Sittin' on Top of the World

~ Recording by Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys

Appears on releases

#TitleLengthTrack ArtistRelease TitleRelease ArtistRelease Group TypeCountry/DateLabelCatalog#
Official
1.1Sittin' on Top of the World3:06Bob Wills And His Texas PlayboysSittin' on Top of the World / Little Girl, Little GirlBob Wills And His Texas PlayboysSingle
  • US1953-02-15
MGM RecordsK11452
4.1Sittin' on Top of the World3:05Bob Wills and His Texas PlayboysPapa's Jumpin' - The MGM YearsBob Wills and His Texas PlayboysAlbum + Compilation
Bear Family RecordsBFX 15179 [5]
2.3Sittin' on Top of the World3:08Bob Wills and His Texas PlayboysBoot Heel Drag: The MGM YearsBob Wills and His Texas PlayboysAlbum + Compilation
  • US2001-07-10
Mercury Nashville
3.3Sittin’ on Top of the World (version 1)3:07Bob Wills and His Texas PlayboysFaded Love: 1947-1973 (13CD / 1DVD box)Bob Wills and His Texas PlayboysOther + Compilation
Bear Family RecordsBCD 16550 NL
2.9Sittin on Top of the World3:07Bob WillsRock’n’RollVarious ArtistsAlbum + Compilation
Membran Music Ltd.223002-321
1.15Sittin' on Top of the World3:08Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys24 Greatest HitsBob Wills and His Texas PlayboysAlbum + Compilation
Promotion
1.1Sittin' on Top of the World3:06Bob Wills And His Texas PlayboysSittin' on Top of the World / Little Girl, Little GirlBob Wills And His Texas PlayboysSingle
MGM Records11452

Relationships

recording of:I’m Sitting on Top of the World (First line: “Don’t want any millions, I’m getting my share…”) (on 1951-05-28)
Sitting on Top of the World (“Now she’s gone, I don’t worry…”) (on 1951-05-28)

Related works

I’m Sitting on Top of the World (First line: “Don’t want any millions, I’m getting my share…”)

lyricist:Sam M. Lewis (1930s lyricist)
Joe Young (US lyricist)
composer:Ray Henderson
publisher:EMI Music Publishing (do not use as a release label!)
Leo Feist, Inc.

Sitting on Top of the World (“Now she’s gone, I don’t worry…”)

writer:Lonnie Carter
Walter Vinson
publisher:Chappell Music Ltd.
E. H. Morris & Co., Inc. (a division of MPL Communications Inc.)
Mayfair Music Corp.
later versions:Sittin' on Top of the World (Bob Dylan arrangement)
Sittin’ on Top of the World (Chicago blues version by Howlin’ Wolf aka Chester Arthur Burnett)