What a Wonderful World

Maddy discusses her planned return to Missoula with Sarah and Leland as the record plays

"What a Wonderful World" was a song performed by Louis Armstrong.

History

On the evening of February 24, 1989, Scotty quoted the song's title when Joey Paulson informed him that Bobby Briggs and Mike Nelson had entered the Roadhouse.

On the morning of March 9, 1989, Leland Palmer, Sarah Palmer, and Maddy Ferguson listened to a record of the song.

Behind the scenes

"What a Wonderful World" is a song written by Bob Thiele and George David Weiss, famously recorded and released by Louis Armstrong in 1967.

The recording of "What a Wonderful World" that is played in "Episode 14" of Twin Peaks is from a 1970 version of the song with a spoken intro, rather than the more well-known 1967 release.

Lyrics

The following are the lyrics as they are heard in "Episode 14."

[Spoken: And all I'm saying is see what a wonderful world it would be if only we'd give it a chance. Love, baby, love. That's the secret. Yes. If lots more of us loved each other, we'd solve lots more problems. And then, this world would be a gasser. That's what old pops keeps saying.]

I see skies of blue

And clouds of white

The bright blessed day

The dark sacred night

And I think to myself

What a wonderful world

I see skies of blue

And clouds of white

The bright blessed day

The dark sacred night

And I think to myself

What a wonderful world

The colors of the rainbow

So pretty in the sky

Are also on the faces

Of people going by

I see friends shaking hands

Saying, "How do you do?"

They're really saying

I love you

I hear babies cry

I watch them grow

They'll learn much more

Than I'll ever know

And I think to myself

What a wonderful world

Yes...

Appearances

• Twin Peaks – season 1
  • "Pilot" (Mentioned only)
• Twin Peaks – season 2
  • "Episode 14"