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"You Are the Best Thing" is the lead single of the album Gossip in the Grain by American folk singer-songwriter Ray LaMontagne released on August 26, 2008, by Stone Dwarf Music, LLC, under license to RCA/JIVE Label Group, a unit of Sony Music Entertainment.[1]
The song hit number five on Billboard's Adult Alternative Songs chart,[2] and is currently his only single to chart on the Billboard Hot 100, reaching number 90.[3]
In popular culture[edit]
"You Are the Best Thing" was featured in the film I Love You, Man, and in an episode of the Australian TV show Packed to the Rafters. It was also featured in the film Bad Moms, released in 2016.[4]
Singer Jovin Webb sang the song on American Idol (season 18) during the Showcase Round at Aulani Resort in Kapolei, Hawaii which aired on March 29, 2020.
Charts[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ "ITunes - Music - You Are the Best Thing - Single by Ray LaMontagne". iTunes. Archived from the original on March 2, 2012. Retrieved November 19, 2013.
- ^ a b "Ray LaMontagne Chart History (Adult Alternative Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved January 20, 2016.
- ^ a b "Ray LaMontagne Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard. Retrieved November 17, 2013.
- ^ "Bad Moms Soundtrack". July 23, 2016.
- ^ "Ray LaMontagne Chart History (Canadian Hot 100)". Billboard. Retrieved November 17, 2013.
- ^ "Chart Track: Week 6, 2009". Irish Singles Chart. Retrieved January 20, 2016.
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