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“You're the Best Thing” by The Style Council
From the album My Ever Changing Moods (1984)
“You're the Best Thing” by The Style Council appears on 9 radio countdowns from 5 stations between 1991 and 2006. It was first released in 1984 on the album My Ever Changing Moods. Its best result is #104 on the CFNY Top 1002 Songs of All-Time (1991 Edition). In the combined RockLists rankings it is #2,799 alternative song of all time.
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Paul Weller wrote "You're the Best Thing" on his own, and The Style Council recorded it at Solid Bond, his own studio, for their 1984 debut, known at home as Café Bleu and in America as My Ever Changing Moods. It's a sweet, unhurried love song, all soft focus and gentle sway, with Weller in full crooner mode.
The single, their sixth, added a saxophone solo the album cut lacks, and some American pressings of the LP swapped in that version. In Britain and Australia it shared top billing with "The Big Boss Groove", and in the UK the pair came out officially as an EP called Groovin'. On the American Hot 100 it hung around for five weeks and topped out at 76.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
Indie & Adult Alternative
All Rock Formats
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1991 | 104 | CFNY 102.1 The Edge | CFNY Top 1002 Songs of All-Time (1991 Edition) | 1002 |
| 1996 | 438 | Q101 | Q101 Top 500 Songs of All-Time (1996) | 500 |
| 2001 | 359 | Virgin Radio | Virgin Radio Top 500 Songs of All-Time (December 2001) | 500 |
| 2002 | 1296 | Fred (XM 44) | Fred XM Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (July 2002) | 2002 |
| 2003 | 1240 | Fred (XM 44) | Fred XM Top 2044 Songs of All-Time (July 2003) | 2044 |
| 2004 | 561 | WXPN | WXPN 885 All-Time Greatest Songs (2004) | 885 |
| 2004 | 442 | Virgin Radio | Virgin Radio Top 500 Songs of All-Time (December 2004) | 500 |
| 2005 | 397 | Virgin Radio | Virgin Radio Top 500 Songs of All-Time (December 2005) | 500 |
| 2006 | 371 | Virgin Radio | Virgin Radio Top 500 Songs of All-Time (December 2006) | 500 |
Also listed as: You're The Best Thing; You're the Best thing.
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