"Wondrous Place" is a song written by Jeff Lewis and Bill Giant. It was recorded by Billy Fury

Billy Fury

Billy Fury, born Ronald William Wycherley , was an internationally successful English singer from the late-1950s to the mid-1960s, and remained an active songwriter until the 1980s. Rheumatic fever, which he first contracted as a child, damaged his heart and ultimately contributed to his death...

 who cut several versions of the song during his career. His original release of "Wondrous Place" reached #25 on the UK Singles Chart

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 in late 1960. The song gained further recognition forty years later when Fury's version was used on a UK

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 television advertisement

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 for Toyota

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The original version of "Wondrous Place" was released in the US

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 by Jimmy Jones

Jimmy Jones (singer)

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, but the single

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 failed to chart

Record chart

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The song was covered

Cover version

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 in 2008 by Arctic Monkeys'

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 Alex Turner and The Rascals'

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 Miles Kane for their project, The Last Shadow Puppets

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. It was released as B-side

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 of the group's first single, "The Age of the Understatement

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Australian singer Jason Donovan

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 also recorded the song for his album Let It Be Me

Let It Be Me (album)

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(2008). Marshall Crenshaw

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 had earlier recorded a version for his 1996 album, Miracle of Science, variously titled "A Wonderous Place".

A cover of the song, sung by British performer Alice Gold

Alice Gold

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, was also used in an advert for beer brand Carling

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in September 2011.