Best Work

{{infobox song

| name = Best Work

| cover =

| alt =

| type = single

| artist = The Whitlams

| album = Torch the Moon

| released = 9 September 2002

| recorded = 2002

| studio =

| venue =

| genre =

| length = 4:32 (album version)
3:51 (single edit)

| label = Black Yak / Phantom

| writer = Tim Freedman, Ben Fink

| producer =

| prev_title = Fall For You

| prev_year = 2002

| next_title = Royal in the Afternoon

| next_year = 2003

}}

Best Work is a song by Australian band, The Whitlams. It was released in September 2002{{cite web

|url=http://www.thewhitlams.com/RELEASES/default.asp?ReleaseID=24#24

|title=The Whitlams Singles - Best Work

|access-date=2008-11-07

|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080724032750/http://www.thewhitlams.com/RELEASES/default.asp?ReleaseID=24#24

|archive-date=2008-07-24

|url-status=dead

}} as the second single from their fifth studio album, Torch the Moon. It peaked at number 35 in Australia.

Reception

The Guardian said, "Freedman’s falsetto opener and bold piano sound makes it stand out – along with the great bridge, where the lovely yowl of an electric guitar spills over the crescendo."{{cite news| website= The Guardian| title=The Whitlams: their 25 best songs – sorted!|url=https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2022/sep/12/the-whitlams-their-25-best-songs-sorted|author=Sian Cain| date=11 September 2022}}

Track listing

"Best Work" (Single Edit) — 3:51
"Cries Too Hard" — 4:11
"Out the Back" (Peter Sculthorpe Variation) — 9:45

Charts

class="wikitable"

!Chart (2002)

!Peak
position

{{single chart|Australia|35|artist=The Whitlams|song=Best Work|access-date=26 December 2021}}

References

Category:The Whitlams songs

Category:2002 singles

Category:Songs written by Tim Freedman