go - calling command with some arguments works but not with others but works from console

Question

The following code works and outputs details of 10 processes.

package main

import (
    "os/exec"
)

func main() {
    print(top())
}

func top() string {
    app := "/usr/bin/top"

    cmd := exec.Command(app, "-n 10", "-l 2")
    out, err := cmd.CombinedOutput()

    if err != nil {
        return err.Error() + " " + string(out)
    }

    value := string(out)
    return value
}

However, when I try the same with an additional argument of "-o cpu" (e.g. cmd := exec.Command(app, "-o cpu", "-n 10", "-l 2")). I get the following error.

exit status 1 invalid argument -o:  cpu
/usr/bin/top usage: /usr/bin/top
        [-a | -d | -e | -c <mode>]
        [-F | -f]
        [-h]
        [-i <interval>]
        [-l <samples>]
        [-ncols <columns>]
        [-o <key>] [-O <secondaryKey>]
        [-R | -r]
        [-S]
        [-s <delay>]
        [-n <nprocs>]
        [-stats <key(s)>]
        [-pid <processid>]
        [-user <username>]
        [-U <username>]
        [-u]

But the command "top -o cpu -n 10 -l 2" from my console works fine. Also I'm using OS X 10.9.3.

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