The Best (song)
| The Best | |
|---|---|
| Bonnie Tyler | |
| publication | 1988 |
| length | 4:07 |
| Genre (s) | skirt |
| Author (s) | Mike Chapman and Holly Knight |
| album | Hide your heart |
| Cover versions | |
| 1989 | Tina Turner |
| 1992 | Tina Turner & Jimmy Barnes |
The Best is a song written by Mike Chapman and Holly Knight that was first released by Bonnie Tyler on the album Hide Your Heart in 1988 . From 1989 in particular, Tina Turner's version from the album Foreign Affair became a global success. The song is still often played on the radio and used at sporting events to this day.
Content and music
The song is a mid-tempo rock song. The text addresses a person who is said to be the best and “better than all the others”.
Original version
Bonnie Tyler's version was released in 1988 along with two rare Tyler tracks, The Fire Below and Under Suspicion . The single reached number 10 in Norway and Portugal , number 34 in Spain and number 95 in the UK .
Cover versions by Tina Turner
The first version by Tina Turner was produced with Dan Hartman for the album Foreign Affair (1989). It reached number 4 on the charts in Germany and number 15 on the Billboard Hot 100 in the USA . The saxophone solo is by Edgar Winter . The song became a long-running radio favorite. In 1992 a version of Turner was released in a duet with Jimmy Barnes in Australia as (Simply) The Best . This was also received on the local version of the Simply the Best compilation , which also took its name from the chorus line of the song.
Turner's versions are featured on numerous compilations such as Fetenhits .
Music video
The music video shows Tina Turner in the spotlight of a spotlight together with a horse. Turner imitates the movements of the same and then rides on him.