Seekers	Album + Compilation	GB1996-06-21	Spectrum Music (Universal Music Group budget label)	552 080-4
1.1	I’d Like to Teach the World to Sing	2:23	The New Seekers	The World of the New Seekers	The New Seekers	Album + Compilation	GB1996-06-21	Spectrum Music (Universal Music Group budget label)	552 080-2
2.16	I’d Like to Teach the World to Sing	2:21	The New Seekers	40 Years of Number 1s	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	ZA1996-07-31	PolyGram SA (not for release label use; South Africa subsidiary)	40 YEARS CD 1
1.5	I’d Like to Teach the World to Sing	2:19	The New Seekers	1972 - Die Stars - Die Hits - Die Facts	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	DE1997	Polydor (worldwide imprint, see annotation)	39609 3
1.8	I’d Like to Teach the World to Sing (in Perfect Harmony)	2:25	The New Seekers	Folk Favorites of the '60s and '70s	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	CA1997	Reader’s Digest Music	CPCD-8504
1.1	I’d Like to Teach the World to Sing (In Perfect Harmony)	2:25	The New Seekers	I’d Like to Teach the World to Sing	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	GB1997	Reader’s Digest	RDCD1541-5
1.1	I’d Like to Teach the World to Sing	2:23	The New Seekers	The Very Best of the New Seekers	The New Seekers	Album + Compilation	GB1998-01-26	Spectrum Music (Universal Music Group budget label)	552 080-2
1.3	I’d Like to Teach the World to Sing	2:24	The New Seekers	Greatest Hits	The New Seekers	Album + Compilation	DE1998-09-15	Mercury Records (or just “Mercury.” A UMG imprint, do not use it for ©/℗ credits)	PY 900
1.13	I’d Like to Teach the World to Sing (in Perfect Harmony)	2:24	The New Seekers	Chicken Soup for the Soul: Celebrating Life	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	US1998	Rhino (reissue label)	R2 75524
2.10	I’d Like to Teach the World to Sing	2:19	The New Seekers	Sound Check Double Gold	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	ZA1998	EMI Music South Africa (not for release label use!)
1.8	I'd Like to Teach the World to Sing	2:23	The New Seekers	No. 1's of the Seventies	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	GB1999-08-02	Spectrum Music (Universal Music Group budget label)	544 099-2
1.19	I’d Like to Teach the World to Sing	2:21	The New Seekers	Double Platinum: Greatest Hits of the 60’s & 70’s	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	ZA1999	Sony Music (global brand, excluding JP, owned by Sony Music Entertainment)
1.16	I'd Like to Teach the World to Sing	2:23	The New Seekers	Sounds of the 70s: 18 Classics From the Fab Seventies	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	GB1999	Time–Life Music	TL 469/21
1.19	I'd Like to Teach the World to Sing	2:23	The New Seekers	Music of the Year: 1971	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	GB2000-08-09	Spectrum Music (Universal Music Group budget label)	564 924-2
1.7	I'd Like to Teach the World to Sing (In Perfect Harmony)	2:23	The New Seekers	Singers and Songwriters: 1970-1974	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	US2001	Warner Special Products, Time–Life Music	OPCD-2801, R812-11
4.5	I’d Like to Teach the World to Sing (in Perfect Harmony)	2:22	The New Seekers	You Light Up My Life: Gentle Memories of the ’70s	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	US2001	Reader’s Digest	SSTC00897
1.16	I'd Like to Teach the World to Sing (in Perfect Harmony)	2:23	The New Seekers	AM Gold: Perfect Harmony	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	US2002	Universal Music Special Markets, Time–Life Music	314583455-2, R984-35
3.17	I’d Like to Teach the World to Sing (In Perfect Harmony)	2:20	The New Seekers	Seventies	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	XE2002	Spectrum Music (Universal Music Group budget label), Universal (plain logo “Universal” used by Universal Music and Universal Pictures)	583 790-2
