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Written by Lonnie Chatmon, also Blood in My Eyes (Bob Dylan), Sittin’ on Top of the World (Bob Dylan) and Baby, Please Make a Change (Hugh Laurie)
Part of C.C. Rider, also She’s on the Ball and Honey, Honey
Written by Walter Jacobs, also Sittin’ on Top of the World (Bob Dylan), The World Gone Wrong (B.B. King) and Driving That Thing (Mississippi Sheiks)
Worth knowing
Counted from cited credits on fono.
Lonnie Chatmon’s most frequent co-writer is Walter Jacobs (3 songs together)
Walter Jacobs first appears on fono in 1930, 54 years before this song
Credits
All 3 credits
- Written by
- Lonnie Chatmon and Walter Jacobs
- Part of
- C.C. Rider
- Written by
- Lonnie Chatmon and Walter Jacobs
- Part of
- C.C. Rider
Connected by credits
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Same writer: Lonnie Chatmon
Same writer: Walter Jacobs
Same release: C.C. Rider
Same writer: Walter Jacobs
Same release: C.C. Rider
Same writer: Lonnie Chatmon
Same writer: Walter Jacobs
Elsewhere
Sources (4)
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1MusicBrainz Sittin’ on Top of the World was written by Lonnie Chatmon
Sittin’ on Top of the World was written by Lonnie Chatmon
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
2MusicBrainz Sittin’ on Top of the World was written by Walter Jacobs
Sittin’ on Top of the World was written by Walter Jacobs
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
3MusicBrainz Sittin’ on Top of the World is part of the release C.C. Rider
Sittin’ on Top of the World is part of the release C.C. Rider
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
4MusicBrainz Sittin’ on Top of the World was released on 1984
Sittin’ on Top of the World was released on 1984
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026