The Best of Times (song)

"The Best of Times"
Single by Styx
from the album Paradise Theatre
B-side	"Lights"
Released	January 1981
Recorded	1980
Length	4:17
Label	A&M
Songwriter(s)	Dennis DeYoung
Styx singles chronology
"Lights" (1980) "The Best of Times" (1981) "Too Much Time on My Hands" (1981)

"The Best of Times" is a song by American rock band Styx, released as the first single from their tenth album Paradise Theatre. It reached No. 1 in Canada on the RPM national singles chart, their second chart-topper in that country, and No. 3 on the US Billboard Hot 100 for four weeks in March and April 1981. In the UK, the song peaked at No. 42 on the UK Singles Chart.^[1]

Despite the song's success, the song has not been performed live by the band since singer Dennis DeYoung was dismissed in 1999.^{[citation needed]} DeYoung, however, still performs the song regularly on his solo tours. In 2024, Styx played the song live for the first time in over two decades at a show in Halifax.^[2]