| "Top of the World" | ||||
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| Single by Carpenters | ||||
| from the album A Song for You | ||||
| B-side |  "Heather" "Your Wonderful Parade" | |||
| Released | September 17, 1973[1] | |||
| Recorded | 1972 (album version) 1973 (single version) | |||
| Studio | A&M Studios | |||
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| Length | 2:56 | |||
| Label | A&M 1468 | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Richard Carpenter, John Bettis | |||
| Producer(s) | Jack Daugherty | |||
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"Top of the World" is a 1972 song written and composed by Richard Carpenter and John Bettis and first recorded by American pop duo Carpenters. It was a Billboard Hot 100 No. 1 hit for the duo for two consecutive weeks in 1973.
Carpenters originally intended the song to be only an album cut. However, after country singer Lynn Anderson covered the song and it became a number two hit on the country charts, they reconsidered.
- ^ "Carpenters - Top of the World".
- ^ Breihan, Tom (April 29, 2019). "The Number Ones: The Carpenters' "Top Of The World"". Stereogum. Retrieved June 18, 2023.
And "Top Of The World" has something that a whole lot of that '70s soft rock lacks: A genuine hook.
- ^ Breithaupt, Don; Breithaupt, Jeff (October 15, 1996). "Love American Style: Ballads". Precious and Few - Pop Music in the Early '70s. St. Martin's Griffin. p. 164. ISBN 031214704X.