- What A Wonderful World (official Lyric Video) | Sam Cooke

: Beyond its romantic surface, some modern interpretations view the song as an ode to the Black experience and enduring hope. The Official Lyric Video

: The song was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 2014 and appears on Rolling Stone’s "500 Greatest Songs of All Time". Sam Cooke - What A Wonderful World (Official Lyric Video)

The track was written primarily by and Lou Adler , who worked under the pseudonym Barbara Campbell (named after Cooke's high school sweetheart). : Beyond its romantic surface, some modern interpretations