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"'''The Best of Times'''" is the first single release from [[Styx (band)|Styx]]'s 1981 triple-platinum album ''[[Paradise Theatre (album)|Paradise Theatre]]''. It reached No. 1 in [[Canada]] on the [[RPM (magazine)|''RPM'']] national singles chart, their second #1 in that country,<ref>[[List of RPM number-one singles of 1981]]</ref> and #3 on the U.S. [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]] for four weeks in March and April 1981. In the UK, the song just missed the Top 40, peaking at #42 on the [[UK Singles Chart]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.officialcharts.com/artist/18193/styx/ |title=STYX &#124; full Official Chart History &#124; Official Charts Company |publisher=Officialcharts.com}}</ref>
"'''The Best of Times'''" is the first single release from [[Styx (band)|Styx]]'s 1981 triple-platinum album ''[[Paradise Theatre (album)|Paradise Theatre]]''. It reached No. 1 in Canada on the [[RPM (magazine)|''RPM'']] national singles chart, their second chart topper in that country, and No. 3 on the US [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]] for four weeks in March and April 1981. In the UK, the song peaked at No. 42 on the [[UK Singles Chart]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.officialcharts.com/artist/18193/styx/ |title=STYX &#124; full Official Chart History &#124; Official Charts Company |publisher=Officialcharts.com}}</ref>


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 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".


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Despite the song's success, the song has not been performed live by the band since singer [[Dennis DeYoung]] was dismissed in 1999.{{cn|date=June 2020}} DeYoung, however, still performs the song regularly on his solo tours.
The song was featured in the 1999 movie ''[[Big Daddy (1999 film)|Big Daddy]]'', in which [[Adam Sandler]]'s character, as well as Sandler himself, is a Styx fan.

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Despite the song's enormous success along with Show Me The Way, Don't Let it End and Babe, it has not been performed live by the band since singer [[Dennis DeYoung]] was dismissed in 1999. DeYoung, however, still performs the song regularly on his solo tours.


==Personnel==
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Revision as of 02:25, 2 June 2020

For other uses, see The Best of Times (disambiguation).
"The Best of Times"
Single by Styx
from the album Paradise Theatre
B-side"Lights"
ReleasedJanuary 1981
Recorded1980
Length4:17
LabelA&M
Songwriter(s)Dennis DeYoung
Styx singles chronology
"Lights"
(1980) 		"The Best of Times"
(1981) 		"Too Much Time on My Hands"
(1981)

"The Best of Times" is the first single release from Styx's 1981 triple-platinum album Paradise Theatre. It reached No. 1 in Canada on the RPM national singles chart, their second chart topper in that country, and No. 3 on the US Billboard Hot 100 for four weeks in March and April 1981. In the UK, the song peaked at No. 42 on the UK Singles Chart.[1]

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".

Despite the song's success, the song has not been performed live by the band since singer Dennis DeYoung was dismissed in 1999.[citation needed] DeYoung, however, still performs the song regularly on his solo tours.

Personnel

Charts

Year-end chart (1981) Rank
US Top Pop Singles (Billboard)[2] 30

References

  1. ^ "STYX | full Official Chart History | Official Charts Company". Officialcharts.com.
  2. ^ "Number One Awards – Billboard's 1981 Year-End Charts : Pop Singles". Billboard. Vol. 93, no. 51. December 26, 1981. p. YE-9. Retrieved 5 April 2020.
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