Best Thing

This article is about the Styx song. For the Usher song, see Here I Stand (Usher album). For similar uses, see The Best Thing.
"Best Thing"
Single by Styx
from the album Styx
ReleasedJuly 1972 (US) [1]
GenreProgressive rock
Length3:13
LabelWooden Nickel Records
Songwriter(s)Dennis DeYoung, James Young
Styx singles chronology
"Best Thing"
(1972) 		"Lady"
(1973)

"Best Thing" is the first single released by the band Styx from their self-titled debut album, Styx (1972). It charted at #82 on the Billboard Hot 100.

Cash Box said that "high vocal harmonies and tight, rocky organ and lead guitar work accentuate this dynamic, searing track."[2] Record World said that "strong percussion and organ riffs highlight this heavy rocker" and that it has "good harmonies, too."[3]

The song was also included on the 1979 US reissue of the band's fourth album, Man of Miracles

  1. ^ "Styx singles". Archived from the original on 2021-07-24. Retrieved 2021-06-06.
  2. ^ "CashBox Singles Reviews" (PDF). Cash Box. July 12, 1975. p. 23. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2022-10-14. Retrieved 2021-12-11.
  3. ^ "Single Picks" (PDF). Record World. July 22, 1972. p. 238. Retrieved 2023-03-30.