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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]

"You Are the Best Thing"
Single by Ray LaMontagne
from the album Gossip in the Grain
Released	August 26, 2008
Recorded	2008
Length	3:51
Label	Stone Dwarf Music, LLC RCA Jive
Songwriter(s)	Ray LaMontagne, Danny Holland
Producer(s)	Ethan Johns
Ray LaMontagne singles chronology
"Three More Days" (2007) "You Are the Best Thing" (2008) "Meg White" (2008)

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

"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

Chart (2008–09)	Peak position
Canada (Canadian Hot 100)[5]	89
Ireland (IRMA)[6]	47
UK Singles (Official Charts Company)	169
US Adult Alternative Songs (Billboard)[2]	5
US Billboard Hot 100[3]	90

References

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