"Alisha Rules the World"
Single byAlisha's Attic
from the albumAlisha Rules the World
B-side	"White Room" (live) "Drunken and Tearful" "God Lives Here"
Released	21 October 1996 (1996-10-21)
Length	4:32
Label	Mercury
Songwriters	Karen Poole Terry Martin Shelly Poole
Producer	Dave Stewart
Alisha's Attic singles chronology
"I Am, I Feel" (1996) "Alisha Rules the World" (1996) "Indestructible" (1997)
Audio
"Alisha Rules the World" onYouTube

"Alisha Rules the World" is a song by Englishpop music duoAlisha's Attic. Written by membersKaren andShelly Poole with Terry Martin, the song is about a woman named Alisha whose sweet, outward appearance deceives the people around her, as she actually possesses a devilish personality. Produced byDave Stewart ofEurythmics, "Alisha Rules the World" was released as the second single from the duo's debut album,Alisha Rules the World (1996), on 21 October 1996. The song became the duo's second top-20 hit in the United Kingdom, peaking at number 12 on theUK singles chart. Worldwide, the single entered the top 40 in Australia, Iceland, and Ireland.

According toKaren Poole, "Alisha Rules the World" is about a woman named Alisha who appears kind and gentle on the outside, even dressing up in fairy costumes, but she is actually vicious on the inside, with people never knowing if "she's going to beat [them] up or not".^[1]

British trade paperMusic Week rated the song four out of five, calling it a "slower, slinkier" successor to the previous single, "I Am, I Feel", and noting the "gifted" songwriting ofAlisha's Attic.^[2]

UK CD1^[3]

1. "Alisha Rules the World" – 4:32
2. "White Room" (live onChannel 4) – 3:56
3. "Alisha Rules the World" (Sex & Love mix) – 6:31
4. "Drunken and Tearful" – 3:27

UK CD2^[4]

1. "Alisha Rules the World" – 4:32
2. "God Lives Here" – 3:00
3. "Alisha Rules the World" (Network Nut dub) – 6:50
4. "Alisha Rules the World" (Mirror Ball mix) – 8:10

UK cassette single^[5]

1. "Alisha Rules the World"
2. "Drunken and Tearful"

Personnel are taken from theAlisha Rules the World album booklet.^[6]

• Karen Poole – writing
• Terry Martin – writing
• Shelly Poole – writing
• Dave Stewart – production
• Nick Addison – engineering
• Ash Howes – mix engineering
• Chris Scard – assistant engineering
• Will Garrett – assistant engineering

• 1996 singles
• 1996 songs
• Mercury Records singles
• Song recordings produced by Dave Stewart (Eurythmics)
• Songs written by Karen Poole
• Songs written by Shelly Poole

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