The Best of Times (song)

"The Best of Times"
Single by Styx
from the album Paradise Theatre
B-side	"Lights"
Released	January 1981
Recorded	1980
Genre	Pop rock, soft rock, power ballad
Length	4:17
Label	A&M
Writer(s)	Dennis DeYoung
Styx singles chronology
"Borrowed Time" (1980) "The Best of Times" (1981) "Too Much Time on My Hands" (1981)

"The Best of Times" is the first single release from Styx's 1981 triple-platinum album Paradise Theatre. It reached #1 in Canada on the RPM national singles chart, their second #1 in that country, and #3 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100. In the UK, the song just missed the Top 40, peaking at #42 on the UK Singles Chart.

The basic melody line for "The Best of Times" is used in two other places on the album: As a bold greeting to the listener in "A.D. 1928", and a softer, more subdued version for the farewell track, "A.D. 1958".

The song was featured in the 1999 movie Big Daddy, in which Adam Sandler's character, as well as Sandler himself, is a Styx fan.

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