Better Best Forgotten

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“Better Best Forgotten”
“Better Best Forgotten” cover
CD cover
Single by Steps
from the album Step One
B-side "Why?"
Released March 8, 1999
(UK & Netherlands)
1999
(Australia)
Format Single
Recorded  ???
Genre Pop
Length 3:42
Label Jive Records
Writer(s) Andrew Frampton & Pete Waterman[1]
Producer Mark Topham, Karl Twigg, Pete Waterman[1]
Certification Gold
Steps singles chronology
"Heartbeat / Tragedy"
(1998)
"Better Best Forgotten"
(1999)
"Thank ABBA for the Music"
(1999)

Better Best Forgotten was a hit single for Steps, a pop group from the UK. It was released March 8, 1999 - only a month before the ABBA tribute single "Thank ABBA for the Music" was released.

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[edit] Music video

The video has a watery-theme, and the group wear blue outfits. Group members Lee and H play with water pistols, and interfere with the girls' singing. During the video shoot, a tiled wall collapsed on Faye Tozer, leaving glass splinters in her back.

[edit] Track listings

[edit] CD1

  1. Better Best Forgotten [Radio Edit] - 3:42
  2. Why? - 4:08
  3. Better Best Forgotten [W.I.P. '99 Cream of Manchester Mix] - 6:16

[edit] CD2

  1. Better Best Forgotten [Radio Edit] - 3:42
  2. Better Best Forgotten [Nip On The Dancefloor W.I.P. Mix] - 5:20
  3. Better Best Forgotten [Instrumental] - 3:42

[edit] Cassette

  1. Better Best Forgotten [Radio Edit] - 3:42
  2. Why? - 4:08

[edit] Chart Success

Spending 17 weeks on the British charts, this single became the first single for Steps to fall off the charts and then re-enter. Reaching its peak of number two at its debut, this song became the group's most successful single of 1999.

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b Chartwatch Publications (2006-08-25). Steps: UK Top 10 hits. Retrieved on 2007-10-21.