The Best (song)

1988

The Best is a program written by Mike Chapman and Holly Knight song that was first published in 1988 by Bonnie Tyler on the album Hide Your Heart. In particular, from 1989 it was in the version of Tina Turner from the album Foreign Affair to a world success. The song is until today often played on the radio and used at sporting events.

Content and music

The song is a mid-tempo rock song. In the text, a person is addressed, which is said to be the best and " better than all the rest ".

Original version

The version of Bonnie Tyler was published in 1988 along with two rare pieces of Tyler, The Fire Below and Under Suspicion. The single reached number 10 in Norway and Portugal, 34th in Spain and number 95 in the UK.

Covers of Tina Turner

The first version of Tina Turner was produced by Dan Hartman for the album Foreign Affair (1989). It reached number 15 on the Billboard Hot 100 The saxophone solo is by Edgar Winter in Germany # 4 on the charts in the U.S.. The song became a top hit on the radio. In 1992 a version of Turner in duet with Jimmy Barnes in Australia was published as ( Simply ) The Best. This was also obtained on the local version of the compilation Simply the Best, which also contained their name from the chorus line of the song.

Turner's versions are included on numerous compilations such as Fetenhits.

Music Video

The music video shows Tina Turner in the spotlight of a headlamp with a horse. Turner mimics the movements of the same and then rides him.