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"Top of the World" is a contemporary folk-country song written by Patty Griffin and most known as recorded and performed in Grammy Award-winning fashion by the Dixie Chicks. Griffin wrote and recorded "Top of the World" in 2000 for Silver Bell, [1] but a dispute with her label A&M Records caused Griffin to be dropped and the album to go ...
The Chicks' version, like the rest of Home, features heavy influence of bluegrass music, with fiddle and banjo, and no drums. The song's sound and message were described by journalist Bill Frisicks-Warren as atypical of country music at the time, although group member Martie Maguire said she did not consider the song to be a "statement". [ 1 ]
It also made the Top 20 of the Billboard Hot 100 chart, peaking at number 19, and would become the trio's highest-charting song among pop listings until "Long Time Gone" in the summer of 2002. Regardless of rankings, the song has become one of the Chicks' most well-known tunes. It is an enthusiastically received staple of all their concert tours.
The Chicks (formerly the Dixie Chicks) are an American country band from Dallas, Texas. The band consists of Natalie Maines (lead vocals, guitar, bass guitar) and sisters Martie Maguire (vocals, fiddle, mandolin, guitar) and Emily Strayer (vocals, guitar, banjo, Dobro). Martie and Emily, both née Erwin, founded the band in 1989, with bassist ...
The Dixie Chicks, now known simply as the Chicks, recorded a version of "Godspeed" for their sixth studio album and fourth major label album Home (2002). The group released it on June 2, 2003, as the fourth single from the record. Emmylou Harris also is a backing vocalist on their version.
Amarillo, Texas-based Susan Gibson wrote the song's first lyrics in 1993, on her first visit back home after leaving for forestry school at the University of Montana. [3] [4] She left the notebook containing the lyrics at home by mistake when she returned to school; her mother found it and included it in a care package, inspiring Gibson to complete a song along the themes of leaving home. [3]
Top of the World Tour: Live is the first live album by American country music band Dixie Chicks, released in November 2003. It records their successful Top of the World Tour. A DVD Top of the World Tour: Live was also released with the material of the tour. Both are composites of multiple shows.
The Chicks (formerly known as the Dixie Chicks) are an American country music band composed of Natalie Maines, along with Emily Strayer and Martie Maguire, who are sisters. Their discography comprises eight studio albums , two live albums and 28 singles .