| 8th World Wonder | |
| Cover: | 8th_World_Wonder.jpg |
| Type: | single |
| Artist: | Kimberley Locke |
| Album: | One Love |
| B-Side: | Somewhere Over the Rainbow |
| Length: | 3:59 |
| Label: | Curb |
| Producer: |
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| Next Title: | Wrong |
| Next Year: | 2004 |
"8th World Wonder" is the first single by the American Idol finalist Kimberley Locke from her first studio album, One Love (2004). The single, written by Joel Parkes, Shaun Shankel and Kyle Jacobs, entered the US Billboard Singles Sales Chart at number one, making it the first non-Idol single to top the chart from any Idol finalist. The single was later nominated in the category for "Best Love Song" at the 2004 Teen Choice Awards. The release includes a new modern arrangement of Locke's signature song from the show, "Somewhere Over the Rainbow".
"8th World Wonder" is one of the longest-running Idol singles to appear on the Billboard Hot 100, spending 20 weeks on the chart and peaking at number 49. It was Locke's only single to chart on the Hot 100. Outside the United States, the song charted only in the United Kingdom, also reaching number 49. In Entertainment Weekly magazine, "8th World Wonder" was listed as one of the top five songs to come out of American Idol.
The video for "8th World Wonder" was directed by Sam Erickson. Locke stars in the video with Charles Divins from the soap opera Passions. The video starts with her waking one morning to find a note left by her boyfriend. It then shows each day backwards to seven days before when they first made eye contact at a party. The video ends with her giving him her number at the party at which they . A dance remix version of the video was also released.
US CD single[1]
UK CD single[2]
| Chart (2004) | Position | |
|---|---|---|
| US Adult Contemporary (Billboard)[3] | 14 | |
| US Adult Top 40 (Billboard)[4] | 96 | |
| US Dance Singles Sales (Billboard)[5] | 11 | |
| US Mainstream Top 40 (Billboard)[6] | 74 |
| Region | Date | Format(s) | Label(s) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States | January 12, 2004 | Contemporary hit radio | Curb | [7] | |
| January 26, 2004 | Hot adult contemporary radio | [8] | |||
| United Kingdom | July 19, 2004 | CD | [9] |
The Mexican singer Alessandra Rosaldo recorded a Spanish version of "8th World Wonder" entitled "La Octava Maravilla" on her 2009 album, Alessandra.[10]