I Don't Know What the World Is Coming To

I Don't Know What the World Is Coming To
I Don't Know What the World Is Coming To
Studio album by Bobby Womack
Released	March 28, 1975
Recorded	1974
Studio	Paramount Recording Studios, Hollywood, California
Genre	R&B
Length	40:54
Label	United Artists
Producer	Bobby Womack
Bobby Womack chronology

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[1]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music	^[2]

I Don't Know What the World Is Coming To is the seventh studio album by American singer-songwriter Bobby Womack. The album was released on March 28, 1975, by United Artists Records.^[3]^[4] The album debuted at number 126 on the Billboard 200.

In 1978 British rock singer Rod Stewart lifted the melody from "(If You Want My Love) Put Something Down On It" for his hit song "Da Ya Think I'm Sexy?"

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Medley: Interlude #1 / I Don't Know"	Bobby Womack, Truman Thomas	3:14
2.	"Superstar"	Cecil Womack, Mary Womack	3:36
3.	"(If You Want My Love) Put Something Down On It"	Bobby Womack, Cecil Womack	3:43
4.	"Git It"	Bobby Womack, Leon Ware	4:23
5.	"What's Your World"	Leon Ware	5:14
6.	"Check It Out"	Bobby Womack	3:50
7.	"Interlude #2"	Bobby Womack	3:51
8.	"Jealous Love"	Bobby Womack, Cecil Womack	5:48
9.	"It's All Over Now" (featuring Bill Withers)	Bobby Womack	2:55
10.	"Yes, Jesus Loves Me"	Traditional; arranged by Bobby Womack and Roger Dollarhide	4:23

Personnel

Bobby Womack - guitar, bass, vocals
Glen Goins, Charles Fullilove, Ken Khristian, Larry Otis - guitar
Sneaky Pete Kleinow - pedal steel
Tommy Cogbill, Paul Stallworth, Chuck Rainey - bass
Truman Thomas, Roger Dollarhide, David Foster, Bobby Wood, William Smith, Leon Ware - keyboards
Robert Robertie, Ron Selico, Jim Keltner, Bill Braun, Bill Lordan, Larry Zack, Soko Richardson - drums
Joe Lala - congas
Jonathan Blair - electric violin
Cosme DeAguero - vibraphone
Catherine Gotthoffer - harp
René Hall - strings
Bill Withers - vocals on "It's All Over Now"
Cindy "Sundray" Scott - answer vocals on "What's Your World"
Linda Lawrence - answer vocals on "Interlude #2"

Technical

Truman Thomas - associate producer
Roger Dollarhide - engineer
Bob Cato, Lloyd Ziff - art direction
Ria Lewerke - design
Doug Metzler - photography

References

^ I Don't Know What the World Is Coming To at AllMusic
^ Colin Larkin (2006). "Womack, Bobby". The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Vol. 8 (4th ed.). Muze, Oxford University Press. p. 751–2. ISBN 978-0-19-531373-4.
^ "I Don't Know What the World Is Coming To - Bobby Womack". AllMusic. Retrieved 2018-08-14.
^ "iTunes - Music - I Don't Know What the World Is Coming To by Bobby Womack". Itunes.apple.com. Retrieved 2015-09-06.

[allmusic-1] I Don't Know What the World Is Coming To at AllMusic

[larkin-2] Colin Larkin (2006). "Womack, Bobby". The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Vol. 8 (4th ed.). Muze, Oxford University Press. p. 751–2. ISBN 978-0-19-531373-4.

[3] "I Don't Know What the World Is Coming To - Bobby Womack". AllMusic. Retrieved 2018-08-14.

[4] "iTunes - Music - I Don't Know What the World Is Coming To by Bobby Womack". Itunes.apple.com. Retrieved 2015-09-06.

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Discography
Studio albums	Fly Me to the Moon (1969) My Prescription (1970) Communication (1971) Understanding (1972) Facts of Life (1973) Lookin' for a Love Again (1974) I Don't Know What the World Is Coming To (1975) Safety Zone (1975) BW Goes C&W (1976) Home Is Where the Heart Is (1976) Pieces (1978) Roads of Life (1979) The Poet (1981) The Poet II (1984) So Many Rivers (1985) Someday We'll All Be Free (1985) Womagic (1986) The Last Soul Man (1987) Save the Children (1989) Resurrection (1994) Back to My Roots (1999) Traditions (1999) The Bravest Man in the Universe (2012)
Singles	"California Dreamin'" "Fly Me to the Moon" "How I Miss You Baby" "I Left My Heart in San Francisco" "That's the Way I Feel About Cha" "Sweet Caroline (Good Times Never Seemed So Good)" "Woman's Gotta Have It" "Harry Hippie" "Across 110th Street" "Lookin' for a Love" "Daylight" "If You Think You're Lonely Now" "I Wish He Didn't Trust Me So Much" "Someday We'll All Be Free" "Living in a Box" "Please Forgive My Heart"