Beautiful World (Devo song)

"Beautiful World" is a song by American new wave band Devo, written by Gerald Casale and Mark Mothersbaugh.

Record World called it a "positive pop piece" that is "a polished, multi-format rocker.

The picture disc version also includes a different B-side: the spoken word "Nu-tra Speaks (New Traditionalist Man).

"[2][better source needed] The music video was inspired by the works of experimental film collagist Bruce Conner.

[3][4] The video features the character Booji Boy prominently, as he initially watches scenes of beautiful women, futuristic cars, and other happy elements, which by the end of the song have been replaced by images of race riots, the Ku Klux Klan, World War I, famine in Africa, car crashes and nuclear explosions, putting a much darker slant on the song's lyrics as Casale sings "It's a beautiful world, For you / It's a beautiful world, Not me."