2001 Savage Garden – The Best Thing (UK:#35)
“The Best Thing” is a song by Australian pop group Savage Garden, released as the seventh and final single from their second studio album Affirmation on 19 March 2001. This was their final single released before their breakup later that year.
“The Best Thing” was released as a single on 19 March 2001, exclusively in the United Kingdom and Europe. It was the last single released by the group before their split in October 2001. The single’s cover art was also used for the album’s fifth Australian single, “Chained to You”. No official music video was made.
The song’s lyrics describe the contrasting feelings of being irresistibly attracted to a person while being too frightened to admit that attraction. The “best thing” represents the strongly positive perceptions a person may have of the one they feel attracted to.
Album

Affirmation is the second and final studio album by Australian pop duo Savage Garden. The album was released on 9 November 1999 by Columbia Records. It won the 2000 ARIA Music Award for Highest Selling Album. Alongside this it was nominated for Best Group and Best Pop Release but lost. Tracks 1 Affirmation (Daniel Jones; Darren Hayes) 04:56 2 Hold Me (Daniel Jones; Darren […]
Musicians
Drums (programming) | Daniel Jones |
Drums (programming) | Walter Afanasieff |
Guitar | Mike Landau |
Acoustic Guitar | Dean Parks |
Keyboards | Daniel Jones |
Keyboards | Walter Afanasieff |
Synthesizer | Daniel Jones |
Synthesizer | Walter Afanasieff |
Programming | Greg Bieck |
Vocals | Darren Hayes |
Produced By
Walter Afanasieff
Songwriters
Daniel Jones
Darren Hayes
Charts
US:# –
UK:#35