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| artist = [[Emilia Rydberg]]
| album = [[Big Big World (album)|Big Big World]]
| released = {{start date|1998|9|17|df=y}}
| recorded =
| studio =
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| genre = [[Pop music|Pop]]
| length = 3:22
| label =
* * [[Universal Music Group|Universal]] | writer =
* * Lasse Anderson | producer =
* * Jørgen "TNT" Møller * Günter "Yogi" Lauke | next_title = [[Good Sign]]
| next_year = 1999
| misc = {{External music video|{{YouTube|wpkS2DU_qMs|"Big Big World"}}}}
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"'''Big Big World'''" is a song by Swedish singer [[Emilia Rydberg|Emilia]]. It was released
"Big Big World" was a hit in Europe, where it reached number-one in eight countries and peaked within the top five in several others, but it fared less well in the United States, where it remained at the bottom of the [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]], though it did reach the top 40 on two other ''Billboard'' charts. The song was given a [[Grammis]] award for "Song of the Year" in 1998 and also won a [[Rockbjörnen]] award as "Swedish Song of the Year" in 1998.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://wwwc.aftonbladet.se/noje/special/rockbjorn00/gamla.html|title=Alla Rockbjörnsvinnare sedan 1979|newspaper=Aftonbladet|language=Swedish|date=2000|access-date=1 May 2011}}</ref> On 20 September 2017, the song was the topic at [[Sveriges Television|SVT
==Critical reception==
[[AllMusic]] editor Roxanne Blanford wrote that the song is "gentle", arranged as a "pseudo-procession tune", "as if Emilia is taking her first cautious steps toward independence and adulthood."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/big-big-world-mw0000046850|title=Emilia - Big Big World|work=AllMusic|access-date=17 February 2020}}</ref> [[Chuck Taylor (music journalist)|Chuck Taylor]] from ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' said that its "magic touch" is "manifested via sheer straightforward simplicity-in performance, production, and message." He noted Emilia's "delicate voice, ripe with vulnerability and hurt, tells of being a big girl in a big world who shouldn't see it as a big deal if her partner leaves her ... but she will miss him much." He also added that "allusions to rain and autumn leaves help set up a perfect visual of stark sadness and loneliness, giving the song a strong seasonal punch."<ref>{{cite magazine|author=Taylor, Chuck|author-link=Chuck Taylor (music journalist)|url=https://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-Billboard/90s/1998/BB-1998-11-21.pdf|title=Single Reviews: New & Noteworthy|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|date=21 November 1998|access-date=9 February 2020|page=27}}</ref> A reviewer from ''[[Birmingham Evening Mail]]'' stated that "this is another one of those Love It or Hate It records", adding that "
''[[Daily Record (Scotland)|Daily Record]]'' called the song "chirpy".<ref>"Chart Slot". ''[[Daily Record (Scotland)|Daily Record]]''. 18 December 1998. Retrieved 1 December 2020.</ref> Swedish newspaper ''[[Expressen]]'' wrote that "Big Big World" is the "big, obvious hit this fall."<ref>''[[Expressen]]''. 23 October 1998.</ref> ''[[Göteborgsposten]]'' commented that with this song, Emilia "has a big, big hit".<ref>''[[Göteborgsposten]]''. 23 October 1998.</ref> Chuck Campbell from ''[[Knoxville News Sentinel]]'' said that the 20-year-old vocalist "assumes a sweetly fragile persona on the song, setting the mood with a sparse verse and [[chorus effect|chorus]] before the track folds in a shuffling beat and an orchestral arrangement."<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nfIaAAAAIBAJ|title=Band didn't burn Midnight Oil for this one|magazine=[[The Daily News (Kentucky)|Daily News]]|date=23 December 1998|access-date=15 March 2020}}</ref> Nina Cassidy from ''[[Stanford Daily]]'' noted that it "has a catchy beat, and the lyrics and music have a smooth flow."<ref>{{cite magazine|first= Nina |last= Cassidy |title= Emilia 'Big Big World' Music Reviews |magazine= [[Stanford Daily]] |date= 21 January 1999 |page= 6 |access-date= 23 April 2020 |url= https://archives.stanforddaily.com/1999/01/21}}</ref> ''[[Sunday Tribune]]'' called it a "sweet song",<ref>"Billie She Wants You Virgin This single sees Billie warning her 'man' away from some temptress who's after him.". ''[[Sunday Tribune]]''. 13 December 1998. page 36. Retrieved 29 March 2020.</ref> while ''[[Sunday World]]'' described it as a "cracking single".<ref>"Stunner Emilia's wish comes true". ''[[Sunday World]]''. 6 December 1998. page 86. Retrieved 29 March 2020.</ref> Kerry Gold from ''[[The Vancouver Sun]]'' deemed it "a song of such easy listening it could double as a [[nursery rhyme]]."<ref>Gold, Kerry (26 December 1998). "CD Reviews". p. D8. ''[[The Vancouver Sun]]''.</ref>
==Chart performance==
"Big Big World" was
==Music video==
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===Decade-end charts===
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!scope="row"|Sweden
|17 September 1998
|CD
|rowspan="2"|{{hlist|Rodeo|[[Universal Music Group|Universal]]}}
|<ref>{{cite magazine|title=Big Reaction at CHR for Universal's Emilia|magazine=Radio & Records|issue=1274|page=33|date=13 November 1998|quote=The single reached the gold sales mark six days after its release.}} ''The song was certified gold in Sweden on 23 September, which means it was released on 17 September''.</ref>
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!scope="row"|United Kingdom
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|<ref>{{cite magazine|title=New Releases: Singles|magazine=[[Music Week]]|page=28|date=28 November 1998}}</ref>
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!scope="row"|Japan
|24 February 1999
|CD
|Universal
|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.oricon.co.jp/prof/48514/products/160061/1/|title=ビッグ・ビッグ・ワールド {{!}} エミリア|trans-title=Big Big World {{!}} Emilia|publisher=[[Oricon]]|language=ja|access-date=6 October 2023}}</ref>
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==References==
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