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| Name = The Best of Times |
| Name = The Best of Times
| Cover = StyxBestOfTimes.jpg|
| Cover = StyxBestOfTimes.jpg
| Caption = |
| Artist = [[Styx (band)|Styx]] |
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| Artist = [[Styx (band)|Styx]]
| from Album = [[Paradise Theatre (album)|Paradise Theatre]] |
| Album = [[Paradise Theatre (album)|Paradise Theatre]]
| B-side = Lights |
| B-side = Lights
| Released = January 1981 |
| Released = January 1981
| Recorded = 1980
| Recorded = 1980
| Genre = [[Progressive rock]], [[soft rock]]
| Genre = [[Progressive rock]], [[soft rock]]
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| Writer = [[Dennis DeYoung]]
| Writer = [[Dennis DeYoung]]
| Label = [[A&M Records|A&M]]
| Label = [[A&M Records|A&M]]
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| Last single = "[[Borrowed Time (Styx song)|Borrowed Time]]"<br />(1980)
| Times'''"<br />(1981) |
| Last single = "[[Borrowed Time (Styx song)|Borrowed Time]]"<br />(1980) |
| This single = "'''The Best of Times'''"<br />(1981)
| This single = "'''The Best of Times'''"<br />(1981) |
| Next single = "[[Too Much Time on My Hands]]"<br />(1981)
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| Next single = "[[Too Much Time on My Hands]]"<br />(1981) |
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Revision as of 12:16, 27 January 2017

For other uses, see The Best of Times (disambiguation).
"The Best of Times"
Song
B-side"Lights"

"The Best of Times" is the first single release from Styx's 1981 triple-platinum album Paradise Theatre. It reached #1 in Canada on the RPM national singles chart, their second #1 in that country,[1] and #3 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100. In the UK, the song just missed the Top 40, peaking at #42 on the UK Singles Chart.[2]

The basic melody line for "The Best of Times" is used in two other places on the album: As a bold greeting to the listener in "A.D. 1928", and a softer, more subdued version for the farewell track, "A.D. 1958".

The song was featured in the 1999 movie Big Daddy, in which Adam Sandler's character, as well as Sandler himself, is a Styx fan.

Personnel

References

  1. ^ List of RPM number-one singles of 1981
  2. ^ "STYX | full Official Chart History | Official Charts Company". Officialcharts.com.
Preceded by Canadian RPM number-one single
March 7, 1981 (1 week) 		Succeeded by
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