100. In 1987, Jonathan King accused Pet Shop Boys of plagiarising the melody of "Wild World" for their UK No. 1 single "It's a Sin". He made the claims in The Sun, for which he wrote a regular column during the 1980s. King also released his own cover version of "Wild World" as a single, using a similar musical arrangement to "It's a Sin", in an effort to demonstrate his claims. This single flopped, while Pet Shop Boys sued King, eventually winning out-of-court damages, which they donated to charity. On 7 July 2007, the song was performed twice at the Live Earth concerts. James Blunt sang it at Wembley Stadium in London, England, while Stevens (by then known as Yusuf Islam) himself sang it in Hamburg, Germany. In 2011, Taiwanese-American singer Joanna Wang released her own version on her album The Things We Do for Love. Wang's version was also featured in American web television series The Good Fight Season 1, 2017. Notable covers 1970: Jimmy Cliff 1971: Claude François (Fleur sauvage) 1971: Barry Ryan 1971: Bette Midler 1971: José Feliciano 1971: The Gentrys 1971: The Ventures 1971: Franck Pourcel (Instrumental version) 1971: Sacha Distel 1987: Jonathan King 1989: SNFU 1993: Mr. Big 1994: Wise Guys 2000: Pepê & Neném 2001: Me First and the Gimme Gimmes 2003: Skye Sweetnam (Billy S. – B-side) 2004: John Waite 2007: Skins cast, led by Mike Bailey 2007: James Blunt 2010: Ronan Keating (feat. Marvin Priest) 2012: Andy Allo 2013: Garth Brooks 2018: Bastille (feat. Kianja) 2018: Marion Raven (Live version for her acoustic tour in Norway) 2020: Mick McGuigan (live at home) Maxi Priest version In 1988 English reggae vocalist Maxi Priest recorded a cover of the song, which was released as the third single from his album, Maxi (1987). The single charted at No. 25 on the Billboard Hot 100. In Europe it was very successful, peaking at No. 3 in Norway, No. 5 in Belgium, Ireland, New Zealand, and the UK, No. 7 in the Netherlands, and No. 8 in Australia. Charts Weekly charts Year-end charts Mr. Big version In 1993, American rock band Mr. Big released a cover of "Wild World" on their third album, Bump Ahead (1993). The single charted at No. 27 on the Billboard Hot 100, No. 33 on the Top 40 Mainstream and No. 12 on the Mainstream Top 40. In Europe, it was very