Risin' to the Top
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| "Risin' to the Top" | ||||
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| Single by Keni Burke | ||||
| from the album Changes | ||||
| Released | May 1982 | |||
| Recorded | 1981 | |||
| Studio | Sigma Sound, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | |||
| Genre | R&B[1] | |||
| Length | 5:15 | |||
| Label | RCA (JT-13272, US) | |||
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| Producer | Kenneth M. Burke | |||
| Keni Burke singles chronology | ||||
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"Risin' to the Top" is a song by former Five Stairsteps member Keni Burke. Released in 1982 from his third solo album, Changes (1982), it became his most successful hit as a solo artist, peaking at number 63 on the US Billboard R&B charts[2] and is considered Burke's signature song.
Since its 1982 release, the song has been sampled extensively in R&B and hip-hop songs, most notably the following year in the Mary Jane Girls song "All Night Long".[3] The song appears in the 2006 video game Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories in the fictional radio station VCFL.[4]
- "Risin' to the Top" (Stereo) – 5:16
- "Risin' to the Top" (Acoustic Mix) – 5:56
- "Risin' to the Top" (Instrumental) – 5:02
