Best I Ever Had (Grey Sky Morning)

"Best I Ever Had (Grey Sky Morning)"
Single by Vertical Horizon
from the album Everything You Want
Released January 22, 2001
Format CD single
Genre
Length 4:30
Label RCA
Songwriter(s) Matt Scannell
Producer(s)
Vertical Horizon singles chronology
"You're a God"
(2000)		 "Best I Ever Had (Grey Sky Morning)"
(2001)		 "I'm Still Here"
(2003)

"You're a God"
(2000)		 "Best I Ever Had (Grey Sky Morning)"
(2001)		 "I'm Still Here"
(2003)

"Best I Ever Had (Grey Sky Morning)" is a song recorded by American alternative rock band Vertical Horizon on their fourth album Everything You Want, which was released in 1999.[2] It was released as a single in 2001. It served as the band's fourth overall single, and their third consecutive Top Ten hit on the Billboard Adult Top 40 charts.

Gary Allan’s remake of the song hit #7 on the Billboard Country Singles chart in 2005.

Chart performance

Chart (2001) Peak
position
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)[3] 42
US Billboard Hot 100[4] 58
US Adult Top 40 (Billboard)[5] 7
US Mainstream Top 40 (Billboard)[6] 28

Gary Allan version

"Best I Ever Had"
Single by Gary Allan
from the album Tough All Over
Released May 23, 2005
Format CD single
Recorded 2005
Genre Country
Length 4:11
Label MCA Nashville
Songwriter(s) Matt Scannell
Producer(s) Mark Wright
Gary Allan
Gary Allan singles chronology
"Nothing On but the Radio"
(2004)		 "Best I Ever Had"
(2005)		 "Life Ain't Always Beautiful"
(2006)

"Nothing On but the Radio"
(2004)		 "Best I Ever Had"
(2005)		 "Life Ain't Always Beautiful"
(2006)

In 2005, country music singer Gary Allan recorded the song for his 2005 album Tough All Over. His version, entitled ""Best I Ever Had" was released as the album's first single and became his eighth Top 10 hit on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Songs charts, with a peak at number 7 in mid-2005.

Chart performance

"Best I Ever Had" debuted at number 56 on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Songs for the week of June 11, 2005.

Chart (2005) Peak
position
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)[7] 7
US Billboard Hot 100[8] 51
US Billboard Pop 100 55

Year-end charts

Chart (2005) Position
US Country Songs (Billboard)[9] 45

Music video

The music video for Gary Allan's version of the song was directed by Paul Boyd and starred Gary Allan and Laura Quirk.

Other versions

Also in 2005, the track was covered by then-Boston Red Sox pitcher Bronson Arroyo on Arroyo's all covers album, Covering the Bases.

References

  1. ↑ "Vertical Horizon - Everything You Want". Discogs. Retrieved 23 April 2018.
  2. ↑ "Vertical Horizon - Everything You Want". cduniverse.com. Retrieved 2007-01-31.
  3. ↑ "Charts.nz – Vertical Horizon – BEST I EVER HAD (GREY SKY MORNING)". Top 40 Singles.
  4. ↑ "Vertical Horizon Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard.
  5. ↑ "Vertical Horizon Chart History (Adult Pop Songs)". Billboard.
  6. ↑ "Vertical Horizon Chart History (Pop Songs)". Billboard.
  7. ↑ "Gary Allan Chart History (Hot Country Songs)". Billboard.
  8. ↑ "Gary Allan Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard.
  9. ↑ "Best of 2005: Country Songs". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. 2005. Retrieved July 11, 2012.
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