Top Of The World

Album

Top of the World

Label

Columbia Records

Genre

Country pop

Media Type

45s

Duration

2:55

Composer(s)

John Bettis;Richard Carpenter

Entered Chart

Jun 30, 1973

Peak Date

Aug 25, 1973

Released

June 1973

Recorded

1973

Catalog #

Columbia 4-45857

B-Side

I Wish I Was A Little Boy Again

Original Artist

Carpenters

Country music singer Lynn Anderson covered the song in 1973 for her eighteenth studio album Top of the World, released on Columbia Records. It was the first single released from the album and her version became the first hit. Anderson's cover reached No. 2 on the US country singles chart and No. 74 on the Billboard Hot 100 in mid-1973. The success of Anderson's version prompted the Carpenters to release a new version as a single, where it topped the US pop singles chart for two weeks in December 1973.[22] Anderson's recording was produced by her then husband Glenn Sutton and Clive Davis. She later re-recorded the song for her 2004 album, The Bluegrass Sessions.

Such a feelin's comin' over me 
There is wonder in 'most every thing I see
Not a cloud in the sky, got the sun in my eye
And I won't be surprised if it's a dream

Everything I want the world to be
Is now comin' true especially for me
And the reason is clear, it's because you are here
You're the nearest thing to happiness I've seen

I'm on the top of the world lookin' down on creation
And the only explanation I can find
Is the love that I've found ever since you've been around
Your love's put me at the top of the world

Somethin' in the wind has learned my name
And it's tellin' me that things are not the same
In the leaves on the trees and the touch of the breeze
There's a pleasin' sense of happiness for me

There is only one wish on my mind
When this day is through I hope that I will find
That tomorrow will be just the same for you and me
All I need will be mine if you are here

I'm on the top of the world lookin' down on creation
And the only explanation I can find
Is the love that I've found ever since you've been around
Your love's put me at the top of the world

I'm on the top of the world lookin' down on creation
And the only explanation I can find
Is the love that I've found ever since you've been around
Your love's put me at the top of the world