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This article is about the Styx song. For the Usher song, seeHere I Stand (Usher album). For similar uses, seeThe Best Thing.

1972 single by Styx

"Best Thing"

Single byStyx

from the albumStyx

Released

July 1972 (US)^[1]

Genre

Progressive rock

Length

3:13

Label

Wooden Nickel Records

Songwriter(s)

Dennis DeYoung,James Young

Styx singles chronology

"Best Thing"
(1972)

"Lady"
(1973)

"Best Thing" is the first single released by the bandStyx from their self-titled debut album,Styx (1972). It charted at #82 on theBillboard Hot 100.

Cash Box said that "high vocal harmonies and tight, rocky organ and lead guitar work accentuate this dynamic, searing track."^[2]Record World said that "strong percussion and organ riffs highlight this heavy rocker" and that it has "good harmonies, too."^[3]

The song was also included on the 1979 US reissue of the band's fourth album,Man of Miracles

Personnel

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Dennis DeYoung – lead vocals (first and last verses), backing vocals, keyboards
James Young – lead guitar, lead vocals (middle verses, bridge), backing vocals
John Curulewski – rhythm guitar, backing vocals
Chuck Panozzo – bass
John Panozzo – drums

Charts

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Chart (1972)	Peak position
USBillboard Hot 100^[4]	82

References

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^"Styx singles".Archived from the original on 2021-07-24. Retrieved2021-06-06.
^"CashBox Singles Reviews"(PDF).Cash Box. July 12, 1975. p. 23.Archived(PDF) from the original on 2022-10-14. Retrieved2021-12-11.
^"Single Picks"(PDF).Record World. July 22, 1972. p. 238. Retrieved2023-03-30.
^"Styx Chart History (Hot 100)".Billboard. Retrieved May 31, 2024.

External links

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Styx - "Best Thing" (1972) song to be listened as stream atSpotify.com

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Studio albums	Styx Styx II The Serpent Is Rising Man of Miracles Equinox Crystal Ball The Grand Illusion Pieces of Eight Cornerstone Paradise Theatre Kilroy Was Here Edge of the Century Brave New World Cyclorama Big Bang Theory The Mission Crash of the Crown
Extended plays	Regeneration: Volume I Regeneration: Volume II
Live albums	Caught in the Act Return to Paradise Arch Allies: Live at Riverport Styx World: Live 2001 At the River's Edge: Live in St. Louis 21st Century Live One with Everything: Styx and the Contemporary Youth Orchestra
Compilations	Best of Styx Lady Styx - Classics, Volume 15 Styx Greatest Hits Greatest Hits Part 2 Extended Versions Styx Yesterday & Today Rockers Come Sail Away – The Styx Anthology The Complete Wooden Nickel Recordings
Songs	"Best Thing" "Lies" "Lady" "You Need Love" "Lorelei" "Mademoiselle" "Crystal Ball" "The Grand Illusion" "Come Sail Away" "Fooling Yourself (The Angry Young Man)" "Blue Collar Man (Long Nights)" "Sing for the Day" "Renegade" "Babe" "Why Me" "Boat on the River" "Borrowed Time" "The Best of Times" "Too Much Time on My Hands" "Nothing Ever Goes as Planned" "Rockin' the Paradise" "Snowblind" "Mr. Roboto" "Don't Let It End" "High Time" "Music Time" / "Heavy Metal Poisoning" "Love Is the Ritual" "Show Me the Way" "Love at First Sight" "Paradise" "I Am the Walrus"
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