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			{{Short description\|1988 single by Bonnie Tyler, made popular by Tina Turner in 1989}}
	{{Infobox Single <!-- See Misplaced Pages:WikiProject_Songs -->
			{{About\|\|other songs\|Best (disambiguation)#Songs{{!}}Best § Songs}}
	\| Name = The Best
			{{Use dmy dates\|date=May 2023}}
	\| Cover = Tinathebest.jpg
			"'''The Best'''" is a song by ] singer ] from her seventh studio album, '']'' (1988). It was written by ] and ]. Produced by ], Tyler's version became a top-10 hit in Norway but was a minor hit elsewhere.
	\| Caption =

	\| Artist = ]
			In 1989, American singer ] released a cover version of "The Best" for her seventh studio album, '']''. It became a worldwide hit, receiving a double platinum certification in the UK. In 1992, Turner re-recorded the track as a duet with Australian singer ].
	\| from Album = ]

	\| A-side = <small>1. The Best</small>
			==Bonnie Tyler version==
	\| B-side = <small>2. Undercover Agent For The Blues<br />3. Bold And Reckless</small>
			{{Infobox song
	\| Released = September 2, 1989
			\| name = The Best
	\| Format = ]<br />]<br />]
			\| cover = BonnieTyler TheBest SingleArtwork.jpg
	\| Recorded =
			\| alt =
	\| Genre = ], ]
	\| ~~Length~~ = ~~4:09~~		\| type = single
	\| ~~Label~~ = ]		\| artist = ]
	\| ~~Writer~~ = ], ]		\| album = ]
	\| ~~Producer~~ = ], ]		\| B-side = The Fire Below
			\| released = 18 January 1988<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://www.worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-Week/1988/MW-1988-01-16.pdf\|title=Music Week\|page=8}}</ref>
	\| Certification =
			\| recorded =
	\| Last single = "]"<br />(1988)
			\| studio =
	\| This single = '''"The Best"''' <br />(1989)
			\| venue =
	\| Next single = "]"<br /> (1989)
	\| ~~Misc~~ =		\| length = {{duration\|m=4\|s=7}}
			\| label = ]
	}}
			\| writer =
	{{Infobox Single <!-- See Misplaced Pages:WikiProject_Songs -->
			* ]
	\| Name = (Simply) The Best
			* ]
	\| Cover = Tina Turner & Jimmy Barnes - Simply The Best.jpg
	\| ~~Caption~~ =		\| producer = ]
			\| prev_title = Lovers Again
	\| Artist = ] & ]
	\| ~~from Album~~ =		\| prev_year = 1987
			\| next_title = ]
	\| A-side =
	\| ~~B-side~~ =		\| next_year = 1988
			\| misc = {{External music video\|{{YouTube\|LKV5YAxwv3Q\|"The Best"}}}}
	\| Released = 1992
	\| Format = ]
	\| Recorded =
	\| Genre = ], ]
	\| Length = 4:11
	\| Label = ]
	\| Writer = ], ]
	\| Producer = ]<br /> ]
	\| Certification =
	\| Chart position =
	\| Last single =
	\| This single =
	\| Next single =
	\| Misc =
	\| Misc = {{Extra chronology 2
	\| Artist = ] singles
	\| Type = ]
	\| Last single = "]" <br /> (1992)
	\| This single = '''"(Simply) The Best"''' <br />(1992)
	\| Next single = "]"<br /> (1993)
	}}
	}}		}}

			===Background and release===
	"'''The Best'''" is a song written by ] and ], originally included on ]'s 1988 release '']'', in reference to Tom Mason. The song was then recorded and released as a highly successful ] by ] in 1989 on her hit album '']''. The saxophone solo on Turner's version is played by ].
			"The Best" was co-written by ] and ], and first offered to ], who declined.<ref>{{cite web\|last=Sutherland\|first=Mark\|url=https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/ive-made-lots-of-money-doing-something-i-love-but-theres-such-a-lack-of-respect\|title='I've made lots of money doing something I love, but there's such a lack of respect'\|date=3 January 2023\|website=]\|access-date=5 January 2023\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230103174652/https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/ive-made-lots-of-money-doing-something-i-love-but-theres-such-a-lack-of-respect/\|archive-date=3 January 2023\|url-status=live}}</ref> ] was the first artist to record it. "The Best" was released as the lead single from her seventh studio album, '']'', in January 1988. It peaked at no. 10 in Norway, and no. 25 in Finland, but only spent one week in the ] at no. 95. In Italy, "The Best" peaked at no. 8 on ]'s airplay chart.<ref>{{cite magazine\|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-and-Media/80s/1988/M&M-1988-03-12.pdf\|magazine=]\|title=Playlist Report: RAI – Italy\|page=10\|date=12 March 1988\|accessdate=10 January 2023\|via=World Radio History}}</ref>

			]'s subsequent success with "The Best" restored Tyler's confidence in choosing recording material, after both ''Hide Your Heart'' and its singles failed to match the commercial success of her previous work.<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://retropopmagazine.com/bonnie-tyler-tina-turner-confidence-simply-the-best-cher-1980s/\|title=Bonnie Tyler: 'Tina Turner helped me regain my confidence after '80s success ended'\|work=Retro Pop\|date=13 May 2021\|access-date=14 July 2022\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220714160400/https://retropopmagazine.com/bonnie-tyler-tina-turner-confidence-simply-the-best-cher-1980s/\|archive-date=14 July 2022\|url-status=live}}</ref> She added that Turner "did it much better than I did".<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://www.outinperth.com/bonnie-tyler/\|title=Bonnie Tyler reflects on the songs that got away\|work=]\|date=18 May 2017\|access-date=14 July 2022\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170606141951/https://www.outinperth.com/bonnie-tyler/\|archive-date=6 June 2017\|url-status=live}}</ref>
	Holly Knight told ]: "'Simply The Best' is one of those rare gems that's a positive song, and it's not cheesy. But the hard part is to write something in a positive mode that really is sincere - that's a tall order." <ref name="songfacts">{{cite web
	\| url = http://www.songfacts.com/detail.php?id=7728
	\| title = "The Best"
	\| work = Songfacts.com
	\| accessdate = 2010-05-07
	}}</ref>

			===Track listings===
	"The Best" is one of Turner's most successful and popular singles worldwide. It peaked at number 15 on the US ] and made it to the top five in the UK, peaking at number 5 and Germany, reaching number 4. Certain editions of Turner's single also included the non-album track "Bold and Reckless", produced by ].
			* '''European 7-inch single'''<ref>{{Cite AV media notes\|title=The Best\|date=1988\|publisher=]\|location=Europe\|type=7" vinyl\|id=CBS 651330 7}}</ref>
			# "The Best" – 4:15
			# "The Fire Below" – 5:08

			* '''Dutch and UK 12-inch single'''<ref>{{Cite AV media notes\|title=The Best\|date=1988\|publisher=]\|location=Netherlands\|type=12" vinyl\|id=CBS 651330 6}}</ref><ref>{{Cite AV media notes\|title=The Best\|date=1988\|publisher=]\|location=UK\|type=12" vinyl\|id=BEST T1}}</ref>
	A version recorded in 1992 as a duet with ], titled "Simply the Best", was a Top 40 hit single in ], where it was used in a campaign for the ].
			# "The Best" – 4:15
			# "The Fire Below" – 5:08
			# "Under Suspicion" – 4:24

			* '''UK CD single'''<ref>{{Cite AV media notes\|title=The Best\|date=1988\|publisher=]\|location=UK\|type=CD\|id=CD BEST 1}}</ref>
			# "The Best" – 4:15
			# "The Fire Below" – 5:08
			# "Under Suspicion" – 4:24