2.2	I'd Like to Teach the World to Sing (In Perfect Harmony)	2:20	The New Seekers	Super 70's	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	GB2003-03-17	Virgin (worldwide imprint of Virgin Records Ltd. and all its subsidiaries), Virgin TV	7243 5 82519 2 0, VTDCD 513
2.19	I’d Like to Teach the World to Sing	2:19	The New Seekers	Absolute Seventies	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	SE2003-09-17	EVA Records (Sweden)	EVACD 4031
1.9	I’d Like to Teach the World to Sing	2:22	The New Seekers	The Singles	The New Seekers	Album + Compilation	XE2003-11-25	BR Music (NL-based reissue label)	BX 546-2
4.10	I’d Like to Teach the World to Sing	2:24	The New Seekers	Unforgettable: The Ultimate Ballad Collection	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	US2003	Reader’s Digest
1.54	I’d Like to Teach the World to Sing (In Perfect Harmony)	2:20	The New Seekers	100 Hits She’s a Lady	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	RU2004	RMG Records	RMG 1354 MP3
1.10	I’d Like to Teach the World to Sing (In Perfect Harmony)	2:23	The New Seekers	Gold – 1972	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	-2004	Time-Life	TL GLL/10
2.1	I’d Like to Teach the World to Sing	2:22	The New Seekers	Vintage Cheese!	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	GB2005-12-05	Universal Music TV (UK, a division of Universal Music Operations Limited)	9829694, 9829695, 9835773
1.2	I’d Like to Teach the World to Sing (in Perfect Harmony)	2:23	The New Seekers	70s Music Explosion: Sunshine	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	US2005	Time-Life Records (Time-Life Music subsidiary)	20288-2
2.12	I’d Like to Teach the World to Sing	2:22	The New Seekers	Lifetime of Romance: Young Love	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	NL2005	Time–Life Music	TL LRS/07
1.1	I’d Like to Teach the World to Sing	2:22	The New Seekers	Songbook 1970-1974	The New Seekers	Album + Compilation	XE2006-03-21	Polydor (worldwide imprint, see annotation)	9832012
1.14	I'd Like to Teach the World to Sing	2:23	The New Seekers	Die ultimative Chart Show: Die erfolgreichsten Werbe-Hits	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	DE2006-04-07	Polystar (Germany)	060249838809
4.3	I'd Like to Teach the World to Sing (In Perfect Harmony)	2:23	The New Seekers	Barry Williams Presents: 70's Music Explosion	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	US2006-09-12	Time–Life Music
4.10	I’d Like to Teach the World to Sing (in Perfect Harmony)	2:24	The New Seekers	Time in a Bottle: Great Original Hits of the '70s	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	CA2006-11-28	Reader’s Digest Music, Warner Music Canada (imprint of Warner Music Canada Co.)	035-3546
1.9	I’d Like to Teach the World to Sing	2:20	The New Seekers	The No.1 DJ Collection: 70’s, Volume 2	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	GB2006	Music Factory (UK promotional remix service)	CD090
1.11	I’d Like to Teach the World to Sing (In Perfect Harmony)	2:24	The New Seekers	Flower Power: The Time of the Season	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	US2007-11-13	EMI Music Special Markets, Time–Life Music, Rhino Custom Products (retail, mail order and premium use compilations for WMG catalog)	09463-82175-2-7, 21786-2, OPCD-8067
2.1	I’d Like to Teach the World to Sing (in Perfect Harmony)	2:20	The New Seekers	Jackie: The Album	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	GB2007-11-19	Virgin TV	VTDCDX 883
1.5	I'd Like to Teach the World to Sing (In Perfect Harmony)	2:22	The New Seekers	Capital Gold Legendary Labels	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	GB2007	Universal International (find the correct division! NO RELEASES)
3.11	I’d Like to Teach the World to Sing (In Perfect Harmony)	2:25	The New Seekers	Flower Power: The Music of the Love Generation (10 CD Boxset)	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	US2007	Time–Life Music	BOX 21802-1
