"Top of the World" is a song by
Canadian hip hop
The Canadian hip hop scene was established in the 1980s. Through a variety of factors, it developed much slower than Canada's popular rock music scene, and apart from a short-lived burst of mainstream popularity from 1989 to 1991, it remained l ...
group
Rascalz
Rascalz are a Canadian hip-hop group from Vancouver, British Columbia. The group played a crucial role in the artistic and commercial development of Canadian hip hop as well as specifically for the Westcoast scene in Vancouver popularizing the ...
, released as the second single from their third studio album, ''
Global Warning''. The song features fellow Canadian rapper
K-os and Jamaican singer
Barrington Levy
Barrington Ainsworth Levy (born 30 April 1964) is a Jamaican reggae and dancehall artist.
Career
Levy was born in Clarendon, Jamaica. He formed a band called the Mighty Multitude, with his cousin, Everton Dacres; the pair released "My Bl ...
, who sings the chorus. The song appears on
MuchMusic's compilation album, ''
MuchDance 2001''. It remains one of the group's most popular songs. In 2010, the song was sampled by
Selah Sue
Selah Sue (born Sanne Greet A. Putseys,Wensink, Herien (2009)A Flemish singer with a Jamaican soul, NRC, 21 August 2009. Retrieved 3 November 2010 3 May 1989) is a Belgian musician and songwriter. Her debut album, '' Selah Sue'' (2011), was a ma ...
on the
title track
A title track is a song that has the same name as the album or film in which it appears. In the Korean music industry, the term is used to describe a promoted song on an album, akin to a single, regardless of the song's title.
Title track may a ...
of her 2010 EP, ''Raggamuffin''.
Music video
The music video for "Top of the World" was filmed in
Vancouver
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. The video features the group with Levy and K-os around several areas of the city.
The video reached #1 on
MuchMusic Countdown for the week of July 28, 2000.
References
External links
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1999 songs
2000 singles
Rascalz songs
K-os songs
ViK. Recordings singles
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