Teanga Teanga rework the 1956 standard ‘Around the World’
Teanga Teanga, the duo of Pamela Sue Mann and Paul Murphy, released single “Around the World” on June 26, 2026, a synth-led rework of the 1956 standard.
Teanga Teanga released the single “Around the World” worldwide on June 26, 2026. The project pairs New York art-pop artist Pamela Sue Mann with Dublin composer-producer Paul Murphy, who records as pxmurphy. Their version reworks “Around the World,” the 1956 standard, through synthesizers, electronics and strings rather than orchestral pop.
Teanga Teanga rework a 1956 standard
The single reinterprets “Around the World,” the title song from the 1956 film “Around the World in 80 Days.” Victor Young wrote the music and Harold Adamson the lyrics; Nat King Cole recorded a vocal version, one of several covers of the song. Teanga Teanga rebuild the track with cinematic synths, spectral textures, spoken passages and sweeping strings, with Mann on lead vocals.
Murphy said the recording grew out of studio sessions and file-sharing between the two. “We suddenly got inspired by something,” he stated. “If we both buzz off it, we start digging in and seeing what comes out.” Mann described her approach to covering a standard: “If you’re going to do a cover, you’ve got to have something soulful — depth, honesty, empathy. Otherwise you’re just doing a cover.” The pair call the recording “time travel through music.”
“Around the World” is available on Spotify, Apple Music and YouTube. The duo released an official video for “Around the World”, which streams on YouTube:
About Teanga Teanga
Teanga Teanga is the collaborative project of Pamela Sue Mann and Paul Murphy. Mann is a singer-songwriter, pianist, producer and poet based in New York and a graduate of Berklee College of Music. She released her self-titled album in 1999 and has recorded and toured with Suzanne Vega, Donna Lewis, Gerry Leonard and producer David Baron.
Murphy, based in Dublin, co-founded Electric Penguins, whose debut album “Goodbye from the Electric Penguins” appeared in 2006. NPR featured the band, and BBC Radio London presenter Robert Elms named the single “Highgate Hill” his track of the year. Murphy also composes for television and advertising, and Electric Penguins released the album “The Way Lights a Fire” in June 2025. Mann and Murphy recorded “Around the World” remotely, the single now carrying their work forward under the Teanga Teanga name.
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