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"A Different World"
Single by Bucky Covington
from the album Bucky Covington
Released	January 16, 2007
Format	Digital download, CD
Genre	Country
Length	3:28
Label	Lyric Street
Writer(s)	Jennifer Hanson Tony Martin Mark Nesler
Producer	Mark Miller
Bucky Covington singles chronology
"A Different World" (2007) "It's Good to Be Us" (2007)

"A Different World" is the first single by American country musician, Bucky Covington, from his first album Bucky Covington. He performed it at Great American Country in December 2006, and the song was released for country radio on January 16, 2007. The song is produced by Mark Miller, and was released by Lyric Street Records, a country label of Disney's Buena Vista Music Group.

[edit] Content

The song is a reminiscence of the narrator's formative years; its lyrics illustrate examples of how much the world has changed since he was a child. Covington states during the chorus that it was "not just a different time / It was a different world".

[edit] Music video

A music video was released in February 2007, and was directed by Trey Fanjoy. It begins with Covington as a child (J.D. Ironfield), sitting in front of an old television. On the T.V. is the adult version of Covington, who is on the patio of a house. Throughout the video, the young Covington watches his older counterpart on the TV as the adult version of him walks around a small town, supposedly like the town he grew up in. Certain children in the town are shown leading a simpler life than most do today, as the song's lyrics describe. The video ends with the adult Covington entering the house where the young version of him is watching. It then shows him as an adult shutting off a modern day television.

The video reached #1 on CMT's Top Twenty Countdown for the week of May 31, 2007.

[edit] Chart performance

Chart (2007)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Hot Country Songs	6
U.S. Billboard Hot 100	58
U.S. Billboard Pop 100	68
Canadian Radio & Records Country Singles	39

v • d • e Bucky Covington Studio albums Bucky Covington  · I'm Alright Other albums American Idol Season 5: Encores Singles "A Different World" · "It's Good to Be Us" · "I'll Walk" · "I Want My Life Back" · "Gotta Be Somebody" Tours "American Idols LIVE! Tour 2006" Related topics American Idol · Lyric Street