Risin' to the Top

"Risin' to the Top"
Single by Keni Burke
from the album Changes
ReleasedMay 1982
Recorded1981
StudioSigma Sound, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
GenreR&B[1]
Length5:15
LabelRCA (JT-13272, US)
Songwriters
ProducerKenneth M. Burke
Keni Burke singles chronology
"Shakin'"
(1982) 		"Risin' to the Top"
(1982) 		"Hang Tight"
(1982)

"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]

Track listing

  1. "Risin' to the Top" (Stereo) – 5:16
  2. "Risin' to the Top" (Acoustic Mix) – 5:56
  3. "Risin' to the Top" (Instrumental) – 5:02

Charts

Chart (1982) Peak
position
US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs (Billboard)[2] 63
Chart (1987) Peak
position
UK Singles (OCC)[5] 96
Chart (1992) Peak
position
UK Singles (OCC)[6] 70
UK Dance (Music Week)[7] 8

References

  1. ^ "Keni Burke on AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved March 20, 2020.
  2. ^ a b "Keni Burke Music VF, US charts". Retrieved March 20, 2020.
  3. ^ "Keni Burke Page". Soulwalking.co.uk. Retrieved June 29, 2022.
  4. ^ "A Love Letter to Grand Theft Auto's Best Side Stories". Wired. June 29, 2022. Retrieved April 12, 2022.
  5. ^ "KENI BURKE | full Official Chart History | Official Charts Company". Official Charts. Retrieved March 20, 2020.
  6. ^ "Risin' to the top {1992} | full Official Chart History | Official Charts Company". Official Charts. Retrieved March 20, 2020.
  7. ^ "Top 60 Dance Singles" (PDF). Music Week. April 18, 1992. p. 26. Retrieved September 26, 2025.
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