Though “The Best,” often incorrectly referred to as “Simply the Best,” only peaked at No. “There were a lot of other things that came into play-the production, the players, and of course, Tina herself-but that’s why every little part has to mean something.” “She was right because what it did for that song was it turned it into a hit,” says Knight.
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She even added saxophonist Edgar Winter, who had previously worked with Ringo Starr & His All-Star Band, and Todd Rundgren. Re-writing and re-registering the track, Turner then took the song to another dimension. One change included the subtle switch of the opening lines from Tyler’s You come to me, come to me, wild and wired to the latter wild and wild.
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Keeping its chorus intact- You’re simply the best / Better than all the rest / Better than anyone / Anyone I ever met / I’m stuck on your heart / I hang on every word you say / Tear us apart / Baby, I would rather be dead-Knight reworked the song and some lyrics. “When I originally wrote it with Mike Chapman it was a great song,” adds Knight, “but I don’t think it was quite a hit song yet.” Knight first wrote the track with Mike Chapman for another artist, who passed on it before producer Desmond Child eventually recorded it with Bonnie Tyler. “Someone got it to Tina, and she said, ‘I love this song, and I’m gonna cut it, but I need a bridge, and I need the key to go up at the end.’ So we had to rewrite it, which was weird after it had already been released,” says songwriter Holly Knight who originally co-wrote the song. Instantly drawn to the track, Turner wanted to record it and requested some key changes to the song. A year later, as Turner was assembling her seventh album Foreign Affair, “The Best” found its way to her. Another single off Hide Your Heart, “The Best,” didn’t fare as well, yet left an impression on one artist. In 1988, Bonnie Tyler released her seventh album Hide Your Heart with the song “Don’t Turn Around,” a cover of the track originally released as a B-side Tina Turner’s 1986 single “Typical Male.” Reviving the Diane Warren and Albert Hammond-penned cut-later featured in the Tina Turner Broadway show in 2018-Tyler’s version jumped to the number one spot on the UK charts.