"The Best Thing" is the second single off Relient K's fifth studio album, Five Score and Seven Years Ago. The band's manager announced it on their messageboard on March 17, 2007 along with Capitol announcing it on several websites [1]. The song was performed on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno on April 12, 2007. It was released to Top 40 and Hot AC stations on April 10.Matt Thiessen, the lead singer, has described the song as, "The anti-Daniel Powter 'Bad Day' song, it's straight up positive." The song peaked at #47 on the Top 40 charts.

Around Mid-February 2008, the song was impacted to Christian Hit Radio. It was the 18th most-played song of 2008 on U.S. Contemporary Christian music radio stations according to R&R magazine's Christian CHR chart.

The Song is being used for promotion of ABC's Fall preview week. The commercial features the intro to the song and the chorus while showing clips of the ABC hit shows. The commercial claims ABC has the "Best" shows on TV.

The song was in the compilation album WOW Hits 2009. Previous statement "The Best Thing" with lyrics that inspire many provides hope through a Christian Alternative Pop Rock Christian alternative rock with harmony and chords which reflects one of the best creations by Relient K. "The Best Thing" is on the band's 5th album, "Five Scores and Seven Years Ago" released in March 2007. "The Best Thing" lyrics www.lyricsbay.com/the_best_thing_lyrics-relientk.html molds and paints a picture of one searching his or her self and finding the answers that already exists inside you. As the song states, "This is the best thing, the best thing that could be happening and I think you would agree, the best thing is that it's happening to you and me". Written by the band's member vocalist,guitarist,pianist, Matthew Thissen. Matthew states in the CBN.com article http://www.cbn.com/cbnmusic/artists/relientk.aspx,... it's a feel good fun song. The song is a mixture of real life experiences, struggles and solutions which puts a positive spin on the negatives of daily life.

...
Wikipedia