Single:
Kings of the World entered the Australian singles chart* on 4 September 1972 and peaked at #7. The song was #49 on the Top 100 of 1972.
Album:
The song is on Mississippi which entered the Australian albums chart* on 11 September 1972 and peaked at #21.
Songwriter:
Graeham Goble
Producers:
Ern Rose, Peter Jones
Record label of Australian release:
Bootleg
*Kent Music Report / Australian Chart Book. See About.
Wikipedia:
Mississippi was an Australian soft rock band (1972–1975), which included Graeham Goble on lead vocals and guitar, Beeb Birtles on lead vocals and guitar, and Derek Pellicci on drums. The band had started as Allison Gros in Adelaide in 1970 and moved to Melbourne in 1971 where they recorded as Allison Gros, Drummond and, early in 1972, became Mississippi.
As Mississippi they reached #10 with Kings of the World in 1972. In early 1975, with Birtles, Goble and Pellici aboard and the addition of Glenn Shorrock, the group was renamed Little River Band.
Read more: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mississippi_(band)
Lyrics:
Make way for the kings of the world
Make way for a kings, yes they still are here
It’s only a game, we’ll come back again
To this time and the kings of the world
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