"This World Over" is a song by the English rock band XTC, written by Andy Partridge, and the second single from their 1984 album The Big Express.

"This World Over" is a song protesting the use of nuclear weapons[1] as a reaction to recent speeches by Ronald Reagan, which instigated Partridge's fears of another Cold War.

[2] One of the guitar parts is a slew of sustained feedback notes played through a Marshall amplifier.

The "high stratospheric squeaking noises in the last verse", Partridge said, are viola harmonics played by session musician Stuart Gordon, who "saws the bow over at a harmonic point, very whistly, and that was put into a [Roland] Chorus Echo.

"[4] In the magazine Smash Hits, guest writer Morrissey penned a review of the song that stated "XTC have stepped back from music industry machinations and are making better records.