Best Thing

{{About|the Styx song|the Usher song|Here I Stand (Usher album)|similar uses|The Best Thing (disambiguation){{!}}The Best Thing}}

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| name = Best Thing

| cover =Best Thing.Styx.jpg

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| type = single

| artist = Styx

| album = Styx

| released = July 1972 (US) {{cite web|url=https://dutchcharts.nl/showitem.asp?interpret=Styx&titel=Best+Thing&cat=s|title=Styx singles|access-date=2021-06-06|archive-date=2021-07-24|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210724120608/https://dutchcharts.nl/showitem.asp?interpret=Styx&titel=Best+Thing&cat=s|url-status=live}}

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| genre = Progressive rock

| length = 3:13

| label = Wooden Nickel Records

| writer = Dennis DeYoung, James Young

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| next_title = Lady

| next_year = 1973

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

Cash Box said that "high vocal harmonies and tight, rocky organ and lead guitar work accentuate this dynamic, searing track."{{cite news|title=CashBox Singles Reviews|date=July 12, 1975|page=23|accessdate=2021-12-11|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Cash-Box/70s/1975/CB-1975-07-12.pdf|newspaper=Cash Box|archive-date=2022-10-14|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221014220706/https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Cash-Box/70s/1975/CB-1975-07-12.pdf|url-status=live}} Record World said that "strong percussion and organ riffs highlight this heavy rocker" and that it has "good harmonies, too."{{cite magazine|magazine=Record World|date=July 22, 1972|accessdate=2023-03-30|title=Single Picks|page=238|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Record-World/70s/72/RW-1972-07-22.pdf}}

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

Personnel

Charts

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!Chart (1972)

!Peak
position

{{single chart|Billboardhot100|82|artist=Styx|rowheader=true|access-date=May 31, 2024}}

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