The World from the Side of the Moon, came from the lyrics of the first song on the album, "Man on the Moon." Phillips described it as the experience of watching himself in a DVD of the whole Idol season someone gave him, "so I was kind of watching myself from a whole different world that no one else really knows. It’s interesting to see how it happened and so fast. That''s how I picked the title: I felt like I watched myself grow and this whole album is representing where I am."

Phillip Phillips'' coronation song "Home" was included in his album. The song was still rising in the radio chart...