5.3	I’d Like to Teach the World to Sing	2:22	The New Seekers	100 Seventies Classics	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	BE2008-04-25	Universal Music Belgium, Universal Music (plain logo: “Universal Music”)	530 651-4, 530.651-4
5.11	I’d Like to Teach the World to Sing (In Perfect Harmony)	2:20	The New Seekers	100 Hits: 70s Pop	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	GB2009-02-16	100 Hits	DMG 100 030
1.3	I’d Like to Teach the World to Sing	2:19	The New Seekers	It’s Been Too Long, the Greatest Hits and More	The New Seekers	Album + Compilation	GB2009-07-13	Universal Music TV (UK, a division of Universal Music Operations Limited)
2.18	I’d Like to Teach the World to Sing	2:22	The New Seekers	Top 2000 Subtop: Editie 2009	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	NL2009	Universal Music (plain logo: “Universal Music”)	532 327-8
3.16	I'd Like to Teach the World to Sing	2:20	The New Seekers	Jackie: The Party Album	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	GB2010	EMI TV	VTDCD 1015
5.15	I’d Like to Teach the World to Sing (in Perfect Harmony)	2:21	The New Seekers	Total No. 1s	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	GB2010
2.20	I'd Like to Teach the World to Sing (In Perfect Harmony)	2:22	The New Seekers	I Love the 70s: Love Songs	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	TH2011	Columbia (Sony Music, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX)	513 484-2
3.7	I’d Like to Teach the World to Sing (In Perfect Harmony) (Coca‐Cola ad)	2:20	The New Seekers	I Grew Up in the 70s	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	GB2012-06-04	EMI TV	VTDCD 1046
4.15	I’d Like to Teach the World to Sing	2:21	New Seekers	The Ultimate Collection: 70s School Days	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	GB2013-09-02	Union Square Production, Universal UMC	ULTIMBX027
1.17	I’d Like to Teach the World to Sing	?:??	The New Seekers	Jackie: The Party Album	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	GB2014-11-04	Universal Music TV (UK, a division of Universal Music Operations Limited)	5355965
1.17	I’d Like to Teach the World to Sing	2:22	The New Seekers	Jackie: The Party Album	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	-2014	Universal Music on Demand
1.5	I’d Like to Teach the World to Sing (in Perfect Harmony)	2:21	The New Seekers	Pop Goes the '70s: Sky High	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	US2015-05-04	Time–Life Music	30709-D
7.5	I’d Like to Teach the World to Sing (in Perfect Harmony)	2:21	The New Seekers	Pop Goes the ’70s	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	US2015-05-04	Time–Life Music	30709-D
1.24	I’d Like to Teach the World to Sing (In Perfect Harmony)	2:23	The New Seekers	Retrospective: The Music of Mad Men (24-44.1)	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	XW2015-10-09	Chop Shop Records (California indie rock label), Republic Records (from 1994–2006 and since 2012, a division of UMG Recordings, Inc.)
1.24	I’d Like to Teach the World to Sing (In Perfect Harmony)	2:23	The New Seekers	Retrospective: The Music of Mad Men	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	US2015	Universal Republic Records (2006–2012)	0602547530288
1.5	I’d Like to Teach the World to Sing (in Perfect Harmony)	2:25	The New Seekers	Hard to Find 45s on CD, Volume 19: More 70s Essentials	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	US2017-10-27	Eric Records	11538
4.4	I’d Like to Teach the World to Sing	2:20	The New Seekers	101 70s Hits	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	GB2017	Universal Music Catalogue (since early 2000s, alt name UMC used since ca. 2016; defunct since early 2023, renamed into Universal Music Recordings, don’t use it for later 2023 releases)	UMC10102
3.3	I’d Like to Teach the World to Sing (In Perfect Harmony)	2:23	The New Seekers	The Albums 1970-73	The New Seekers	Album + Compilation	GB2019-02-15	Caroline International	CAROLR0101CD