			===Charts===
	== In popular culture ==
			{\|class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
			\|+Weekly chart performance for "The Best" by Bonnie Tyler
			!Chart (1988)
			!Peak<br />position
			\|-
			!scope="row"\|Finland (])<ref>{{cite book\|url=https://musiikkiarkisto.fi/oa/_tiedostot/julkaisut/sisaltaa-hitin.pdf#page=267\|first=Timo\|last=Pennanen\|year=2021\|title=Sisältää hitin - 2. laitos Levyt ja esittäjät Suomen musiikkilistoilla 1.1.1960–30.6.2021\|section=Bonnie Tyler\|page=267\|publisher=Kustannusosakeyhtiö Otava\|location=Helsinki\|access-date=10 July 2022\|language=fi}}</ref>
			\| 25
			\|-
			{{single chart\|Norway\|10\|artist=Bonnie Tyler\|song=The Best\|rowheader=true\|refname=norway\|access-date=5 June 2020}}
			\|-
			!scope="row"\|Spain (])<ref name="spain">{{cite book\|author=Fernando Salaverri\|title=Sólo éxitos: año a año, 1959–2002\|edition=1st\|date=September 2005\|publisher=Fundación Autor-SGAE\|location=Spain\|isbn=84-8048-639-2}}</ref>
			\| 20
			\|-
			{{single chart\|UK\|95\|date=19880130\|artist=Bonnie Tyler\|song=The Best\|rowheader=true\|access-date=5 November 2014}}
			\|}

			==Tina Turner version==
	"The Best" became even more popular in the UK than in the US, becoming the theme song of the legendary British world champion boxer ]. It also became the theme song for the also legendary Brazilian Formula One racer ].
			{{Infobox song
			\| name = The Best
			\| cover = Tinathebest.jpg
			\| alt =
			\| type = single
			\| artist = ]
			\| album = ]
			\| B-side = Bold and Reckless
			\| released = {{start date\|1989\|8\|21\|mf=y}}<ref>{{cite magazine\|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-Week/1989/MW-1989-08-19.pdf\|title=New Singles\|magazine=]\|page=39\|date=19 August 1989\|access-date=27 July 2021}}</ref>
			\| recorded =
			\| studio =
			\| venue =
			\| genre = ]<ref>{{cite web \|title=The Best by Tina Turner - Track Info {{!}} AllMusic \|website=] \|url=https://www.allmusic.com/song/the-best-mt0003173117 \|language=en}}</ref>
			\| length = * 5:30 (album version)
			* 4:08 (single version)
			\| label = ]
			\| writer = * ]
			* ]
			\| producer = * ]
			* ]
			\| prev_title = ]
			\| prev_year = 1988
			\| next_title = ]
			\| next_year = 1989
			\| misc = {{External music video\|{{YouTube\|GC5E8ie2pdM\|"The Best"}}}}
			}}

			In 1989, American singer and songwriter ] recorded a cover version of "The Best" for her seventh solo studio album, '']'' (1989), with a saxophone solo played by ]. Prior to recording the song, Tina Turner approached the songwriter Holly Knight and requested some changes: the addition of a bridge, which Turner felt was missing, and a ].<ref>{{Cite web\|date=30 September 2015\|title=Review: "Foreign Affair" by Tina Turner (CD, 1989)\|url=https://poprescue.com/2015/09/30/pop-rescue-foreign-affair-by-tina-turner-cd-1989/\|access-date=22 July 2021\|website=Pop Rescue}}</ref>
	The song was used during the ceremonies that the ] held as they retired, un-retired, and re-retired number 66 for ], as his name rhymes with ''le meilleur'', "the best" in ].

			Released as the lead single from ''Foreign Affair'' on August 21, 1989, the song was an international success, becoming a top-five hit in numerous countries. It is one of Turner's most recognizable tunes, often considered synonymous with the singer's name.<ref name=":01" /> The song was used in a ] commercial featuring Turner, which also served as a promo for her ] sponsored by Pepsi. Additionally, the song was adopted by other brands for their advertising including Applebee's<ref>{{Cite web\|last=MMI\|date=8 September 2019\|title=Simply The Best - Applebee's\|url=https://musicmediaintl.com/simply-the-best-applebees/\|access-date=22 July 2021\|website=MUSIC & MEDIA INTERNATIONAL\|language=en-US\|archive-date=28 March 2022\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220328231847/https://musicmediaintl.com/simply-the-best-applebees/\|url-status=dead}}</ref> and ].<ref>{{Citation\|title=T-Mobile TV Commercial, 'See for Yourself: Elevator' Song by Tina Turner\|url=https://www.ispot.tv/ad/OrTZ/t-mobile-see-for-yourself-elevator-song-by-tina-turner\|access-date=22 July 2021}}</ref>
	"The Best" is played at ], Scotland when the players of ] and the visiting team run on to the park. On April 19 2010 Rangers FC fans began a campaign to get "The Best" to number one in the UK Pop Charts. It subsequently charted at number nine. Controversially, some Rangers FC fans append alternate sectarian lyrics referring to ] and the ] to the song.<ref name=irfm>{{cite book \|title=It's Rangers for me?\|last=Magee \|first=Jonathan \|year=2007 \|publisher=Fort Publishing \|location=Glasgow \|isbn=978-1-905769-10-0 \|page=200\|chapter='Old' and 'New' at Rangers Football Club}}</ref> In a March 2007 ] defeat at ], footage of Rangers fans singing the additional lyrics led to the club being fined and censured by ] for the second year in succession.<ref name=irfm/><ref> </ref> For this reason the club dropped "The Best" as the running out music, although it was later reinstated with warnings about the inserted words.<ref name=irfm/>

			The song title is often mistitled as "Simply the Best", reflecting a phrase in the chorus. This became so commonplace that the bracketed word 'Simply' was included in the titles for releases of some subsequent versions, and in the track listing for some Tina Turner compilation albums.{{citation needed\|date=August 2023}}
	The song was played over the PA system at ] when ] was presented with the ] after the ]' victory over the ] in Game 7 of the ]. The Rangers listened to it before the game.<ref>{{cite video\|title=New York Rangers Hockey: Game 7 of the 1994 Stanley Cup Finals\|medium=television\|publisher=MSG Network\|date=1994-06-14\|quote=Tina Turner's song, 'Simply the Best,' blaring over the loudspeakers. That's the song the Rangers listented to before the game.}}</ref> It was continued to be played as the Rangers skated around the ice at the Garden with the Stanley Cup.<ref name=CBC>{{cite video\|title=Hockey Night in Canada: Game 7 of the 1994 Stanley Cup Finals\|medium=television\|publisher=CBC\|date=1994-06-14}}</ref> On the ], ] and ] said that "the crowd responded"<ref name=CBC/> when the song was played over the PA system when the players skated around the ice, as they had throughout the game.

			In 1990, the song was used for the ] (NSWRL) promotional campaign. After appearing in NSWRL's ad a year earlier (with "]"), Tina Turner was invited to Sydney, Australia, to shoot the 1990 campaign ads, in which she appears alongside rugby league players, and perform the song at that year's Grand Final.<ref name="nrl.com">{{Cite web\|date=5 March 2020\|title=How 'Simply the Best' revival inspires past and present stars\|url=https://www.nrl.com/news/2020/03/05/how-simply-the-best-revival-inspires-past-and-present-stars/\|access-date=14 August 2021\|website=National Rugby League}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book\|last1=Turner\|first1=Graeme\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=40IRezQzV7oC\|title=Fame Games: The Production of Celebrity in Australia\|last2=Bonner\|first2=Frances\|last3=Marshall\|first3=P. David\|publisher=Cambridge University Press\|year=2000\|pages=58\|isbn=9780521794862}}</ref> The campaign featuring Tina Turner and the song is considered one of the greatest campaigns in sports marketing, which helped change the perception of rugby league as a sport turning what was essentially a suburban game popular with working-class men into entertainment for the whole family.{{Relevance inline\|date=November 2023}}<ref name="theguardian.com">{{Cite news\|date=28 February 2014\|title=Tina Turner changed NRL promos – and rugby league – forever\|url=http://www.theguardian.com/sport/blog/2014/feb/28/tina-turner-nrl-promos-rugby-league\|access-date=14 August 2021\|newspaper=]}}</ref> Such is the enduring popularity of the song as the rugby league anthem that it was featured again in the 2020 promotional campaign of ], more than 30 years after its release.<ref name="lbbonline.com">{{Cite web\|title=Tina Turner is Back for NRL 'Simply The Best' Campaign \|url=https://www.lbbonline.com/news/tina-turner-is-back-for-nrl-simply-the-best-campaign\|access-date=14 August 2021\|website=Lbbonline.com}}</ref><ref name="foxsports.com.au">{{Cite web\|date=29 February 2020\|title=Simply The Best! Tina Turner's iconic smash hit to be used in 2020 NRL marketing campaign\|url=https://www.foxsports.com.au/nrl/nrl-premiership/nrl-2020-tina-turners-simply-the-best-to-be-used-in-marketing-campaign-for-upcoming-season/news-story/72673d0623a8b4eada334a0050bba668\|access-date=14 August 2021\|website=Fox Sports}}</ref><ref name="sportingnews.com">{{Cite web\|title=NRL officially relaunches 'Simply The Best' advertisement with Tina Turner, 30 years on from original\|url=https://www.sportingnews.com/au/league/news/tina-turner-nrl-simply-the-best-advertisement-latrell-mitchell-cameron-smith-rugby-league-2020/17d3dcqz6xjib1tdy8eqq1aod3\|access-date=14 August 2021\|website=Sportingnews.com\|date=14 August 2021 \|language=en-au}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news\|url=https://www.smh.com.au/sport/nrl/nrl-returns-to-simply-the-best-for-2020-marketing-campaign-20200229-p545mc.html\|title=Thirty years on, NRL reboots Tina's classic and hopes for the best\|first=Adrian\|last=Proszenko\|date=29 February 2020\|newspaper=]\|access-date=3 January 2022}}</ref>
	Tyler's version of the song was used in a tribute video for ] wrestler ] that aired on the July 20, 2007 edition of '']''.

