Världen utanför is a song written by Calle Kindbom and Thomas G:son, and performed by

Barbados Barbados is an island country in the Lesser Antilles of the West Indies, in the Caribbean region of the Americas, and the most easterly of the Caribbean Islands. It occupies an area of and has a population of about 287,000 (2019 estimate). ...

during

Melodifestivalen 2002 Melodifestivalen 2002 was the selection for the 42nd song to represent Sweden at the Eurovision Song Contest. It was the 41st time that this system of picking a song had been used. Five heats had taken place to select the ten songs for the final ...

, participating in the first semifinal in Växjö on 19 January 2002, from where it made it further through " Vinnarnas val" and finally to the finals inside the

Stockholm Globe Arena Avicii Arena, originally known as Stockholm Globe Arena and previously as Ericsson Globe, but commonly referred to in Swedish simply as Globen (; "the Globe"), is an indoor arena located in Stockholm Globe City, Johanneshov district of Stockho ...

, where it ended up 4th. The song appeared on the band's album with the same name. The single, which was released the same year, peaked at 14th position at the

Swedish singles chart Sverigetopplistan (, lit. "the Sweden top list") is the Swedish national record chart, formerly known as Topplistan (1975–1997) and Hitlistan (1998–2007) and known by its current name since October 2007, based on sales data from the Swedish R ...

, and the song became a major hit. The song also charted at

Svensktoppen ''Svensktoppen'' () is a weekly record chart airing at Sveriges Radio. Until January 2003, the songs had to be in the Swedish language. Svensktoppen has aired since 1962, except for the years 1982-1985. The last years before the January 2003 cha ...

for three weeks between 13-27 April 2002, peaking at 5th position before leaving chart.Svensktoppen - ''4 May 2002''
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Varlden utanfor (song) 2002 singles Barbados (band) songs Melodifestivalen songs of 2002 Songs written by Thomas G:son 2002 songs Mariann Grammofon singles Songs written by Calle Kindbom