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The Carpenters

Top Of The World

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“Top of the World” is the name of a 1972 song by The Carpenters. Originally recorded for and released on the duo’s 1972 studio album A Song for You, the song topped the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart in late 1973, becoming the duo’s second U.S. number-one single. Originally intended to be only an album cut for the Carpenters, country singer Lynn Anderson covered the song and released it as a single first. Anderson’s version reached #2 on the U.S. country singles charts in mid-1973. 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 for two weeks in December 1973. Karen Carpenter re-recorded the song for the band’s first compilation as she was not quite satisfied with the original. ... Read on...

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