			Tina Turner dedicated the song to ] driver ] after Senna's surprise onstage appearance during her performance in the ] in ] as part of her ].<ref></ref><ref>{{cite web\|url=https://thesportsrush.com/f1-news-queen-of-rock-n-roll-tina-turner-once-awed-ayrton-senna-with-an-emotional-tribute-on-stage/\|title="Queen of Rock 'n' Roll" Tina Turner Once Awed Ayrton Senna With an Emotional Tribute on Stage\|author=Bhattacharjee, S.\|publisher=TheSportsRush\|date=25 May 2023}}</ref>
	Turner's version was used by NESN (]) on September 1, 2007, as a tribute when ] Rookie pitcher ] threw a No-Hitter at ] against the ] in his second Major League start. This consisted of a 2-hour replay of the game, showing all 27 outs recorded for the night, as well as the 4 minute musical montage, entitled "Rookie Magic".

			The song was also used in a 1998 ad for the ] after it became the best performing vehicle ever tested by the ] crash test agency at that time.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=374NUfyoNYE\|title=Retro Toyota Sienna Minivan Car Commercial 1998 Crash Test\|via=YouTube }}</ref> ], a British former two-weight world champion boxer, regularly walked out to the song for his match entrances.<ref>{{Cite web \|date=3 October 2022 \|title=The rebirth of one of boxing's biggest rivalries: Benn vs. Eubank \|url=https://www.espn.co.uk/boxing/story/_/id/34717179/conor-benn-vs-chris-eubank-one-boxing-biggest-rivalries-reborn \|access-date=26 May 2023 \|website=ESPN.com \|language=en}}</ref> It is also used by Scottish Football Club ] when the players walk out to play the match and is played before every home game with The Rangers fans singing along to it.
	Additionally, Senator ] used Turner's recording as the theme song for his ], and it was an unofficial anthem for the pharmaceutical company SmithKline Beecham.

			===Critical reception===
	] has performed the song live in concert.
			Bill Coleman from '']'' described the song as an "easy-paced pop offering which finds Turner's voice taking front and center stage."<ref>{{cite magazine\|first=Bill\|last=Coleman\|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-Billboard/80s/1989/BB-1989-09-09.pdf\|title=Single Reviews\|magazine=]\|date=9 September 1989\|page=89\|access-date=26 September 2020}}</ref> The Daily Vault's Mark Millan called it a "sing-along anthem".<ref>{{cite web\|first= Mark \|last= Millan \|title= ''Foreign Affair'' – Tina Turner \|publisher= The Daily Vault \|date= 13 December 2008 \|access-date= 22 November 2020 \|url= http://dailyvault.com/toc.php5?review=5813}}</ref> Pan-European magazine '']'' stated that the singer's "dramatic range is fully utilised on this impressive and polished production (courtesy ] and Turner)."<ref>{{cite magazine\|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-and-Media/80s/1989/M&M-1989-08-26.pdf\|title=Previews: Singles\|magazine=]\|date=26 August 1989\|page=15\|access-date=25 September 2020}}</ref> A reviewer from '']'' said it "features such pizza-box lyrics as 'You're simply the best/ Better than all the rest/ Better than anyone/ Anyone I've ever met'." The reviewer also noted that ] adds a saxophone solo "with bite".<ref>{{cite magazine\|url= https://people.com/archive/picks-and-pans-review-foreign-affair-vol-32-no-15/ \|title= Picks and Pans Review: Foreign Affair \|magazine= ] \|date= 9 October 1989 \|access-date= 13 November 2020}}</ref> Pop Rescue called the song "flawless", adding that it was probably the fact that it's such a simple song that "helped it to become so widely popular."<ref>{{cite web\|title= REVIEW: "FOREIGN AFFAIR" BY TINA TURNER (CD, 1989) \|url= https://poprescue.com/2015/09/30/pop-rescue-foreign-affair-by-tina-turner-cd-1989/ \|work= Pop Rescue \|date= 30 September 2015 \|access-date= 24 November 2020}}</ref>

			===Track listing===
	Japanese pro-wrestler ] currently uses the song as an entrance theme.
			*'''Worldwide 7-inch, cassette and CD single'''
			#"The Best" (Edit) – 4:08
			#"Undercover Agent for the Blues" – 5:17

			*'''UK 7-inch limited single'''
	The song is played after all Buffalo Bisons home wins beginning with the Chorus.
			#"The Best" (Edit) – 4:08
			#"]" – 3:49

			*'''European and UK CD and 12-inch single'''
	In the ], David Brent plays the Tina Turner version of the song at the end of a motivational speech, shouting, "I've been David Brent! You've been the best!"
			#"The Best" – 5:28
			#"Undercover Agent for the Blues" – 5:18
			#"Bold and Reckless" – 3:47

			*'''Australian 12-inch single'''
	The theme song of Besti Flokkurinn, an Icelandic political party standing in the 2010 Reykjavik local council elections, was "Simply The Best" by Tina Turner. Prior to the 2010 election the party published a localized version of the song with new lyrics.
			#"The Best" (Extended Mighty Mix) – 6:37
			#"The Best" (Single Muscle Mix) – 4:17
			#"The Best" (Extended Muscle Mix) – 5:28

			*'''1993 Australian CD single'''
	== Versions and remixes (Tina Turner version) ==
	* 7" Edit - 4:11		#"The Best" (Edit) – 4:09
	* ~~Album Version a.k.a.~~ Extended ~~12"~~ Mix ~~- 5~~:28		#"The Best" (Extended Mighty Mix) – 6:37
			#"The Best" (Single Muscle Mix) – 4:17
	* Extended Mighty Mix - 6:35
	* ~~Single~~ Muscle Mix ~~- 4~~:16		#"The Best" (Extended Muscle Mix) – 5:28
	* Extended Muscle Mix - 5:28
	* "(Simply) The Best" (With Jimmy Barnes, 1992) - 4:11
	* "(Simply) The Best" (Extended Mix) (With Jimmy Barnes, 1992) - 5:29

	== ~~Chart performance~~ ==		=== Personnel ===
			'''Musicians'''
			{{div col}}
			* ] – lead vocals, arrangements
			* ] – keyboards, acoustic guitar, backing vocals
			* Phil Ashley – keyboards, bass pulse
			* Elliot Lewis – additional keyboards, strings
			* ] – additional keyboards
			* Gene Black – rhythm guitar
			* James Ralston – rhythm guitar
			* ] – guitar solo
			* ] – bass guitar
			* Art Wood – drums
			* ] – saxophone solo
			* ] – backing vocals
			* ] – backing vocals
			{{div col end}}

