So many Carpenters songs are melancholy and the great thing about “Top of the World” is that it’s a happy, upbeat song about love-induced euphoria. The Carpenters version was a cover of a Lynn Anderson song and it became the duo’s second Billboard No. 1 in 1973. read more
It is The Carpenters' biggest-selling record worldwide and their best-selling single in the UK. Richard Carpenter has admitted in the past that it is his favourite of all the songs that he has written. read more