The Best of Me (Bryan Adams song)
{{Infobox song
| name = The Best of Me
| cover = The Best of Me (song).jpg
| alt =
| type = single
| artist = Bryan Adams
| album = The Best of Me
| released = November 15, 1999
| format =
| recorded = 1999
| studio =
| venue =
| genre = Rock
| length = 3:33
| label = A&M
| writer = Bryan Adams
Robert Lange
| producer = Robert Lange
| prev_title = Cloud Number Nine
| prev_year = 1999
| next_title = Don't Give Up
| next_year = 2000
}}
"The Best of Me" is a rock song performed and composed by Canadian rock and pop artist Bryan Adams.{{cite web| url={{AllMusic|class=artist|id=p3502|pure_url=yes}}
| title=Bryan Adams biography| publisher=Allmusic| accessdate=2008-11-05 }} released as the first track on Adams second compilation album, The Best of Me. The single was released in December, 1999 and became a hit single in Europe while ignored in the United States.{{cite web
| url={{AllMusic|class=artist|id=p3502|pure_url=yes}}| title=Artist Chart History (singles) - Bryan Adams| publisher=Allmusic| accessdate=2008-06-24 }} "The Best of Me" peaked at 10 on the Canadian Singles Chart on 24 January 2000.{{cite web| url=http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?&file_num=nlc008388.9695&volume=70&issue=12&issue_dt=January%2024%202000&type=1&interval=24&PHPSESSID=1eslr84up6jai4j6cngk0p4cu2| title=The Best of Me - Canadian Singles Chart| publisher=RPM| accessdate=2008-11-05 }}
Track listings
= CD single 1 =
{{Track listing
| title1 = The Best of Me
| length1 = 3:33
| writer1 = Adams, Robert Lange
| title2 = Inside Out (demo)
| length2 = 4:43
| writer2 = Adams, Gretchen Peters
| title3 = How Do Ya Feel Tonight (demo)
| length3 = 3:04
| writer3 = Adams, Thornalley
}}
| url=http://www.freedb.org/freedb_search.php?words=The+Best+of+Me+(single)&fields=title&fields=track&allfields=NO&allcats=YES&grouping=none&page=2#fdbsr
| title=The Best of Me (single)
| publisher=freedb.org
| accessdate=2008-11-05 }}
= CD single 2 =
{{Track listing
| title1 = The Best of Me
| length1 = 3:33
| writer1 = Adams, Robert Lange
| title2 = Cloud Number Nine (demo)
| length2 = 4:12
| writer2 = Adams, Peters, Max Martin
| title3 = Fearless (demo)
| length3 = 3:44
| writer3 = Adams, Kennedy
}}
Chart positions
| class="wikitable sortable"
!align="left"|Chart (1999) !align="center"|Peak |
| {{Single chart|Austria|37|artist=Bryan Adams|song=The Best of Me}} |
| {{Single chart|Flanders Tip|3|artist=Bryan Adams|song=On a Day Like Today}} |
| align="left"|Canada Top Singles (RPM)
|align="center"|10 |
| {{single chart|Canadaadultcontemporary|2|chartid=9715}} |
| Canada CHR (Nielsen BDS){{cite web|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20050407223214/http://www.crosscanadacountdown.com/pdfs/2000.pdf|archivedate=April 7, 2005|url=http://www.crosscanadacountdown.com/pdfs/2000.pdf|title=Canadian Top 20 in 2000|website=Cross Canada Countdown|accessdate=November 13, 2023}}
| style="text-align:center"|13 |
| align="left"|Czech Republic (IFPI){{cite web|url=http://www.ifpicr.cz/radio.htm|title=Hitparada radia - 8/2000|publisher=IFPI CR|language=cs|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20000303224417/http://www.ifpicr.cz/radio.htm|archive-date=3 March 2000|access-date=6 February 2021}}
|align="center"|3 |
| {{Single chart|Finland|9|artist=Bryan Adams|song=The Best of Me}} |
| {{Single chart|Germany|65|artist=Bryan Adams|song=The Best of Me|songid=4051}} |
| Italy (FIMI){{cite web|url=http://www.hitparadeitalia.it/indici/per_interprete/aa.htm|title=Hit Parade Italia - Indice per Interprete: A|accessdate=July 6, 2012|publisher=Hit Parade Italia}}
| style="text-align:center;"|36 |
| Netherlands (Dutch Top 40 Tipparade){{cite web |url=https://www.top40.nl/tipparade/1999/week-50|title=Tipparade-lijst van week 50, 1999|language=dutch| publisher=Dutch Top 40|access-date=March 20, 2023}}
|style="text-align:center;"|17 |
| {{Single chart|Dutch100|67|artist=Bryan Adams|song=The Best of Me}} |
| {{Single chart|New Zealand|19|artist=Bryan Adams|song=On a Day Like Today}} |
| {{Single chart|Scotland|44|date=19991212|access-date=March 20, 2023}} |
| {{Single chart|Switzerland|31|artist=Bryan Adams|song=The Best of Me}} |
| {{Single chart|UK|47|date=19991212|access-date=March 20, 2023}} |
Sources
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{{Bryan Adams singles}}
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Category:Songs written by Bryan Adams
Category:Song recordings produced by Robert John "Mutt" Lange