"This Is the World We Live In" is a song by Swedish band Alcazar.

The song is the fifth single from their second album, Alcazarized (2003).

It was released in June 2004 and became a hit, peaking at number three in Sweden, number one in Hungary, and reaching the top 20 in Flemish Belgium, Denmark, Italy, Norway and the United Kingdom.

The song contains an interpolation of Diana Ross's "Upside Down", and the chorus is adapted from the Genesis song "Land of Confusion".

[1] A music video was produced to promote the single.