The Best Thing (Ivy song)

"The Best Thing"
Dominique Durand appears facing the camera but holding a makeup compact up to her head, covering the majority of her face, with Andy Chase in the background.
Single by Ivy
from the album Apartment Life
B-side"A Nanny in Manhattan"
ReleasedSeptember 12, 1997 (1997-09-12)
Recorded1997
StudioThe Place, Duotone Studios, Compositions
(New York City)
GenrePop
Length3:43
LabelAtlantic
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
  • Adam Schlesinger
  • Andy Chase
Ivy singles chronology
"I Hate December"
(1996) 		"The Best Thing"
(1997) 		"I've Got a Feeling"
(1997)

"The Best Thing" is a song by American band Ivy on their second studio album, Apartment Life (1997). Released on September 12, 1997 by Atlantic Records, it was the band's major-label debut single and served as the parent album's lead single. The track was written by Dominique Durand, Adam Schlesinger and Andy Chase, and was produced by the latter two. A pop song, "The Best Thing" is accompanied by several guitars and a keyboard.

It was distributed to radio stations for airplay in September 1997, coinciding with the release of two CD singles. Rumors of a music video for the single circulated during the same month, although one was ultimately never released. "The Best Thing" was also pressed as a 7" jukebox single in Italy, where it was paired with the B-side track "A Nanny in Manhattan", performed by the American band Lilys. music critics praised "The Best Thing", with several calling it one of the catchiest tracks on Apartment Life.