"When you are a king Never do a thing Four and twenty blackbirds sing along Royal gifts they all will bring" The song was released as a single with "The World Gets Better With Love" on its B-side.

[4] It was included as the title song in the When You Are a King album, released in the UK by Deram Records.

It was included in the UK White Plains compilation album, My Baby Loves Lovin' (1993; track #16).

[9] A popular Hebrew cover version, Melekh Ha'Olam (King of the World; can also mean God), was translated and recorded by the Israeli singer-songwriter, Shlomo Artzi.

This album sold over 200,000 copies; an unprecedented achievement in the small Israeli music market.