			'''Production'''
	; Bonnie Tyler:
			* Dan Hartman – producer<ref name=":01">{{Cite web\|title=Revisiting Tina Turner's 'Foreign Affair' (1989) {{!}} Retrospective Tribute\|url=https://www.albumism.com/features/tina-turner-foreign-affair-turns-30-anniversary-retrospective\|access-date=December 11, 2020\|website=Albumism\|date=11 September 2019 \|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=msdh3F68Q44C&pg=PA95\|title=Spins: Tina Turner, Foreign Affair, Capitol\|date=December 1989\|magazine=Spin\|editor-last=Schoemer\|editor-first=Karen\|language=en}}</ref>
	{\| class="wikitable" style="width:300px;"
			* Tina Turner – executive producer, producer<ref>{{Cite book\|last=Norment\|first=Lynn\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JMwDAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA166\|title=Rich, Free and In Control: The 'Foreign Affairs' of Tina Turner\|date=November 1989\|publisher=Ebony\|language=en}}</ref>

			'''Technical'''
			* ] – recording engineer
			* Vincent Frerebeau – additional engineer
			* ] – mastering

			===Charts===
			{{col-begin}}
			{{col-2}}

			====Weekly charts====
			{\|class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
			\|+1989 weekly chart performance for "The Best" by Tina Turner
			!Chart (1989)
			!Peak<br />position
	\|-		\|-
			{{single chart\|Australia\|4\|artist=Tina Turner\|song=The Best\|rowheader=true\|access-date=29 September 2015}}
	!align="left"\|Chart (1988)
	!align="left"\|Peak<br>Position
	\|-		\|-
			{{single chart\|Austria\|2\|artist=Tina Turner\|song=The Best\|rowheader=true\|access-date=29 September 2015}}
	\|align="left"\|Norway<ref>{{cite web\|author=Steffen Hung \|url=http://norwegiancharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Bonnie+Tyler&titel=The+Best&cat=s \|title=Bonnie Tyler - The Best \|publisher=norwegiancharts.com \|date= \|accessdate=2010-06-07}}</ref>
	\| style="text-align:center;"\|10
	\|-		\|-
			{{single chart\|Flanders\|2\|artist=Tina Turner\|song=The Best\|rowheader=true\|access-date=29 September 2015}}
	\|align="left"\|UK<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.chartstats.com/songinfo.php?id=15046 \|title=Bonnie Tyler - The Best \|publisher=Chart Stats \|date=1988-01-30 \|accessdate=2010-06-07}}</ref>
	\| style="text-align:center;"\|95
	\|-		\|-
			{{single chart\|Canadatopsingles\|4\|chartid=6592\|rowheader=true\|access-date=28 June 2018}}
	\|align="left"\|Spain
	\| style="text-align:center;"\|34
	\|-		\|-
			{{single chart\|Canadaadultcontemporary\|20\|chartid=6621\|rowheader=true\|access-date=28 June 2018}}
	\|align="left"\|Portugal
	\| style="text-align:center;"\|10
	\|}

	; Tina Turner:
	{\| class="wikitable" style="width:300px;"
	\|-		\|-
			!scope="row"\|Canada ('']'')<ref>{{cite magazine\|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Billboard/80s/1989/BB-1989-11-25.pdf\|title=Hits of the World\|magazine=Billboard\|volume=101\|issue=47\|page=69\|date=25 November 1989\|access-date=29 September 2015}}</ref>
	!align="left"\|Chart (1989)
			\| 3
	!align="left"\|Peak<br>Position
	\|-		\|-
			!scope="row"\|Denmark (])<ref>Danish Singles Chart. 15 September 1989.</ref>
	\|align="left"\|Austrian Singles Chart
			\| 3
	\| style="text-align:center;"\|2
	\|-		\|-
			!scope="row"\|Europe (])<ref>{{cite magazine\|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Billboard/80s/1989/BB-1989-09-30.pdf\|title=Hits of the World\|magazine=Billboard\|volume=101\|issue=39\|page=72\|date=30 September 1989\|access-date=29 September 2015}}</ref>
	\|align="left"\|Polish Singles Chart
			\| 3
	\| style="text-align:center;"\|2
	\|-		\|-
			!scope="row"\|Finland (])<ref>{{cite book\|first=Jake\|last=Nyman\|year=2005\|title=Suomi soi 4: Suuri suomalainen listakirja\|edition=1st\|publisher=Tammi\|location=Helsinki\|isbn=951-31-2503-3\|language=fi}}</ref>
	\|align="left"\|Spanish Singles Chart
			\| 3
	\| style="text-align:center;"\|2
	\|-		\|-
			{{single chart\|France\|23\|artist=Tina Turner\|song=The Best\|rowheader=true\|access-date=29 September 2015}}
	\|align="left"\|Swiss Singles Chart
	\| style="text-align:center;"\|3
	\|-		\|-
			{{single chart\|Ireland2\|4\|song=The Best\|rowheader=true\|access-date=29 September 2015}}
	\|align="left"\|]
	\| style="text-align:center;"\|4
	\|-		\|-
			!scope="row"\|Italy ('']'')<ref>{{cite magazine\|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Billboard/80s/1989/BB-1989-12-09.pdf\|title=Hits of the World\|magazine=Billboard\|volume=101\|issue=49\|page=69\|date=9 December 1989\|access-date=29 September 2015}}</ref>
	\|align="left"\|]
			\| 3
	\| style="text-align:center;"\|4
	\|-		\|-
			{{single chart\|Dutch40\|5\|year=1989\|week=39\|rowheader=true\|access-date=29 September 2015}}
	\|align="left"\|]
	\| style="text-align:center;"\|4
	\|-		\|-
			{{single chart\|Dutch100\|7\|artist=Tina Turner\|song=The Best\|rowheader=true\|access-date=28 June 2018}}
	\|align="left"\|]
	\| style="text-align:center;"\|4
	\|-		\|-
			{{single chart\|New Zealand\|28\|artist=Tina Turner\|song=The Best\|rowheader=true\|access-date=29 September 2015}}
	\|align="left"\|]
	\| style="text-align:center;"\|5
	\|-		\|-
			{{single chart\|Norway\|5\|artist=Tina Turner\|song=The Best\|rowheader=true\|access-date=29 September 2015}}
	\|align="left"\|Norwegian Singles Chart
	\| style="text-align:center;"\|5
	\|-		\|-
			!scope="row"\|Portugal (])<ref>{{cite magazine\|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-and-Media/80s/1989/M&M-1989-10-28.pdf\|title=Top 3 Singles in Europe\|magazine=]\|volume=6\|issue=43\|page=VII\|date=28 October 1989\|access-date=19 July 2020}}</ref>
	\|align="left"\|]
			\| 2
	\| style="text-align:center;"\|5
	\|-		\|-
			!scope="row"\|Spain (])<ref name="spain"/>
	\|align="left"\|US Rock Chart
			\| 20
	\| style="text-align:center;"\|6
	\|-		\|-
			{{single chart\|Sweden\|11\|artist=Tina Turner\|song=The Best\|rowheader=true\|access-date=29 September 2015}}
	\|align="left"\|Italian Singles Chart
	\| style="text-align:center;"\|7
	\|-		\|-
			{{single chart\|Switzerland\|3\|artist=Tina Turner\|song=The Best\|rowheader=true\|access-date=29 September 2015}}
	\|align="left"\|Swedish Singles Chart
	\| style="text-align:center;"\|11
	\|-		\|-
			{{single chart\|UKsinglesbyname\|5\|artist=Tina Turner\|artistid=21088\|rowheader=true\|access-date=9 February 2021}}
	\|align="left"\|US ] Singles Chart
	\| style="text-align:center;"\|15
	\|-		\|-
			{{single chart\|Billboardhot100\|15\|artist=Tina Turner\|song=The Best\|rowheader=true\|access-date=29 September 2015}}
	\|align="left"\|French Singles Chart
	\| style="text-align:center;"\|23
	\|-		\|-
			! scope="row"\| US ]<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://www.worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Cash-Box/80s/1989/CB-1989-11-04.pdf\|title=Cash Box\|website=Worldradiohistory.com\|issue=4 November 1989\|access-date=September 8, 2024}}</ref>
	\|align="left"\|New Zealand Singles Chart
			\| 12
	\| style="text-align:center;"\|28
	\|-		\|-
			{{single chart\|West Germany\|4\|artist=Tina Turner\|song=The Best\|songid=2015\|rowheader=true\|access-date=28 June 2018}}
	!align="left"\|Chart (2009)
			\|}
	!align="left"\|Peak<br>Position
			{\|class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
			\|+2010 weekly chart performance for "The Best" by Tina Turner
			!Chart (2010)
			!Peak<br />position
			\|-
			{{single chart\|Scotland\|1\|date=20100425\|rowheader=true\|access-date=29 September 2015}}
			\|-
			{{single chart\|UKsinglesbyname\|9\|artist=Tina Turner\|artistid=21088\|rowheader=true\|access-date=9 February 2021}}
			\|}
			{\|class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
			\|+2013 weekly chart performance for "The Best" by Tina Turner
			!Chart (2013)
			!Peak<br />position
			\|-
			!scope="row"\|Slovenia (])<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.slotop50.si/Glasbene-lestvice/Tedenske-lestvice/?year=2013&week=6\|title=SloTop50: Slovenian official singles weekly chart\|publisher=]\|language=sl\|access-date=10 February 2013\|archive-date=31 December 2017\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171231212236/http://www.slotop50.si/Glasbene-lestvice/Tedenske-lestvice/?year=2013&week=6\|url-status=dead}}</ref>
			\| 12
			\|}
			{\| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
			\|+2023 weekly chart performance for "The Best" by Tina Turner
			! scope="col" \| Chart (2023)
			! scope="col" \| Peak<br />position
			\|-
			! scope="row"\| Australia (])<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://www.aria.com.au/charts/singles-chart/2023-06-05\|title=ARIA Top 50 Singles Chart\|publisher=]\|date=5 June 2023\|access-date=2 June 2023}}</ref>
			\| 29
			\|-
			{{single chart\|Billboardglobal200\|121\|artist=Tina Turner\|rowheader=true\|access-date=7 June 2023}}
			\|-
			{{single chart\|Hungarysingle\|8\|year=2023\|week=22\|rowheader=true\|access-date=8 June 2023}}
			\|-
			! scope="row"\| Poland (])<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://www.olis.pl/charts/oficjalna-lista-airplay\|title=OLiS – oficjalna lista airplay\|publisher=]\|language=pl\|access-date=29 May 2023\|type=Select week 20.05.2023–26.05.2023.}}</ref>
			\| 39
	\|-		\|-
			{{single chart\|Portugal\|159\|artist=Tina Turner\|song=The Best\|rowheader=true\|access-date=2 June 2023}}
	\|align="left"\|]<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://acharts.us/song/41907 \|title=Tina Turner - The Best - Music Charts \|publisher=Acharts.us \|date= \|accessdate=2010-06-07}}</ref>
	\| style="text-align:center;"\|92
	\|-		\|-
			! scope="row"\| South Africa Radio (])<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://theofficialsacharts.co.za/charts/radio/local-international-radio-chart-top-10-week-21-2023/\|title=Local & International Radio Chart Top 10 Week 21 – 2023\|website=]\|access-date=2 June 2023}}</ref>
	!align="left"\|Chart (2010)
			\| 3
	!align="left"\|Peak<br>Position
	\|-		\|-
			! scope="row"\| Sweden (])<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://www.sverigetopplistan.se/chart/41?dspy=2023&dspp=22\|title=Veckolista Singlar, vecka 22\|publisher=]\|access-date=3 June 2023}}</ref>
	\|align="left"\|]
			\| 81
	\| style="text-align:center;"\|1
	\|-		\|-
			!scope="row"\|UK Singles (])<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/singles-chart/20230602/7501/\|title=Official Singles Chart Top 100 02 June 2023 - 08 June 2023\|website=Official Charts\|date=2 June 2023\|access-date=2 June 2023}}</ref>
	\|align="left"\|]
			\| 25
	\| style="text-align:center;"\|9
	\|-		\|-
			!scope="row"\|] (])<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/singles-sales-chart/\|title=Official Singles Sales Chart Top 100 26 May 2023 - 02 June 2023\|website=Official Charts\|date=26 May 2023\|access-date=27 May 2023}}</ref>
	\|align="left"\|]
			\| 6
	\| style="text-align:center;"\|9
	\|}		\|}
			{{col-2}}

