You're the Best

"You're the Best"
Song by Joe Esposito
from the album The Karate Kid Soundtrack
ReleasedJune 23, 1984
RecordedApril 23, 1984
GenreSynthpop, hard rock
Length2:54
LabelCasablanca
Songwriter(s)Bill Conti (music),
Allee Willis (lyrics)[1]

"You're the Best" is a song performed by Joe Esposito and written by Bill Conti (music) and Allee Willis (lyrics), which came to prominence as the music to the All-Valley Karate Championships montage in the 1984 movie The Karate Kid in which the protagonist, Daniel LaRusso (Ralph Macchio), proves a surprisingly formidable contender.

  1. ^ "BMI Repertoire". BMI. Retrieved 2011-08-31.