 A World Without Love  is a song recorded by the English duo Peter and Gordon and released as their first single in February 1964, reaching number one in the UK Singles Chart in April. The song was written by Paul McCartney and attributed to Lennon–McCartney.The B-side was If I Were You written by Peter and Gordon.In June 1964, A World Without Love topped the Billboard Hot 100 in the US. It also reached number one on the Cash Box chart in the US for one week.he song was one of the seven #1s written by Lennon-McCartney that charted in the US in 1964, an all-time songwriting record for most songs to top the US charts in a calendar year. A World Without Love is one of The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's 500 Songs that Shaped Rock and Roll.