"Cherry on Top" is a song by Danish singer-songwriter Oh Land, taken from her third studio album Wish Bone (2013). It was released digitally as the album's third and final single on 20 April 2014 by Tusk or Tooth and A:larm Music. The song was written by Oh Land, E. Kidd Bogart and Emanuel Kiriakou, and produced by David Andrew Sitek. A pop and R&B song, "Cherry on Top" features "relatable" lyrics about one wanting to achieve it all.

The song garnered a mixed reception from music critics. Some considered it a stand-out track on the parent album while others found it to be unmemorable and "over-the-top". A corresponding music video was filmed in New York City and released on 20 April 2014. It was directed by Duncan Winecoff and features Oh Land as a piano player working for a ballet studio instructor, portrayed by Helena Christensen. The main narrative is about a young male ballet student who dreams of becoming a professional dancer.

"Cherry on Top" is taken from Oh Land's third studio album, Wish Bone (2013). The album's third and final single, its release coincided with the premiere of the corresponding music video on 20 April 2014 by Tusk or Tooth Records and A:larm Music. "Cherry on Top" was written by Oh Land, E. Kidd Bogart and Emanuel Kiriakou, and produced by David Andrew Sitek. Additionally, several musicians contributed to the track, including drummer Nathaniel Morton and Zeph Showers who served as the head audio engineer and mixer. The song itself was recorded at Federal Prism Studios in Glendale, California in 2013.

"Cherry on Top" is a pop and R&B track with a duration of three minutes and 48 seconds. Unlike the majority of Oh Land's songs, it is not a high-tempo track. Instead, it contains "piano instrumentals" and "light background harmonies". It features lyrics with a "relatable" message and "figurative imagery". Oh Land herself stated that the song is about "always going for the win, always focusing on the result and sometimes missing the process because you're such a perfectionist". According to Paul MacInnes from The Guardian, the lyrics serve as a "plea to a lover about the pitfalls of excess"; the song opens with Oh Land singing, "Small boy, big dreams / Going in for a bite", which is "sublimely literal". She proceeds in the chorus: "You can have it all but you never stop / 'Cause all you ever want is the cherry on top" / "And all you ever dreamed of, it ain't enough / You'll never fill that hole with the cherry on top".

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