Written by Romano Musumarra and Porter Carroll, it was released in December 1990 as the lead single from the album Paris New York and Me, on which it appears as the first track.

In France, "Romantic World" debuted at number 43 on the chart edition of 22 December 1990, but fell of the top 50 two weeks later.

It achieved Gold status, awarded by the Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique, the French certificator, for over 400,000 units sold.

[1] It achieved a minor success in Sweden and Belgium (Flanders) where it charted for two and three weeks respectively, and peaked at number 33, and was a commercial failure in Australia where it failed to reach the top 100.

In 1993, South African singer Brenda Fassie covered the song on her album I Am Not A Bad Girl.