Top of the World (The Carpenters song)

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“Top of the World”
Cover to the single "Top of the World"
Single by The Carpenters from the album A Song For You
A-side	"Top of the World"
B-side	"Heather"
Released	September 17, 1973
Format	7" single
Recorded	1972–1973
Genre	Pop
Length	02:59
Label	A&M Records 1468
Writer(s)	Richard Carpenter; John Bettis
Producer	Jack Daugherty
Certification	Gold Single
The Carpenters singles chronology
"Yesterday Once More" (1973) "Top of the World" (1973) "I Won't Last a Day Without You" (1974)
A Song for You track listing
Side one "A Song for You" "Top of the World" "Hurting Each Other" "It's Going to Take Some Time" "Goodbye to Love" "Intermission" Side two "Bless the Beasts and Children" "Flat Baroque" "Piano Picker" "I Won't Last a Day Without You" "Crystal Lullaby" "Road Ode" "A Song for You (Reprise)"

“Top of the World”
Lynn Anderson's 1973 Top of the World album.
Single by Lynn Anderson from the album Top of the World
A-side	"Top of the World"
Released	1973
Format	45 rpm record
Recorded	1972
Genre	Country Pop
Length	02:55
Label	Columbia Records
Writer(s)	Richard Carpenter; John Bettis
Producer	Glenn Sutton, Clive Davis
Certification	Gold Single
Lynn Anderson singles chronology
"Keep Me In Mind"; 1973 "Top of the World" (1973)' "Sing About Love"; 1973

"Top of the World" is the name of a 1973 song by The Carpenters. The song topped the Billboard Hot 100 in 1973, becoming the duo's second U.S. number-one single. Originally intended to be only an album cut for the Carpenters, country artist Lynn Anderson first released it as a single in 1973, taking it to #2 on the U.S. country singles charts. The success of Anderson's version prompted the Carpenters to release a new version as a single, where it topped the U.S. pop singles chart. The song is equally identified with both The Carpenters and Lynn Anderson. Richard Carpenter has remixed the song's vocals, most recently for their 35th Anniversary Gold compilation. The Japanese group Shonen Knife recorded a cover version that appeared in the 1998 movie The Parent Trap.

In Cash Box magazine, "Top of the World" was #1 on December 1, 1973.

[edit] Other cover versions

Swedish dansband Vikingarna had a 1974 Svensktoppen hit with a cover version in Swedish, "På världens tak", which was the first Vikingarna song at Svensktoppen.

In 1994, the Friends episode The One with the Blackout featured Phoebe, Monica and Joey singing the song.

[edit] See also

• Hot 100 number-one hits of 1973 (USA)

[edit] References

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