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| "The Best Thing" | ||||
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| Single by Relient K | ||||
| from the album Five Score and Seven Years Ago | ||||
| Released | 2007 | |||
| Recorded | 2006 | |||
| Genre | Pop punk, Christian rock | |||
| Length | 3:28 | |||
| Label | Capitol, Gotee | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Matt Thiessen | |||
| Producer(s) | Howard Benson | |||
| Relient K singles chronology | ||||
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"The Best Thing" is the second single off Relient K's fifth studio album, Five Score and Seven Years Ago. The band's manager announced it on their messageboard on March 17, 2007, along with Capitol Records announcing it on several websites.[1] The song was performed on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno on April 12, 2007. It was released to Top 40 and Hot AC stations on April 10.[2] Matt Thiessen, the lead singer, has described the song as, "The anti-Daniel Powter 'Bad Day' song, it's straight up positive."[This quote needs a citation] The song peaked at No. 47 on the Top 40 charts.
Around mid-February 2008, the song was released to Christian Hit Radio. It was the 18th most-played song of 2008 on U.S. Contemporary Christian music radio stations according to R&R magazine's Christian CHR chart.[3] The song was included on the WOW Hits 2009 compilation album.
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- ^ 2008 Year End Charts/Top Christian CHR songs Archived 2009-05-25 at the Wayback Machine, R&R magazine, Retrieved January 15, 2009