At the top of the heap

Posted by ESC June 04, 2005In reply to At the top of the heap posted by David FG on June 04, 2005

Can anybody tell me what "to be at the top of top heap socially" means?

Fairly straightforwardly, it simply means to be of high social status.

DFG

As in...

NEW YORK, NEW YORK

Start spreading the news
I'm leaving today
I want to be a part of it, New York, New York
These vagabond shoes
Are longing to stray
And make a brand new start of it
New York, New York
I want to wake up in the city that never sleeps
To find I'm king of the hill, top of the heap...