Karen and Richard Carpenter released "Top of the World" in 1972 as a track on their LP A Song For You. However, the tune, written by Richard and frequent collaborator John Bettis, wasn't released as a standalone single.
Anderson's version hit number two on the Billboard charts in the summer of 1973. She reached No. 2 on the Billboard Hot Country Tracks chart with the tune, according to the website Early 70s Radio.
The tune's success caused The Carpenters to rethink releasing "Top of the World" as a single. The siblings rerecorded the song one year after the original was released, and the new version appeared on the duo's first compilation album, The Singles: 1969-1973.
Just like the Carpenters, Anderson covered other songwriters, including Richard Carpenter, and pop standards. She told Billboard, “I did a lot of songs that weren’t written by Nashville songwriters, like ‘Top of the World,’ which was written by Richard Carpenter,” Anderson reflected. “I did [Johnnie Ray's] ‘Cry’ and [The Drifters] ‘Under the Boardwalk,’ which were old pop hits."
Richard said in an interview for Grammy.com that "Top of the World" was one of the songs that gave Karen some trouble while recording it. "A lot of times, [Karen] got it right on the first take," he explained.
Karen Carpenter died at the age of 32 in 1983. Lynn Anderson died in July 2015 at 67. Richard Carpenter continues to keep the Carpenters' legacy alive.
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