Cream - Sitting On Top Of The World Lyrics

C’mon, under 100K views, what’s wrong here? Blues, vocals, bass, drums and “gods” guitar...you all still have much to learn...

If anyone could point me in the right direction on finding how to achieve that glorious, crunchy guitar tone on the lead in this song that would be sooo awesome :D

SG Standard with some removed binding there is also a picture of Eric using a fender amp while recording this song

why was this such a holllow-sounding, crappy recording? Lousy production. This seemed to be the norm around 1968. Same with Jimi Hendrix' records... all very empty, "rinsed-out" kinda empty sound (even tho Jimi was a complete & total genius).

Hey this was over fifty years ago! You sound like you're young and stupid.

I take my coffee black, but always take Cream in my ears!

Kiss my a!@ good

one of the most badass rock/blues songs ever

Brilliant out of this world band

"Sitting on top of the world", old time heroin users used to say it when describing how they feel after getting off.

Getting off as in getting high? Or getting off as in getting sober? Thats super interesting

3:31 - 3:36 on repeat
Dirty

Soooooooooooo Psychodelic and Groooooooovy

slow hand at his best

RIP Mr. Baker

Feel the FIRE!!!!!🤘😡🤘😡

I don't know to say the Razon, but I preffer West, Bruce & Lang. With "Cream" I Sleeping. I like only "Sinshine of Your Love".

Bought this album with my very first paycheck. I feel so old today. RIP Ginger Baker

Cream: the Creme de la Creme. Now Ginger Baker (transit mundi 6 October 2019) with Jack Bruce, Sitting on Top of the World.

Cream: the Creme de la Creme. Now Ginger Baker (transit mundi 6 October 2019) with Jack Bruce, Sitting on Top of the World.

Cream: the Creme de la Creme. Now Ginger Baker (transit mundi 6 October 2019) with Jack Bruce, Sitting on Top of the World.

Rest In Peace Mr. Baker

#RIP Ginger Baker - now jamming with Jack Bruce - heaven's first power duo.

R.I.P. Ginger Baker

RIP GInger ...

A great version of a Howlin' Wolf tune. This is a great album. Cheers!

Cream kept the heart of rock n roll close to the blues during those psychedelic years. Rock owes them, Taj Mahal and Paul Butterfield a tremendous thanks for being the standard bearers of blues then, Allman's took that torch.

The anthem of my life

Cover of the 1930s song by the Mississippi Sheiks.

1968 was a magical time and this wonderful album takes me right there

my life is in this album

Best song in the world!

cant imitate jack

One summer day she went away
Gone and left me, she's gone to stay
She's gone, I don't worry
I'm sitting on top of the world
All the summer worked all this fall
Had to take Christmas in my overalls
She's gone, but I don't worry
I'm sitting on top of the world
Going down to the freight yard
Gonna catch me a freight train
Going to leave this town
Worked and got to home
She's gone, but I don't worry
I'm sitting on top of the world

This just gives my goose bumps! Suddenly it's 1968 again and I just sit there with my mouth open! What a band!

Thank my cousin Dave Armstrong for spoon-feeding me this album at age 14. I had to eat the whole record and still havent digested it all up to 46

That chugging rhythm guitar at the beginning...........words fail me.

one of my favourite song intro's, along with Punk and the Godfather by the who!

wow the guitar riff at the top of the song brings me to the top of the world

I'm suddenly 13 again and hearing Cream for the first time...never, ever lost my love for their music. What a powerful feeling of nostalgia...at 65, I still totally dig these guys...life is always better with Cream!

You and me both!

Yup, 65 here too, I've loved Cream since they were new, I have all the LP's but just bought the box set "Those Were The Days" So I can play them in my car, nobody's ever topped them.

me too mate:):)

I'm also 65 and starting with Fresh Cream I became and remain a Cream fanatic. This version of Sitting on top of the World can never be topped. My brain is try to keep up with Gingers insane drumming and Jack's growling bass playing, unreal, but then there's Eric, Holyshit! The way these three come together it's no exaggeration to say, one of my top two groups of all time.

Wheels of fire was the epitome of rock period!

Gibson HB guitar. Marshall amp. Wah pinned somewhere. Heavy deep Reverb. And You'll be close IMO.

Make sure that the Marshall volume is on 11.

This sounds more like a dimed champ to me

No wah used to get this tone. Check out the 68 Albert Hall farewell concert when Clapton demonstrates his tone on the Fool SG. He kicks the wah on to play a wah wah bit then kicks it off for his normal and woman tone. When a wah is in the off position it does not have any effect on the tone at all.

its like jacks 'pop-perfection' vox on top of the blues madness music, the contrast was so great

Love this album

This is one of those Clapton tones I just can’t reproduce

This was our parrots favourite track and she used to whistle along with Eric!

the reverb on 10 masks some things but it's strange brew tone with a shitload of reverb. Reverb can drastically change the percipienced tone.

Wow, no kudos for Cream, on this the 50th anniversary of this album? This is great stuff.

You got that right!

Cream: the Creme de la Creme.

Cream: the Creme de la Creme.