			====Year-end charts====
	'''Tina Turner & Jimmy Barnes version'''
	{\| class="wikitable" style="~~width~~:~~300px~~;"		{\|class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"
			\|+1989 year-end chart performance for "The Best" by Tina Turner
			!Chart (1989)
			!Position
	\|-		\|-
			!scope="row"\|Australia (ARIA)<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://www.aria.com.au/charts/1989/singles-chart\|title=ARIA Top 100 Singles for 1989\|publisher=]\|access-date=9 February 2021}}</ref>
	!align="left"\|Chart (1992)
			\| 33
	!align="left"\|Peak<br>Position
	\|-		\|-
			!scope="row"\|Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://austriancharts.at/year.asp?cat=s&id=1989\|title=Jahreshitparade Singles 1989\|language=de\|access-date=29 September 2015}}</ref>
	\|align="left"\|New Zealand Singles Chart
			\| 16
	\| style="text-align:center;"\|11
	\|-		\|-
			!scope="row"\|Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.ultratop.be/nl/annual.asp?year=1989\|title=Jaaroverzichten 1989\|publisher=]\|language=nl\|access-date=29 September 2015}}</ref>
	\|align="left"\|Australian Singles Chart
			\| 19
	\| style="text-align:center;"\|13
			\|-
			!scope="row"\|Canada Top Singles (''RPM'')<ref>{{cite magazine\|url=http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/films-videos-sound-recordings/rpm/Pages/image.aspx?Image=nlc008388.6684&URLjpg=http%3a%2f%2fwww.collectionscanada.gc.ca%2fobj%2f028020%2ff4%2fnlc008388.6684.gif&Ecopy=nlc008388.6684\|title=Top 100 Singles of '89\|magazine=]\|publisher=]\|access-date=3 May 2019}}</ref>
			\| 52
			\|-
			!scope="row"\|Europe (European Hot 100 Singles)<ref>{{cite magazine\|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-and-Media/80s/1989/M&M-1989-12-23.pdf\|title=Eurochart Hot 100 of 1989\|magazine=]\|volume=6\|issue=51\|date=23 December 1989\|page=6\|access-date=17 January 2020\|via=World Radio History}}</ref>
			\| 15
			\|-
			!scope="row"\|Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.top40.nl/pdf/top100/top100-1989.pdf\|title=Single Top 100 Van 1989\|language=nl\|publisher=Stichting Nederlandse Top 40\|access-date=29 September 2015\|url-status=dead\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130622013916/http://www.top40.nl/pdf/top100/top100-1989.pdf\|archive-date=22 June 2013}}</ref>
			\| 27
			\|-
			!scope="row"\|Netherlands (Single Top 100)<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://dutchcharts.nl/jaaroverzichten.asp?year=1989&cat=s\|title=Jaaroverzichten – Single 1989\|website=dutchcharts.nl\|access-date=15 March 2021}}</ref>
			\| 49
			\|-
			!scope="row"\|Norway Autumn Period (VG-lista)<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://lista.vg.no/liste/topp-20-single/1/dato/1989/periode/høst\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304084245/http://lista.vg.no/liste/topp-20-single/1/dato/1989/periode/h%C3%B8st\|url-status=dead\|archive-date=4 March 2016\|title=Topp 20 Single Høst 1989\|publisher=VG-lista\|access-date=29 September 2015\|language=no}}</ref>
			\| 14
			\|-
			!scope="row"\|Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://swisscharts.com/year.asp?key=1989\|title=Swiss Year-end Charts 1989\|language=de\|access-date=29 September 2015}}</ref>
			\| 27
			\|-
			!scope="row"\|UK Singles (OCC)<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.mostynhouseschool.com/pg/80/top50/uk89.htm\|title=End of Year Chart – Top 50 Singles of 1989\|publisher=OCC\|access-date=29 September 2015}}</ref>
			\| 41
			\|-
			!scope="row"\|West Germany (Official German Charts)<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://www.offiziellecharts.de/charts/single-jahr/for-date-1989\|title=Top 100 Single-Jahrescharts 1989\|language=de\|publisher=GfK Entertainment\|access-date=29 September 2015}}</ref>
			\| 41
	\|}		\|}
			{\|class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"
			\|+2013 year-end chart performance for "The Best" by Tina Turner
			!Chart (2013)
			!Position
	\|-		\|-
			!scope="row"\|Slovenia (SloTop50)<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.slotop50.si/Glasbene-lestvice/Letne-lestvice/?year=2013\|title=SloTop50: Slovenian official singles year end chart\|publisher=]\|language=sl\|access-date=29 December 2013\|archive-date=22 December 2016\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161222152201/http://www.slotop50.si/Glasbene-lestvice/Letne-lestvice/?year=2013\|url-status=dead}}</ref>
	===Chart procession and succession===
			\|39
	====2010====
			\|}
	{{Start box}}
			{{col-end}}
	{{s-bef\|rows=\|before = "]" by ]}}
	{{s-ttl\|title=] ]\|years= 1 May 2010 - 8 May 2010}}
	{{s-aft\|after = "]" by ]}}
	{{End box}}

