Top of the World (The Carpenters song)
| "Top of the World" | ||||
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Artwork for U.S. vinyl single | ||||
| Single by Carpenters | ||||
| from the album A Song for You | ||||
| B-side | "Heather" "Your Wonderful Parade" | |||
| Released | September 17, 1973 | |||
| Recorded | March 1, 1972 (album version) August 15, 1973 (single version) | |||
| Studio | A&M Studios | |||
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| Length | 2:56 | |||
| Label | A&M 1468 | |||
| Songwriters | Richard Carpenter, John Bettis | |||
| Producers | Richard Carpenter, Karen Carpenter, 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. It also became Carpenters' second number one and tenth top-ten single on the Billboard Hot 100.
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.