3.3	I’d Like to Teach the World to Sing (in Perfect Harmony)	2:22	The New Seekers	The Hits Album: The 70s POP Album	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	GB2019-04-19	Sony Music Entertainment UK (holding company, not release label. Use ‘Sony Music UK’ or ‘Sony Music’ if no other label is reported)	19075944682
5.9	I'd Like to Teach the World to Sing	2:20	The New Seekers	NOW 100 Hits: 70s	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	GB2020-06-12	Sony Music (global brand, excluding JP, owned by Sony Music Entertainment), Universal Music on Demand	CDNNOW95
6.13	I’d Like to Teach the World to Sing (in Perfect Harmony)	2:23	The New Seekers	AM Gold	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	US2021	Time–Life Music	34360-D
1.18	I’d Like to Teach the World to Sing (In Perfect Harmony)	2:26	The New Seekers	Come Softly to Me - We’d Like to Teach the World to Sing	The New Seekers	Album + Compilation
1.16	I’d Like to Teach the World to Sing	2:20	The New Seekers	Number 1s of the Seventies	Various Artists	Album + Compilation
1.1	I’d Like to Teach the World to Sing	2:24	The New Seekers	Perfect Harmony	The New Seekers	Album + Compilation	AU-	Karussell	550 084-2
2.29	I’d Like to Teach the World to Sing (In Perfect Harmony)	2:24	The New Seekers	Startime	Various Artists	Album + Compilation		Reader’s Digest	RDC 90721 - 4
1.1	I’d Like to Teach the World to Sing	2:21	The New Seekers	The Greatest Hits	The New Seekers	Album + Compilation		Philips	845 398-2
2.9	I’d Like to Teach the World to Sing	2:19	The New Seekers	The No.1 DJ Collection: 70s (Digital Collection)	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	GB-	Music Factory (UK promotional remix service)	SET478
1.1	I’d Like to Teach the World to Sing	2:23	The New Seekers	The Very Best of the New Seekers	The New Seekers	Album + Compilation		Universal Music Strategic Marketing (subsidiary of Universal Music GmbH)
Promotion
1.7	I’d Like to Teach the World to Sing (In Perfect Harmony)	2:21	The New Seekers	One Shot: Anni settanta, Vol. 1	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	IT2005	Universal (plain logo “Universal” used by Universal Music and Universal Pictures)	CDOG 0044
Bootleg
1.12	I'd Like to Teach the World to Sing	2:20	The New Seekers	YTMND Soundtrack, Volume 9	Various Artists	Album + Compilation + Soundtrack	XW2006-02-02	YTMND
1.12	I'd Like to Teach the World to Sing	2:20	The New Seekers	YTMND Soundtrack, Volume 9 (Remastered)	Various Artists	Album + Compilation + Soundtrack	XW2006-10-29
1.14	I’d Like to Teach the World to Sing (in Perfect Harmony)	2:23	The New Seekers	Chicken Soup for the Soul: Celebrating Life	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	XW-	Rhino (reissue label)	R2 75524
(unknown)
3.16	I'd Like to Teach the World to Sing (In Perfect Harmony)	2:20	The New Seekers	Seventies	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	XE2003	Universal (plain logo “Universal” used by Universal Music and Universal Pictures)	0602498113738
1.6	I’d Like to Teach the World to Sing (in Perfect Harmony)	2:25	The New Seekers	We’d Like to Teach the World to Sing	The New Seekers	Album		Collectors’ Choice Music	CCM-405-2

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producer:	David Mackay (Australian producer, arranger, musical director)
vocals:	Eve Graham
arranger:	David Mackay (Australian producer, arranger, musical director)

recording of:	I’d Like to Teach the World to Sing

I’d Like to Teach the World to Sing

writer:	Bill Backer Roger Cook (US‐based British singer, songwriter and producer) Roquel Davis Roger Greenaway

publisher:	PolyGram Music Publishing

later parody versions:	I'd Like to Teach the World to Fap (In Perfect Harmony)
later translated versions:	J’aimerais bien apprendre au monde (I’d like to teach the world to sing) 愛するハーモニー
version of:	I’d Like to Buy the World a Coke (original commercial jingle off which “I’d Like to Teach the World to Sing” was based)
is the basis for:	Shakermaker

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