			===Certifications and sales===
	== References ==
			{{Certification Table Top\|caption=Certifications and sales for "The Best" by Tina Turner}}
			{{Certification Table Entry\|region=Australia\|type=single\|title=The Best\|artist=Tina Turner\|award=Platinum\|certyear=1990\|relyear=1989\|access-date=8 August 2022}}
			{{Certification Table Entry\|region=Denmark\|type=single\|title=The Best\|artist=Tina Turner\|award=Platinum\|certyear=2023\|id=12828\|access-date=8 September 2023}}
			{{Certification Table Entry\|region=Italy\|type=single\|title=The Best\|artist=Tina Turner\|award=Gold\|certyear=2019\|relyear=1989\|id=6745\|access-date=26 May 2020}}
			{{Certification Table Entry\|region=New Zealand\|artist=Tina Turner\|title=The Best\|award=Platinum\|type=single\|relyear=1989\|id=2023-05-26\|source=newchart\|access-date=2024-11-20\|certyear=2023}}
			{{Certification Table Entry\|region=Portugal\|artist=Tina Turner\|title=The Best\|award=Gold\|type=single\|relyear=1989\|certyear=2023\|id=file_2023-08-11-15-58-12.pdf\|access-date=16 August 2023}}
			{{Certification Table Entry\|region=Spain\|artist=Tina Turner\|title=The Best\|award=Platinum\|type=single\|relyear=1989\|certyear=2024\|id=tina-turner-the-best\|access-date=26 February 2024}}
			{{Certification Table Entry\|region=United Kingdom\|type=single\|title=The Best\|artist=Tina Turner\|award=Silver\|certyear=1989\|relyear=1989\|id=6602-3017-1\|note=1989 release\|access-date=3 June 2023\|refname=BPI}}
			{{Certification Table Entry\|region=United Kingdom\|type=single\|title=The Best\|artist=Tina Turner\|award=Platinum\|number=2\|certyear=2023\|relyear=2009\|id=6602-1146-1\|note=2009 release\|access-date=25 August 2023\|refname=BPI1}}
			{{Certification Table Bottom\|nosales=true\|streaming=true}}

			==Tina Turner and Jimmy Barnes version==
			{{Infobox song
			\| name = (Simply) The Best
			\| cover = Tina Turner & Jimmy Barnes - Simply The Best.jpg
			\| alt =
			\| type = single
			\| artist = ] and ]
			\| album = ]
			\| released = May 1992
			\| recorded =
			\| studio =
			\| length = 4:11
			\| label = ]
			\| writer = ], ]
			\| producer = ], ]
			\| chronology = ]
			\| prev_title = ]
			\| prev_year = 1992
			\| next_title = ]
			\| next_year = 1993
			\| misc = {{Extra chronology
			\| artist = ]
			\| type = single
			\| prev_title = ]
			\| prev_year = 1992
			\| title = (Simply) The Best
			\| year = 1992
			\| next_title = ]
			\| next_year = 1993
			}}
			}}

			In 1992, Turner recorded "'''(Simply) The Best'''", a duet version of the song with Australian rock singer ], to promote that year's ] ] in Australia. The single subsequently appeared on a limited edition bonus disc as part of the Australian release of her compilation album '']'' (1991).

			===Track listing===
			*'''Australian 7-inch single'''
			#"(Simply) The Best" (Tina Turner and Jimmy Barnes) – 4:14
			#"(Simply) The Best" (Extended Version) – 5:29

			*'''Australian cassette and CD single'''
			#"(Simply) The Best" (Tina Turner and Jimmy Barnes) – 4:14
			#"]" (Jimmy Barnes) – 3:37
			#"I'm a Lady" (Tina Turner) – 3:24
			#"(Simply) The Best" (Extended Version) – 5:29

			===Charts===
			====Weekly charts====
			{\|class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
			\|+Weekly chart performance for "(Simply) The Best"
			!Chart (1992)
			!Peak<br />position
			\|-
			{{single chart\|Australia\|14\|artist=Tina Turner & Jimmy Barnes\|song=Simply The Best\|rowheader=true\|access-date=29 September 2015}}
			\|-
			{{single chart\|New Zealand\|11\|artist=Tina Turner & Jimmy Barnes\|song=Simply The Best\|rowheader=true\|access-date=29 September 2015}}
			\|}

			====Year-end charts====
			{\|class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"
			\|+Year-end chart performance for "(Simply) The Best"
			!Chart (1992)
			!Position
			\|-
			!scope="row"\|Australia (ARIA)<ref name=ryan>{{cite book\|last=Ryan\|first=Gavin\|title=Australia's Music Charts 1988-2010\|year=2011\|publisher=Moonlight Publishing\|location=Mt. Martha, VIC, Australia}}</ref>
			\| 78
			\|}

			==References==
	{{Reflist}}		{{Reflist}}

			{{Bonnie Tyler songs}}
			{{Tina Turner singles}}
			{{Jimmy Barnes}}
			{{Authority control}}

	{{DEFAULTSORT:Best, The}}		{{DEFAULTSORT:Best, The}}
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			]

			]
	{{Tina Turner singles}}
			]

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Latest revision as of 15:17, 25 November 2024

1988 single by Bonnie Tyler, made popular by Tina Turner in 1989 For other songs, see Best § Songs.

"The Best" is a song by Welsh singer Bonnie Tyler from her seventh studio album, Hide Your Heart (1988). It was written by Mike Chapman and Holly Knight. Produced by Desmond Child, Tyler's version became a top-10 hit in Norway but was a minor hit elsewhere.

In 1989, American singer Tina Turner released a cover version of "The Best" for her seventh studio album, Foreign Affair. It became a worldwide hit, receiving a double platinum certification in the UK. In 1992, Turner re-recorded the track as a duet with Australian singer Jimmy Barnes.

Bonnie Tyler version

"The Best"

Single by Bonnie Tyler

from the album Hide Your Heart

B-side

"The Fire Below"

Released

18 January 1988

Length

4:07

Bonnie Tyler singles chronology

"Lovers Again"
(1987)

"The Best"
(1988)

"Hide Your Heart"
(1988)

Music video

"The Best" on YouTube

Background and release

"The Best" was co-written by Mike Chapman and Holly Knight, and first offered to Paul Young, who declined. Bonnie Tyler was the first artist to record it. "The Best" was released as the lead single from her seventh studio album, Hide Your Heart, in January 1988. It peaked at no. 10 in Norway, and no. 25 in Finland, but only spent one week in the UK Singles Chart at no. 95. In Italy, "The Best" peaked at no. 8 on Rai Radio 2's airplay chart.

Tina Turner's subsequent success with "The Best" restored Tyler's confidence in choosing recording material, after both Hide Your Heart and its singles failed to match the commercial success of her previous work. She added that Turner "did it much better than I did".

