“What the World Needs Now” by Jackie DeShannon is featured in What the World Needs Now, the sixth episode of Season Six. It is sung by Will (Matthew Morrison), the Alumni and the New Directions, with solos from Artie (Kevin McHale), Blaine (Darren Criss), Kurt (Chris Colfer), Mercedes (Amber Riley),...
[MERCEDES]
What the world needs now is love, sweet love
It's the only thing that there's just too little of
[RACHEL with ALUMNI, NEW DIRECTIONS, & WILL]
What the world needs now is love, sweet love
[RACHEL]
No, not just for some but for everyone
[ARTIE (with KURT)]
Lord, we don't need another mountain
There are mountains and hillsides enough to climb
(There are oceans and rivers enough to cross)
[WILL (with KURT)]
Enough to last (til the end of time)
[BLAINE with ALUMNI & NEW DIRECTIONS]
Til the end of time
[RACHEL with ALUMNI, NEW DIRECTIONS, & WILL]
What the world needs now is love, sweet love
[RACHEL]
It's the only thing that there's
[KURT & RACHEL with ALUMNI, NEW DIRECTIONS, & WILL]
Just too little of
What the world needs now is love, sweet love
[RACHEL with ALUMNI, NEW DIRECTIONS, & WILL]
No, not just for some but for everyone
[WILL]
Lord, we don't need another meadow
There are corn fields and wheat fields
Enough to grow
[SAM]
There are sunbeams and moonbeams enough to shine
[BLAINE with RACHEL, ALUMNI, NEW DIRECTIONS, & WILL]
Oh, listen lord, if you want to
[BLAINE & RACHEL with ALUMNI, NEW DIRECTIONS, & WILL]
Know
[RACHEL with ALUMNI, NEW DIRECTIONS, & WILL, (MERCEDES)]
What the world (What the world)
Needs now (Needs now)
Is love, sweet love (Love, sweet love)
It's the only thing that there's (There's just)
Just too little of (Too little of)
What the world needs now (What the world needs now)
Is love, sweet love (Oh, oh)
No, not just for some (No, not just for some)
Oh, but just (Just)
For (For every)
Everyone (Yeah)
[ALUMNI, NEW DIRECTIONS, & WILL, (MERCEDES), {RACHEL}]
What the world {World!} needs now (What the world needs is love)
Is love
[RACHEL with ALUMNI, NEW DIRECTIONS, & WILL, (MERCEDES)]
Sweet love (Oh, oh)
It's the only thing (Oo, oo, oo)
That there's just (Just)
[RACHEL with MERCEDES, ALUMNI, NEW DIRECTIONS, & WILL, (MERCEDES)]
Too little of (Yeah)
[RACHEL with ALUMNI, NEW DIRECTIONS, & WILL, (MERCEDES)]
What the world needs now (What the world needs now)
Is love, sweet love (Is sweet love)
No, not just for some (Woah)
Oh, but just (Just)
For (For)
Every (Every)
[RACHEL with ALUMNI, NEW DIRECTIONS, & WILL, (ALUMNI, NEW DIRECTIONS, & WILL)]
Everyone (Everyone)
What the World Needs Now was written by Burt Bacharach & Hal David & Bacharach & David.
What the World Needs Now was produced by Ryan Murphy & Peer Åström & Adam Anders.
Glee Cast released What the World Needs Now on Wed Mar 04 2015.