"What in the World's Come Over You" is a song written and performed by Jack Scott. It was featured on his 1960 album ''What in the World's Come Over You''. The song was produced by Sonny Lester.

Chart performance

It reached #2 in

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, #2 in

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, #5 on the U.S. pop chart, #7 on the U.S. R&B chart, and #11 on the UK Singles Chart in 1960. The song ranked #14 on ''Billboard'' magazine's Top 100 singles of 1960.

Other charting versions

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released a version of the song as a single in 1975 which reached #3 on the Canadian country chart and #10 on the U.S. country chart. *

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released a version of the song as a single in 1981 which reached #25 on the U.S. country chart, #33 on the Canadian country chart, and #109 on the U.S. pop chart.

Other versions

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released a version of the song on his 1960 album ''Young Pops''. * Johnny Lee released a version of the song as the

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to his 1974 single "So Nice to Be with You". * Tam White released a version of the song as a single in 1975 in the UK, which reached 36 on the chart. *

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released a version of the song on his 1990 compilation album ''Best of Eddy Arnold''. *

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released a version of the song on her 1992 compilation album ''Let's Have a Party''. *A version by

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was released on the 2012 various artists album ''Country Chart Classics''.

References

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