"Top of the World" is a song by American

United States

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 singer Brandy

Brandy Norwood

Brandy Rayana Norwood , known professionally as Brandy, is an American singer-songwriter, producer, actress, and dancer. In 2009, she introduced her rap alter-ego Bran'Nu....

, featuring uncredited vocals by rapper Mase

Mase

Mason Durell Betha , better known by stage name Mase who was previously known as Murda Ma$e, is an American rapper, songwriter, actor and inspirational speaker...

. It was written by Rodney "Darkchild" Jerkins, Fred Jerkins III

Fred Jerkins III

Fred Jerkins III is an American songwriter and record producer, best known for his work with his brother Rodney "Darkchild" Jerkins. Jerkins has co-written several hit songs with Rodney Jerkins and LaShawn Daniels, among them "The Boy Is Mine" by Brandy and Monica, "Say My Name" and "Lose My...

, Mason Betha, LaShawn Daniels

LaShawn Daniels

LaShawn Ameen Daniels is an American songwriter, best known for his work with longtime colleague Rodney "Darkchild" Jerkins. Daniels has written several of the Darkchild Team's hit songs, among them "The Boy Is Mine" by Brandy & Monica, "Say My Name" and "Lose My Breath" by Destiny's Child, "You...

, Traci Hale, Isaac Phillips, and Nycolia Turman for Brandy's second studio album, Never Say Never (1998

1998 in music

This is a list of notable events in music that took place in the year 1998.-Events:*January 28 – "Weird Al" Yankovic gets LASIK surgery to cure his myopia...

) and released as the album's second international single in 1998. The track peaked at number 2 on the UK Singles Chart

UK Singles Chart

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 and reached the top 20 in Ireland

Ireland

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 and New Zealand

New Zealand

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. On her own TV series

Moesha

Moesha is an American sitcom series that aired on the UPN network from January 23, 1996 to May 14, 2001. The series stars R&B singer Brandy Norwood as Moesha Mitchell, a high school student living with her family in the Leimert Park neighborhood of South Central Los Angeles.-Overview:The show...

, Hakeem raps in Norwood's line in the season 5 episode "Arriving Right on Q" which aired in May 2000.

Music video

The music video, directed by Paul Hunter

Paul Hunter

Paul Alan Hunter was an English professional snooker player. His media profile developed swiftly and he became known as the "Beckham of the Baize" because of his good looks and flamboyant style....

 in June 1998, featured Brandy floating in the air; flipping and somersaulting above various objects such as telephone poles and vehicles - as passersby stopped to stare; and balancing vertically and horizontally alongside skyscrapers and other buildings.

Chart performance

"Top of the World" topped the U.K. R&B Chart for six weeks and hit #2 on the UK national chart. The song became the second consecutive Europe

Europe

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an success for Brandy and peaked at number ten on the European Singles Chart. "Top of The World" also charted at number eleven on the New Zealand Singles Chart and 21 on the Canadian Singles Chart. In the U.S. it was a modest hit while peaking #44 on the Hot 100 Airplay, #19 on the R&B charts and #10 on the Rhythmic Chart.

Remix

A remix version with Latin rappers Fat Joe

Fat Joe

Joseph Antonio Cartagena , better known by his stage name Fat Joe, is an American rapper, CEO of Terror Squad Entertainment, and member of musical groups D.I.T.C. and Terror Squad....

 and Big Pun

Big Pun

Christopher Lee Rios , better known by his stage name Big Pun , was an American rapper who emerged from the underground rap scene in The Bronx in the late 1990s...

 appeared on Pun's 2001 compilation album Endangered Species

Endangered Species (Big Pun album)

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. The Darkchild-produced song was previously released on the remix EP

Extended play

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 U Don't Know Me (Like U Used To) - The Remix EP

U Don't Know Me (EP)

U Don't Know Me - The Remix EP is the first EP by American R&B singer Brandy, released in 1999 . It was released for promotional use only.-Release:...

