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, the Alumni and the New Directions, with solos from Artie, Blaine, Kurt, Mercedes, Rachel, Sam, and Will.
Santana and Brittany walk to the auditorium where they are escorted to their seats by Spencer. Artie, as wedding planner, rolls onto the stage and announces there's a problem, there's an empty seat at the wedding reception because Alma Lopez is not coming. He adds that the problem is adding more chairs for more members of their family. Will, Mercedes, Rachel, Kurt, Sam, Blaine, and Kitty show up, and give the definition of "family". Mercedes starts to sing as everyone comes to the stage. Everyone is then seen together at Will's apartment, where he opens the door to Santana and Brittany. They greet Will and Daniel. Sam and Rachel talk while Mercedes looks at them happily. Artie hands a pie to Kitty, and she smiles, indicating they're on good terms now. Kurt opens the door to find Blaine coming alone, not with Dave. The scene cuts back to the auditorium, where they finish the song and gather around Brittany and Santana for a group hug.
Lyrics[]
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, and 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 and New Directions:
Til the end of time
Rachel with Alumni, New Directions, and Will:
What the world needs now is love, sweet love
Rachel:
It's the only thing that there's
Kurt and Rachel with Alumni, New Directions, and Will:
Just too little of
What the world needs now is love, sweet love
Rachel with Alumni, New Directions, and 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, and Will:
Oh, listen lord, if you want to
Blaine and Rachel with Alumni, New Directions, and Will:
Know
Rachel with Alumni, New Directions, and 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, and Will (Mercedes):
What the world (Rachel: World!) needs now (What the world needs is love)
Is love,
Rachel with Alumni, New Directions, and 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, and Will (Mercedes):
Too little of (Yeah)
Rachel with Alumni, New Directions, and 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, and Will:
Everyone (Alumni, New Directions, and Will: Everyone)
Trivia[]
- This is the 700th musical number in the series.
- This is the first time Will sings in Season Six.
- Emma is seen briefly from the back at Will's apartment in this performance. However, in here she was played by a photo double, not Jayma Mays, Emma's regular actress.
- Brian Stokes Mitchell (LeRoy Berry), Gloria Estefan (Maribel Lopez), Idina Menzel (Shelby Corcoran), Sarah Jessica Parker (Isabelle Wright), and Whoopi Goldberg (Carmen Tibideaux) recorded a version of this song for Broadway for Orlando in order to help raise money for The Center of Orlando.
Gallery[]
Videos[]
Jackie DeShannon - What The World Needs Now Is Love
GLEE Full Performance of "What The World Needs Now" from "What the World Needs Now"
Glee - What The World Needs Now (HD FULL STUDIO)