Song of the Day 11/24: World Party, “Thank You World”

Rather than list all the things to be thankful for, I’m going to go Karl Wallinger’s route and simply thank the world.

Wallinger was World Party for most of its existence, playing all the instruments on most of the tracks on the band’s first two LPs, including “Goodbye Jumbo,” where this song debuted. He really liked this song — it was the title track of his follow-up EP, where it appeared in both live and studio versions.

Wallinger’s career was derailed in 2001 when he suffered a brain aneurysm that was misdiagnosed. His recover took five years, and he has released only one single since 2000.