(1999).

Formats and tracklistings

These are the formats and track listings of major single-releases of "Top of the World."
U.S. part II CD single

1. "Top of the World Part II" (club mix; featuring Fat Joe
   Fat Joe
   Joseph Antonio Cartagena , better known by his stage name Fat Joe, is an American rapper, CEO of Terror Squad Entertainment, and member of musical groups D.I.T.C. and Terror Squad....
   
    & Big Pun
   Big Pun
   Christopher Lee Rios , better known by his stage name Big Pun , was an American rapper who emerged from the underground rap scene in The Bronx in the late 1990s...
   
   ) – 5:15
2. "Top of the World Part II" (instrumental) – 5:15
3. "Top of the World Part II" (radio version; featuring Fat Joe & Big Pun) – 4:07
4. "Top of the World Part II" (acapella; featuring Fat Joe & Big Pun) – 5:05

UK part I CD single

1. "Top of the World" (edit; featuring Mase
   Mase
   Mason Durell Betha , better known by stage name Mase who was previously known as Murda Ma$e, is an American rapper, songwriter, actor and inspirational speaker...
   
   ) – 4:11
2. "Top of the World" (no rap edit) – 3:22
3. "Top of the World" (instrumental) – 4:41

Remixes CD single

1. "Top of the World" (part II club mix; featuring Fat Joe & Big Pun) – 5:15
2. "Top of the World" (album version; featuring Mase) – 4:40
3. "Top of the World" (part II club mix instrumental) – 5:16
4. "Top of the World" (a cappella; featuring Mase) – 4:27
5. "Top of the World" (Boogiesoul Club remix; featuring Mase) – 6:45
6. "Top of the World" (Boogiesoul Club instrumental) – 6:25
7. "Top of the World" (part II a cappella; featuring Fat Joe & Big Pun) – 5:05

Charts

Chart (1998)	Peak position
Australian ARIA Singles Chart ARIA Charts The ARIA charts are the main Australian music sales charts, issued weekly by the Australian Recording Industry Association. The charts are a record of the highest selling singles and albums in various genres in Australia. ARIA commenced compiling its own charts in-house from the week ending 26 June...	39
Canadian Singles Chart	21
Dutch Top 40 Dutch Top 40 The Dutch Top 40 is a weekly music chart, which started as the "Veronica Top 40", because the offshore radio station Radio Veronica was the first to introduce it. It remained "The Veronica Top 40" until 1974, when the station was forced to stop broadcasting...  Singles Chart	33
French Singles Chart	39
German Singles Chart	42
Irish Singles Chart Irish Singles Chart The Irish Singles Chart is Ireland's music industry standard singles popularity chart issued weekly by the Irish Recorded Music Association and compiled on behalf of the IRMA by Chart-Track. Chart rankings are based on sales, which are compiled through over-the-counter retail data captured...	18
New Zealand Singles Chart	11
Swedish Singles Chart	52
Swiss Singles Chart	42
UK Singles Chart UK Singles Chart The UK Singles Chart is compiled by The Official Charts Company on behalf of the British record-industry. The full chart contains the top selling 200 singles in the United Kingdom based upon combined record sales and download numbers, though some media outlets only list the Top 40 or the Top 75 ...	2
U.S. Billboard Hot 100 Airplay Hot 100 Airplay The Hot 100 Airplay chart is a chart released weekly by Billboard magazine in the United States. It measures radio airplay, and is one of the three component charts, along with the Hot Singles Sales and the Hot Digital Songs charts, that determine the chart positions of singles on the Billboard...	44
U.S. Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay The Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay chart is the airplay component chart of the Billboard Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks chart. It is not the R&B subset of The Hot 100 Airplay, but rather a separate panel of R&B stations in urban markets used for the R&B/Hip-Hop chart...	4

External links

• ForeverBrandy.com — official site