The Best (song)

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"The Best"

Single by Tina Turner
from the album Foreign Affair
Released	1989
Format	CD single Digital download
Genre	Pop,Rock
Length	4:09
Label	Capitol Records
Writer(s)	Mark Chapman, Holly Knight
Producer(s)	Tina Turner, Dan Hartman

"The Best" is a song written by Mark Chapman and Holly Knight,the song had originally been released a year earlier by Bonnie Tyler, from the album Hide Your Heart a.k.a. Notes From America in the United States, later was re-released as a highly successful single by Tina Turner in 1989 from her hit album Foreign Affair. "The Best" is one of Turner's most successful and popular singles in the United States and in the United Kingdom. It peaked at number 15 on the US Billboard Hot 100 and made it to the top five in the UK peaking at number five. "The Best" became even more popular in the UK than in the US, becoming the theme song of the legendary British world champion boxer Chris Eubank. It also became the theme song for the also legendary Brazilian Formula One racer Ayrton Senna. A version recorded in 1992 as a duet with Jimmy Barnes, titled "Simply the Best", was a Top 40 hit single in Australia, where it was used in a campaign for the New South Wales Rugby League.