The Sweetest Thing (I've Ever Known)

"The Sweetest Thing (I've Ever Known)"
US single picture sleeve
Single by Juice Newton
from the album Juice
B-side"Ride 'Em Cowboy"
ReleasedOctober 24, 1981
Recorded1981
GenreCountry, pop
Length4:06
3:58 (7")
LabelCapitol
Songwriter(s)Otha Young
Producer(s)Richard Landis
Juice Newton singles chronology
"Queen of Hearts"
(1981)
"The Sweetest Thing (I've Ever Known)"
(1981)
"Love's Been a Little Bit Hard on Me"
(1982)

"The Sweetest Thing (I've Ever Known)" is a country-pop song written by Otha Young for Juice Newton in the mid-1970s. Newton was known for charting hits on the Hot 100, Adult Contemporary, and Hot Country charts - and this song has the distinction of being the only single of hers to reach the top 10 on all three of those charts, peaking at #1 on two of them.