The Best of Me (Bryan Adams song)

"The Best of Me" is a rock song performed and composed by Canadian rock and pop artist Bryan Adams.[1] 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.[2] "The Best of Me" peaked at 10 on the Canadian Singles Chart on 24 January 2000.[3]

"The Best of Me"
Single by Bryan Adams
from the album The Best of Me
Released	November 15, 1999
Recorded	1999
Genre	Rock
Length	3:33
Label	A&M
Songwriter(s)	Bryan Adams Robert Lange
Producer(s)	Robert Lange
Bryan Adams singles chronology
"Cloud Number Nine" (1999) "The Best of Me" (1999) "Don't Give Up" (2000)

Track listings

CD single 1

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"The Best of Me"	Adams, Robert Lange	3:33
2.	"Inside Out (demo)"	Adams, Gretchen Peters	4:43
3.	"How Do Ya Feel Tonight (demo)"	Adams,Thornalley	3:04

[4]

CD single 2

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"The Best of Me"	Adams, Robert Lange	3:33
2.	"Cloud Number Nine (demo)"	Adams, Peters, Max Martin	4:12
3.	"Fearless (demo)"	Adams, Kennedy	3:44

[4]

Chart positions

Chart (1999)	Peak position
Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)[5]	37
Belgium (Ultratip Flanders)[6]	3
Canada Top Singles (RPM)	10
Canada Adult Contemporary (RPM)[7]	2
Czech Republic (IFPI)[8]	3
Finland (Suomen virallinen lista)[9]	9
Germany (Official German Charts)[10]	65
Italy (FIMI)[11]	36
Netherlands (Single Top 100)[12]	67
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)[13]	19
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[14]	31
UK Singles (The Official Charts Company)	47

Sources

1. "Bryan Adams biography". Allmusic. Retrieved 2008-11-05.
2. "Artist Chart History (singles) - Bryan Adams". Allmusic. Retrieved 2008-06-24.
3. "The Best of Me - Canadian Singles Chart". RPM. Retrieved 2008-11-05.
4. "The Best of Me (single)". freedb.org. Retrieved 2008-11-05.
5. "Austriancharts.at – Bryan Adams – The Best of Me" (in German). Ö3 Austria Top 40.
6. "Ultratop.be – Bryan Adams – On a Day Like Today" (in Dutch). Ultratip.
7. "Top RPM Adult Contemporary: Issue 9715." RPM. Library and Archives Canada.
8. "Hitparada radia - 8/2000" (in Czech). IFPI CR. Archived from the original on 3 March 2000. Retrieved 6 February 2021.
9. "Bryan Adams: The Best of Me" (in Finnish). Musiikkituottajat – IFPI Finland.
10. "Offiziellecharts.de – Bryan Adams – The Best of Me". GfK Entertainment Charts.
11. "Hit Parade Italia - Indice per Interprete: A". Hit Parade Italia. Retrieved July 6, 2012.
12. "Dutchcharts.nl – Bryan Adams – The Best of Me" (in Dutch). Single Top 100.
13. "Charts.nz – Bryan Adams – On a Day Like Today". Top 40 Singles.
14. "Swisscharts.com – Bryan Adams – The Best of Me". Swiss Singles Chart.