Room at the Top (novel) Room at the Top (novel) Room at the Top is a novel by John Braine, first published in the United Kingdom by Eyre & Spottiswoode in 1957, about the rise of an ambitious young man of humble origin, and the socio-economic struggles undergone in realising his social ambitions in post-war Britain. A film adaptation was made in 1959, followed in 2012 by a TV film. John Minton's cover art from the first edition was restored and used on the new edition by Valancourt Books in 2013. Joe Lampton, demobilised at the end of the Second World War, is starting in
Room at the Top (song) three dance hit in America. It reached number thirteen on the UK Singles Chart. "Room at the Top" was written by Adam Ant, Marco Pirroni & Prince protégé André Cymone. Adam only provided vocals for the track, while Marco played guitar & bass guitar. Cymone produced the track, played keyboards & did the programming. Or, as "Manners & Physique"'s liner notes put it, "everything else". "Room at the Top", was styled after the Minneapolis sound, as was most of the "Manners & Physique" album. Of which, in Ant's words, Cymone was "one of the architects". The B-side to the single