The Best Day
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| “The Best Day” | |||||
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| Single by George Strait from the album Latest Greatest Straitest Hits |
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| Released | January 5, 2000 | ||||
| Format | CD Single | ||||
| Recorded | August 31, 1999 | ||||
| Genre | Country | ||||
| Length | 3:24 | ||||
| Label | MCA Records | ||||
| Writer(s) | Dean Dillon, Carson Chamberlain | ||||
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"The Best Day" is a single by country music singer George Strait that reached the top of the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart. It was the first single released from his CD, Latest Greatest Straitest Hits.
[edit] Content
The song describes a young man who enjoys spending time with his father, thus stating it "the best day of [his] life".
[edit] Chart performance
The song entered the Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart at number 48 on the chart dated January 1, 2000, and spent 29 weeks on the chart. The song also climbed to #1 after spending 17 weeks on the chart, where it held #1 for three weeks on the chart dated April 22, 2000. In addition, this song became Strait's 36th Billboard Number One as a solo artist, breaking a record for most solo No. 1 hits, also breaking a tie held by Conway Twitty and Merle Haggard.
[edit] Succession
| Preceded by "How Do You Like Me Now?!" by Toby Keith |
Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks number-one single by George Strait April 22-May 6, 2000 |
Succeeded by "Buy Me a Rose" by Kenny Rogers (featuring Alison Krauss and Billy Dean) |
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