Serving as the lead single from his self-titled debut album, "Somewhere in the World" was released for digital download following his win on The X Factor on 22 November 2010.

The song debuted on the ARIA Singles Chart at number eight, with sales of 15,706 units in its first week of release.

After Childs was announced the winner of the series, "Somewhere in the World" was given to him as his debut single and released digitally on 22 November 2010.

[6] In 2014, "Somewhere in the World" was certified platinum by the Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA), for sales exceeding 70,000 copies.

[7] The music video was filmed in two days in King Street, Newtown in November 2010,[8][9] and premiered online on 3 December 2010.