The Best (song)

"The Best" is a song recorded by Bonnie Tyler for her seventh studio album, Hide Your Heart (1988). In the following year, the song was covered by Tina Turner for her seventh studio album, Foreign Affair. The song was written by Mike Chapman and Holly Knight.

"The Best"
Single by Bonnie Tyler
from the album Hide Your Heart
B-side"The Fire Below"
Released1988[1]
GenrePop rock
Length4:07
LabelColumbia
Songwriter(s)Mike Chapman, Holly Knight
Producer(s)Desmond Child
Bonnie Tyler singles chronology
"Band of Gold"
(1988)		 "The Best"
(1988)		 "Hide Your Heart"
(1989)
Music video
"The Best" on YouTube

Turner's version reached the top-5 in several European countries, and peaked at no. 15 in the USA.

Bonnie Tyler version

Tyler's version was produced by Desmond Child and released on her 1988 album Hide Your Heart (in the US the album was titled Notes from America).

The single was released on a CD in 1988 along with two rare tracks that Tyler recorded, "The Fire Below" and "Under Suspicion".[2]

The single reached number 10 in Norway and number 95 in the United Kingdom.

Music video

In the music video, Tyler performs the song in front of a band and interactions between other people present are filmed.

Track listings

7" Single CBS 651330 7 / EAN 5099765133073[3]

  1. "The Best" – 4:15
  2. "The Fire Below" – 5:08

12" Maxi CBS CBS 651330 6 [nl] / EAN 5099765133066[3]

CD-Single CBS CD BEST 1 [uk] / EAN 5099765133028[3]

  1. "The Best" – 4:15
  2. "The Fire Below" – 5:08
  3. "Under Suspicion" – 4:24

Chart performance
Chart (1988) Peak
position
Norway (VG-lista)[1] 10
UK Singles (Official Charts Company)[4] 95

Tina Turner version
"The Best"
Single by Tina Turner
from the album Foreign Affair
B-side"Bold and Reckless"
Released2 September 1989
Format
GenreRock
Length5:30
LabelCapitol
Songwriter(s)Mike Chapman, Holly Knight
Producer(s)
Tina Turner singles chronology
"634-5789 (Live)"
(1988)		 "The Best"
(1989)		 "I Don't Wanna Lose You"
(1989)
Music video
"The Best" on YouTube

In 1989, American singer and songwriter Tina Turner released a cover version that became a highly successful single. It was included on her hit album Foreign Affair. The saxophone solo on Turner's version is played by Edgar Winter.

Holly Knight told Songfacts: "'Simply the Best' is one of those rare gems that's a positive song, and it's not cheesy. But the hard part is to write something in a positive mode that really is sincere — that's a tall order."[5]

Versions and remixes
  • "The Best" (7" edit) – 4:11
  • "The Best" (Album version a.k.a. extended 12" mix) – 5:28
  • "The Best" (Extended Mighty mix) – 6:35
  • "The Best" (Single Muscle mix) – 4:16
  • "The Best" (Extended Muscle mix) – 5:28

Charts

Certifications and sales
Region CertificationCertified units/sales
Australia (ARIA)[45] Platinum 70,000^
Italy (FIMI)[46] Gold 25,000
United Kingdom (BPI)[47] Gold 400,000

^shipments figures based on certification alone
sales+streaming figures based on certification alone

Tina Turner and Jimmy Barnes version
"(Simply) The Best"
Single by Tina Turner & Jimmy Barnes
from the album Simply the Best
ReleasedMay 1992
FormatCD single
GenrePop rock
Length4:11
LabelMushroom
Songwriter(s)Mike Chapman, Holly Knight
Producer(s)Dan Hartman, Chris Lord-Alge
Tina Turner singles chronology
"I Want You Near Me"
(1992)		 "(Simply) The Best"
(1992)		 "I Don't Wanna Fight"
(1993)
Jimmy Barnes singles chronology
"Ain't No Mountain High Enough"
(1992)		 "(Simply) The Best"
(1992)		 "Sweat It Out"
(1993)

In 1992, Turner recorded "(Simply) The Best", a duet version of the song with Australian rock singer Jimmy Barnes, to promote that year's New South Wales Rugby League season in Australia. The single subsequently appeared on a limited edition bonus disc as part of the Australian release of her compilation album Simply the Best (1991).

Versions and remixes
  • "(Simply) The Best" (with Jimmy Barnes, 1992) – 4:11
  • "(Simply) The Best" (Extended mix) (with Jimmy Barnes, 1992) – 5:29

Charts

Weekly charts
Chart (1992) Peak
position
Australia (ARIA)[48] 14
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)[49] 11

Year-end charts
Chart (1992) Position
Australia (ARIA)[45] 78

The theme song of Besti Flokkurinn, an Icelandic political party standing in the 2010 Reykjavik local council elections, was "Simply The Best". Prior to the 2010 election the party published a localized version of the song with new lyrics.

"The Best" is played at Ibrox Stadium, Scotland when the players of Rangers Football Club and the visiting team run on to the park.[50][51] On April 19, 2010 Rangers FC fans began a campaign to get "The Best" to number one in the UK Pop Charts.[50] It subsequently charted at number nine on the UK Singles Chart.[52]

Throughout the 1990s, Chris Eubank used "The Best" as both his nickname and entrance music before all of his world championship boxing matches.[53][54]

Research by Co-op Funeralcare regularly places "Simply The Best" in the Top Ten most popular songs requested to be played at funerals.[55][56]

"The Best" has appeared several times in the CBC sitcom Schitt's Creek, often in scenes involving Daniel Levy and Noah Reid. In the episode "Open Mic", Noah Reid performs an acoustic version of the song that Reid arranged himself[57]. In the episode "The Olive Branch", Levy performs a dance routine while lip-syncing to Tina Turner's recording of the song[58]. In the series finale, "Happy Ending", several cast members perform an a capella version of the song during the wedding of Levy and Reid's characters[59].

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