The song was written in 1965 by Tom Springfield and was an international hit for The Seekers, reaching number 19 in the U.S. "A World of Our Own" was Sonny James' sixth number one in a row, and twenty-sixth hit on the U.S. country music chart.
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In January, 1970, Prescott published A World of Our Own: Notes on Life and Learning in a Boys' Preparatory School, which described his alma mater, The Choate School, (now Choate Rosemary Hall).