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The Best Thing (Boom Crash Opera song)

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"The Best Things"
7"single cover
Single by Boom Crash Opera
from the album These Here Are Crazy Times
Released27 November 1989
StudioMetropolis Audio, Melbourne Australia
GenreRock music, Pop music
Length4:13
LabelWEA
Songwriter(s)Richard Pleasance
Producer(s)Peter Smith
Boom Crash Opera singles chronology
"Get Out of the House!"
(1988)
"The Best Things"
(1989)
"Dancing in the Storm"
(1990)

"The Best Thing" is a song by Australian band, Boom Crash Opera. The song was released in November 1989 as the third single from their second studio album, These Here Are Crazy Times! (1989).

The song was featured in the 1991 movie, “Don’t Tell Mom The Babysitter’s Dead.”

In 2008 the song was remixed by Australian DJ Hook N Sling entitled as The Best Thing 2008

Track listing

  1. "The Best Thing" - 4:13
  2. "Flying a Kite in the Rain" - 3:03
  3. "Safer in Cages" - 4:29

Charts

Chart (1989–90) Peak
position
Australian ARIA Charts[1] 67

References

  1. ^ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (Illustrated ed.). St Ives: Australian Chart Book. p. 42. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.