| Risin' to the Top | |
| Type: | single |
| Artist: | Keni Burke |
| Album: | Changes |
| Released: | May 1982 |
| Recorded: | 1981 |
| Studio: | Sigma Sound, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
| Genre: | R&B[1] |
| Length: | 5:15 |
| Label: | RCA (JT-13272, US) |
| Producer: | Kenneth M. Burke |
| Prev Title: | Shakin' |
| Prev Year: | 1982 |
| Next Title: | Hang Tight |
| Next Year: | 1982 |
"Risin' to the Top" is a song by former Five Stairsteps member Keni Burke. Released in 1982 from the Changes album, it became his most successful hit as a solo artist, peaking at number 63 on the Billboard R&B charts 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".[2] The song appears in the 2006 video game in the fictional radio station VCFL.[3]