Track listings

European 7-inch single

"The Best" – 4:15
"The Fire Below" – 5:08

Dutch and UK 12-inch single

"The Best" – 4:15
"The Fire Below" – 5:08
"Under Suspicion" – 4:24

UK CD single

"The Best" – 4:15
"The Fire Below" – 5:08
"Under Suspicion" – 4:24

Charts

Weekly chart performance for "The Best" by Bonnie Tyler
Chart (1988)	Peak position
Finland (Suomen virallinen lista)	25
Norway (VG-lista)	10
Spain (AFYVE)	20
UK Singles (OCC)	95

Tina Turner version

"The Best"

Single by Tina Turner

from the album Foreign Affair

B-side

"Bold and Reckless"

Released

August 21, 1989 (1989-08-21)

Genre

Pop rock

Length

5:30 (album version)
4:08 (single version)

Tina Turner singles chronology

"634-5789 (Live)"
(1988)

"The Best"
(1989)

"I Don't Wanna Lose You"
(1989)

Music video

"The Best" on YouTube

In 1989, American singer and songwriter Tina Turner recorded a cover version of "The Best" for her seventh solo studio album, Foreign Affair (1989), with a saxophone solo played by Edgar Winter. Prior to recording the song, Tina Turner approached the songwriter Holly Knight and requested some changes: the addition of a bridge, which Turner felt was missing, and a key change.

Released as the lead single from Foreign Affair on August 21, 1989, the song was an international success, becoming a top-five hit in numerous countries. It is one of Turner's most recognizable tunes, often considered synonymous with the singer's name. The song was used in a Pepsi commercial featuring Turner, which also served as a promo for her Foreign Affair: The Farewell Tour sponsored by Pepsi. Additionally, the song was adopted by other brands for their advertising including Applebee's and T-Mobile.

The song title is often mistitled as "Simply the Best", reflecting a phrase in the chorus. This became so commonplace that the bracketed word 'Simply' was included in the titles for releases of some subsequent versions, and in the track listing for some Tina Turner compilation albums.

In 1990, the song was used for the New South Wales Rugby League premiership (NSWRL) promotional campaign. After appearing in NSWRL's ad a year earlier (with "What You Get Is What You See"), Tina Turner was invited to Sydney, Australia, to shoot the 1990 campaign ads, in which she appears alongside rugby league players, and perform the song at that year's Grand Final. The campaign featuring Tina Turner and the song is considered one of the greatest campaigns in sports marketing, which helped change the perception of rugby league as a sport turning what was essentially a suburban game popular with working-class men into entertainment for the whole family. Such is the enduring popularity of the song as the rugby league anthem that it was featured again in the 2020 promotional campaign of NRL, more than 30 years after its release.

Tina Turner dedicated the song to Formula One driver Ayrton Senna after Senna's surprise onstage appearance during her performance in the 1993 Australian Grand Prix in Adelaide as part of her What's Love? Tour.

The song was also used in a 1998 ad for the Toyota Sienna after it became the best performing vehicle ever tested by the IIHS crash test agency at that time. Chris Eubank, a British former two-weight world champion boxer, regularly walked out to the song for his match entrances. It is also used by Scottish Football Club Rangers when the players walk out to play the match and is played before every home game with The Rangers fans singing along to it.

Critical reception

Bill Coleman from Billboard described the song as an "easy-paced pop offering which finds Turner's voice taking front and center stage." The Daily Vault's Mark Millan called it a "sing-along anthem". Pan-European magazine Music & Media stated that the singer's "dramatic range is fully utilised on this impressive and polished production (courtesy Dan Hartman and Turner)." A reviewer from People Magazine said it "features such pizza-box lyrics as 'You're simply the best/ Better than all the rest/ Better than anyone/ Anyone I've ever met'." The reviewer also noted that Edgar Winter adds a saxophone solo "with bite". Pop Rescue called the song "flawless", adding that it was probably the fact that it's such a simple song that "helped it to become so widely popular."

Track listing

Worldwide 7-inch, cassette and CD single

"The Best" (Edit) – 4:08
"Undercover Agent for the Blues" – 5:17

UK 7-inch limited single

"The Best" (Edit) – 4:08
"What's Love Got to Do with It" – 3:49

European and UK CD and 12-inch single

"The Best" – 5:28
"Undercover Agent for the Blues" – 5:18
"Bold and Reckless" – 3:47

Australian 12-inch single

"The Best" (Extended Mighty Mix) – 6:37
"The Best" (Single Muscle Mix) – 4:17
"The Best" (Extended Muscle Mix) – 5:28

1993 Australian CD single

"The Best" (Edit) – 4:09
"The Best" (Extended Mighty Mix) – 6:37
"The Best" (Single Muscle Mix) – 4:17
"The Best" (Extended Muscle Mix) – 5:28

Personnel

Musicians

Tina Turner – lead vocals, arrangements
Dan Hartman – keyboards, acoustic guitar, backing vocals
Phil Ashley – keyboards, bass pulse
Elliot Lewis – additional keyboards, strings
Philippe Saisse – additional keyboards
Gene Black – rhythm guitar
James Ralston – rhythm guitar
Pat Thrall – guitar solo
T. M. Stevens – bass guitar
Art Wood – drums
Edgar Winter – saxophone solo
Lance Ellington – backing vocals
Tessa Niles – backing vocals

Production

Dan Hartman – producer
Tina Turner – executive producer, producer

Technical

Chris Lord-Alge – recording engineer
Vincent Frerebeau – additional engineer
Bob Ludwig – mastering

Charts

Weekly charts

1989 weekly chart performance for "The Best" by Tina Turner
Chart (1989)	Peak position
Australia (ARIA)	4
Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)	2
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)	2
Canada Top Singles (RPM)	4
Canada Adult Contemporary (RPM)	20
Canada (The Record)	3
Denmark (IFPI)	3
Europe (European Hot 100 Singles)	3
Finland (Suomen virallinen lista)	3
France (SNEP)	23
Ireland (IRMA)	4
Italy (Musica e dischi)	3
Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)	5
Netherlands (Single Top 100)	7
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)	28
Norway (VG-lista)	5
Portugal (AFP)	2
Spain (AFYVE)	20
Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)	11
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)	3
UK Singles (OCC)	5
US Billboard Hot 100	15
US Cash Box Top 100	12
West Germany (GfK)	4

2010 weekly chart performance for "The Best" by Tina Turner
Chart (2010)	Peak position
Scotland (OCC)	1
UK Singles (OCC)	9

2013 weekly chart performance for "The Best" by Tina Turner
Chart (2013)	Peak position
Slovenia (SloTop50)	12

2023 weekly chart performance for "The Best" by Tina Turner
Chart (2023)	Peak position
Australia (ARIA)	29
Global 200 (Billboard)	121
Hungary (Single Top 40)	8
Poland (Polish Airplay Top 100)	39
Portugal (AFP)	159
South Africa Radio (RISA)	3
Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)	81
UK Singles (OCC)	25
UK Sales (OCC)	6

Year-end charts

1989 year-end chart performance for "The Best" by Tina Turner
Chart (1989)	Position
Australia (ARIA)	33
Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)	16
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)	19
Canada Top Singles (RPM)	52
Europe (European Hot 100 Singles)	15
Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)	27
Netherlands (Single Top 100)	49
Norway Autumn Period (VG-lista)	14
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)	27
UK Singles (OCC)	41
West Germany (Official German Charts)	41

2013 year-end chart performance for "The Best" by Tina Turner
Chart (2013)	Position
Slovenia (SloTop50)	39

Certifications and sales

Certifications and sales for "The Best" by Tina Turner
Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA)	Platinum	70,000
Denmark (IFPI Danmark)	Platinum	90,000
Italy (FIMI)	Gold	25,000
New Zealand (RMNZ)	Platinum	30,000
Portugal (AFP)	Gold	20,000
Spain (PROMUSICAE)	Platinum	60,000
United Kingdom (BPI) 1989 release	Silver	200,000
United Kingdom (BPI) 2009 release	2× Platinum	1,200,000
Shipments figures based on certification alone. Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

Tina Turner and Jimmy Barnes version

"(Simply) The Best"

Single by Tina Turner and Jimmy Barnes

from the album Simply the Best

Released

May 1992

Length

4:11

Label

Mushroom

Songwriter(s)

Mike Chapman, Holly Knight

Producer(s)

Dan Hartman, Chris Lord-Alge

Tina Turner singles chronology

"I Want You Near Me"
(1992)

"(Simply) The Best"
(1992)

"I Don't Wanna Fight"
(1993)

Jimmy Barnes singles chronology

"Ain't No Mountain High Enough"
(1992)

"(Simply) The Best"
(1992)

"Sweat It Out"
(1993)

In 1992, Turner recorded "(Simply) The Best", a duet version of the song with Australian rock singer Jimmy Barnes, to promote that year's New South Wales Rugby League season in Australia. The single subsequently appeared on a limited edition bonus disc as part of the Australian release of her compilation album Simply the Best (1991).

