"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. But a dispute with her label A&M Records caused Griffin to be dropped and the album to go unreleased for 13 years,. In the meantime, copies of Silver Bell circulated and increased Griffin's reputation as a songwriter within the music industry.