The Best Thing
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"The Best Thing" is the second single off Relient K
's fifth studio album, Five Score and Seven Years Ago
. The band's manager announced it on their messageboard on March 17, 2007 along with Capitol
announcing it on several websites http://media.www.laloyolan.com/media/storage/paper803/news/2007/03/26/Entertainment/A.Band.relient.On.The.Power.Of.The.Lord-2789951.shtml. The song was performed on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno on April 12, 2007. It was released to Top 40 and Hot AC stations on April 10. http://www.fmqb.com/Article.asp?id=16691 Matt Thiessen, the lead singer, has described the song as, "The anti-Daniel Powter
'Bad Day' song, it's straight up positive." The song peaked at #47 on the Top 40 charts. It is currently Relient K's second most popular song on iTunes.
Around Mid-February 2008, the song was impacted to Christian Hit Radio. It was the 18th most-played song of 2008 on U.S. Contemporary Christian music
radio stations according to R&R magazine's
Christian CHR
chart.
and Sherwood
in Hollywood the day of the shoot.
Early screenshots released by the band suggested that this video takes place in an abandoned building or apartment. Upon the video's release on May 30, 2007, it was revealed that the video's main theme is a girl taking pictures, which turn out to be of the band performing. The pictures that pop up show all the band members playing. The pictures piece together throughout the video, sometimes showing separate members, and sometimes showing multiple views of the same member. It is somewhat made up of animation, which is something Matt Thiessen had wanted in one of their videos. It is the only Relient K video where drummer Dave Douglas is shown singing backing vocals with a microphone, despite the fact that he sings backing vocals for all the songs the band has released videos for since Douglas joined the band. This is also the first video where Matt Thiessen is seen playing the piano, despite the fact that he has piano parts in the previous three songs that the band has made into videos. As of this video, guitarist Jon Schneck and bassist John Warne have officially been in more Relient K videos (four total) than longtime Relient K bassist Brian Pittman, who was in the band's first three videos. The video is up to more than 700,000 viewings on YouTube.
Relient K
Relient K is an American rock band formed in 1998 in Canton, Ohio by Matt Thiessen, Brian Pittman, and Matt Hoopes during the band's junior year in high school and their time at Malone University...
's fifth studio album, Five Score and Seven Years Ago
Five Score and Seven Years Ago
Five Score and Seven Years Ago is the fifth full-length album by the Christian rock band Relient K. It was released on March 6, 2007, and is the first full-length album by the band to feature bassist John Warne and guitarist Jon Schneck. It is also the first Relient K album released without...
. The band's manager announced it on their messageboard on March 17, 2007 along with Capitol
Capitol Records
Capitol Records is a major United States based record label, formerly located in Los Angeles, but operating in New York City as part of Capitol Music Group. Its former headquarters building, the Capitol Tower, is a major landmark near the corner of Hollywood and Vine...
announcing it on several websites http://media.www.laloyolan.com/media/storage/paper803/news/2007/03/26/Entertainment/A.Band.relient.On.The.Power.Of.The.Lord-2789951.shtml. The song was performed on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno on April 12, 2007. It was released to Top 40 and Hot AC stations on April 10. http://www.fmqb.com/Article.asp?id=16691 Matt Thiessen, the lead singer, has described the song as, "The anti-Daniel Powter
Daniel Powter
Daniel Richard Powter is a Canadian recording artist. He is known for his hit "Bad Day", which spent five weeks atop the Billboard Hot 100. Powter became the only act to register the #1 hit of the year but chart no other Hot 100 hit.- Life and career :Powter grew up in Vernon, in the...
'Bad Day' song, it's straight up positive." The song peaked at #47 on the Top 40 charts. It is currently Relient K's second most popular song on iTunes.
Around Mid-February 2008, the song was impacted to Christian Hit Radio. It was the 18th most-played song of 2008 on U.S. Contemporary Christian music
Contemporary Christian music
Contemporary Christian music is a genre of modern popular music which is lyrically focused on matters concerned with the Christian faith...
radio stations according to R&R magazine's
R&R (magazine)
R&R was a weekly music trade publication that followed the radio industry and tracked the monitoring of current songs by format, station and audience cumes...
Christian CHR
Contemporary Christian music
Contemporary Christian music is a genre of modern popular music which is lyrically focused on matters concerned with the Christian faith...
chart.
Promotional Use
The Song is being used for promotion of ABC's Fall preview week. The commercial features the intro to the song and the chorus while showing clips of the ABC hit shows. The commercial claims ABC has the "Best" shows on TV.Music video
The band originally announced the video when they said that the music video for the song was shot on April 13, 2007. They announced this at their show at the Avalon with MaeMae
Mae was an American alternative/indie band that formed in Norfolk, Virginia in 2001. The band's name is an acronym for "Multi-sensory Aesthetic Experience," based on a course taken by drummer Jacob Marshall while a student at Old Dominion University....
and Sherwood
Sherwood (band)
Sherwood may refer to:*Sherwood *Sherwood...
in Hollywood the day of the shoot.
Early screenshots released by the band suggested that this video takes place in an abandoned building or apartment. Upon the video's release on May 30, 2007, it was revealed that the video's main theme is a girl taking pictures, which turn out to be of the band performing. The pictures that pop up show all the band members playing. The pictures piece together throughout the video, sometimes showing separate members, and sometimes showing multiple views of the same member. It is somewhat made up of animation, which is something Matt Thiessen had wanted in one of their videos. It is the only Relient K video where drummer Dave Douglas is shown singing backing vocals with a microphone, despite the fact that he sings backing vocals for all the songs the band has released videos for since Douglas joined the band. This is also the first video where Matt Thiessen is seen playing the piano, despite the fact that he has piano parts in the previous three songs that the band has made into videos. As of this video, guitarist Jon Schneck and bassist John Warne have officially been in more Relient K videos (four total) than longtime Relient K bassist Brian Pittman, who was in the band's first three videos. The video is up to more than 700,000 viewings on YouTube.