Track listing

Australian 7-inch single

"(Simply) The Best" (Tina Turner and Jimmy Barnes) – 4:14
"(Simply) The Best" (Extended Version) – 5:29

Australian cassette and CD single

"(Simply) The Best" (Tina Turner and Jimmy Barnes) – 4:14
"River Deep, Mountain High" (Jimmy Barnes) – 3:37
"I'm a Lady" (Tina Turner) – 3:24
"(Simply) The Best" (Extended Version) – 5:29

Charts

Weekly charts

Weekly chart performance for "(Simply) The Best"
Chart (1992)	Peak position
Australia (ARIA)	14
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)	11

Year-end charts

Year-end chart performance for "(Simply) The Best"
Chart (1992)	Position
Australia (ARIA)	78

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v t e Bonnie Tyler songs
Discography
The World Starts Tonight	"Lost in France" "More Than a Lover"
Natural Force	"It's a Heartache" "Living for the City" "Heaven" "(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman" "Here Am I"
Diamond Cut	"My Guns Are Loaded"
Goodbye to the Island	"Sometimes When We Touch" "A Whiter Shade of Pale" "I Believe in Your Sweet Love"
Faster Than the Speed of Night	"Have You Ever Seen the Rain?" "Faster Than the Speed of Night" "Total Eclipse of the Heart" "Straight from the Heart"
Secret Dreams and Forbidden Fire	"If You Were a Woman (And I Was a Man)" "Loving You's a Dirty Job but Somebody's Gotta Do It" "Band of Gold" "Holding Out for a Hero"
Hide Your Heart	"Hide Your Heart" "Don't Turn Around" "Save Up All Your Tears" "To Love Somebody" "The Best"
Bitterblue	"Against the Wind" "Bitterblue"
Angel Heart	"Fools Lullaby"
Silhouette in Red	"You Are So Beautiful"
Free Spirit	"You're the One" "Making Love Out of Nothing at All" "Bridge over Troubled Water" "Two Out of Three Ain't Bad"
All in One Voice	"Angel of the Morning" "I Put a Spell on You" "The Rose" "He's the King" "Silent Night"
Heart Strings	"Human Touch" "Everybody Hurts" "Amazed" "Against All Odds (Take a Look at Me Now)" "And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going" "Lean on Me" "In My Life" "Learning to Fly" "Right Here Waiting" "I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For" "I Can't Make You Love Me" "Need Your Love So Bad" "It's Over"
Simply Believe	"Si demain... (Turn Around)" "Si tout s'arrête (It's a Heartache) "Darlin'"
Rocks and Honey	"Believe in Me" "What You Need from Me" "Mom"
Collaborations	"A Rockin' Good Way (to Mess Around and Fall in Love)" "Sem Limites pra Sonhar (Reaching for the Infinite Heart)" "Islands" "Vergiß Es (Forget It)" "Amour Éternel (Eternal Flame)"
Other songs	"Married Men" "Here She Comes" "I Don't Know How to Love Him" from Over the Rainbow (2007 charity album)

v t e Tina Turner
Studio albums	Tina Turns the Country On! Acid Queen Rough Love Explosion Private Dancer Break Every Rule Foreign Affair Wildest Dreams Twenty Four Seven
Live albums	Tina Live in Europe VH1 Divas Live '99 Tina Live
Soundtracks	Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome What's Love Got to Do with It
Compilation albums	Simply the Best The Collected Recordings: Sixties to Nineties All the Best Tina! Love Songs Queen of Rock 'n' Roll
Singles	"Baby, Get It On" "Whole Lotta Love" "Acid Queen" "Under My Thumb" "Sometimes When We Touch" "Night Time Is the Right Time" "Back Stabbers" "Let's Stay Together" "Help!" "What's Love Got to Do with It" "Better Be Good to Me" "Private Dancer" "I Can't Stand the Rain" "Show Some Respect" "We Don't Need Another Hero (Thunderdome)" "One of the Living" "Typical Male" "Back Where You Started" "Two People" "Girls" "What You Get Is What You See" "Break Every Rule" "Paradise Is Here" "Afterglow" "Nutbush City Limits" "Addicted to Love" "Tonight" "A Change Is Gonna Come" "634-5789" "The Best" "I Don't Wanna Lose You" "Steamy Windows" "Look Me in the Heart" "Foreign Affair" "Be Tender with Me Baby" "Nutbush City Limits (The 90s Version)" "Way of the World" "Love Thing" "I Want You Near Me" "(Simply) The Best" "I Don't Wanna Fight" "Disco Inferno" "Why Must We Wait Until Tonight" "Proud Mary" "GoldenEye" "Whatever You Want" "On Silent Wings" "Missing You" "Something Beautiful Remains" "In Your Wildest Dreams" "When the Heartache Is Over" "Whatever You Need" "Don't Leave Me This Way" "Open Arms" "Complicated Disaster"
Guest singles	"Boxtop" "Ball of Confusion" "Tonight" "It's Only Love" "Tearing Us Apart" "It Takes Two" "Cose della vita - Can't Stop Thinking of You" "Teach Me Again"
Videography	One Last Time Live in Concert All the Best: The Live Collection Tina Live
Tours	Private Dancer Tour Break Every Rule World Tour Foreign Affair: The Farewell Tour What's Love? Tour Wildest Dreams Tour Twenty Four Seven Tour Tina!: 50th Anniversary Tour
Related articles	Discography Songs written Awards Ike & Tina Turner Ike & Tina Turner discography I, Tina What's Love Got to Do with It Tina (musical) Tina (documentary) Bolic Sound

v t e Jimmy Barnes
Studio albums	Bodyswerve For the Working Class Man/Jimmy Barnes Freight Train Heart Two Fires Soul Deep Heat Flesh and Wood Psyclone Love and Fear Soul Deeper... Songs from the Deep South Double Happiness Out in the Blue The Rhythm and the Blues Rage and Ruin 30:30 Hindsight Soul Searchin' Och Aye the G'nu My Criminal Record Flesh and Blood Blue Christmas
Live albums	Barnestorming Raw Modus Operandi
Compilations	Barnes Hits Anthology Best of the Soul Years
Memoirs	Working Class Boy Working Class Man
Films	Working Class Boy Working Class Boy (soundtrack)
Singles	"No Second Prize" "Promise Me You'll Call" "Daylight" "I'd Die to Be with You Tonight" "Working Class Man" "Ride the Night Away" "Good Times" "Too Much Ain't Enough Love" "Driving Wheels" "I'm Still on Your Side" "Waitin' for the Heartache" "When a Man Loves a Woman" "Last Frontier" "Lay Down Your Guns" "Let's Make It Last All Night" "Little Darling" "When Your Love is Gone" "I Gotcha" "When Something Is Wrong with My Baby" "Ain't No Mountain High Enough" "(Simply) The Best" "Sweat It Out" "Stand Up" "Stone Cold" "Right by Your Side" "The Weight" "Still Got a Long Way to Go" "Change of Heart" "Lover Lover" "Sit on My Knee" "Gonna Take Some Time" "Bird on the Wire" "Shutting Down Our Town"
Related articles	Discography Cold Chisel INXS Fraternity Living Loud (Living Loud) Jonathan Cain Swanee Diesel The Tin Lids

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