<P> In 1987, Jonathan King accused Pet Shop Boys of plagiarising the melody of "Wild World" for their UK No. 1 single "It's a Sin". He made the claims in The Sun, for which he wrote a regular column during the 1980s . King also released his own cover version of "Wild World" as a single, using a similar musical arrangement to "It's a Sin", in an effort to demonstrate his claims . This single flopped, while Pet Shop Boys sued King, eventually winning out - of - court damages, which they donated to charity . </P> <P> On July 7, 2007, the song was performed twice at the Live Earth concerts . James Blunt sang it at Wembley Stadium in London, England, while Yusuf Islam (formerly Cat Stevens) himself sang it in Hamburg, Germany . </P> <Table> <Tr> <Td> <H3> Weekly charts (edit) </H3> <Table> <Tr> <Th> Chart (1970 - 71) </Th> <Th> Peak position </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Canada RPM Top Singles </Td> <Td> 14 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Canada RPM Adult Contemporary </Td> <Td> 32 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> US Billboard Hot 100 </Td> <Td> 11 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> US Billboard Adult Contemporary </Td> <Td> 21 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> US Cash Box Top 100 </Td> <Td> 18 </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Table> <Tr> <Th> Chart (2007) </Th> <Th> Peak position </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> UK (OCC) </Td> <Td> 52 </Td> </Tr> </Table> <P> </P> </Td> <Td> <H3> Year - end charts (edit) </H3> <Table> <Tr> <Th> Chart (1971) </Th> <Th> Rank </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> US (Joel Whitburn's Pop Annual) </Td> <Td> 102 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> US Cash Box </Td> <Td> 98 </Td> </Tr> </Table> <P> </P> </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Td> <H3> Weekly charts (edit) </H3> <Table> <Tr> <Th> Chart (1970 - 71) </Th> <Th> Peak position </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Canada RPM Top Singles </Td> <Td> 14 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Canada RPM Adult Contemporary </Td> <Td> 32 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> US Billboard Hot 100 </Td> <Td> 11 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> US Billboard Adult Contemporary </Td> <Td> 21 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> US Cash Box Top 100 </Td> <Td> 18 </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Table> <Tr> <Th> Chart (2007) </Th> <Th> Peak position </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> UK (OCC) </Td> <Td> 52 </Td> </Tr> </Table> <P> </P> </Td> <Td> <H3> Year - end charts (edit) </H3> <Table> <Tr> <Th> Chart (1971) </Th> <Th> Rank </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> US (Joel Whitburn's Pop Annual) </Td> <Td> 102 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> US Cash Box </Td> <Td> 98 </Td> </Tr> </Table> <P> </P> </Td> </Tr>

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