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| B-side = "Lights" |
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| Released = January 1981 |
| Released = January 1981 |
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| Format = {{hlist|[[Phonograph record|Vinyl]]|[[7-inch single]]}} |
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| Recorded = 1980 |
| Recorded = 1980 |
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| Genre = {{hlist|[[Soft rock]]|[[classic rock]]}} |
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| Length = 4:17 |
| Length = 4:17 |
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| Writer = [[Dennis DeYoung]] |
| Writer = [[Dennis DeYoung]] |
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| Producer = [[Styx (band)|Styx]] |
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| 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) |
| Last single = "[[Borrowed Time (Styx song)|Borrowed Time]]"<br />(1980) |
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Revision as of 18:25, 20 February 2018
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| 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
- Dennis DeYoung - lead vocals, keyboards
- Tommy Shaw - lead guitar, keyboards, backing vocals
- James Young - rhythm guitar, backing vocals
- Chuck Panozzo - bass
- John Panozzo - drums
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