The Best of Me (The Starting Line song) explained

The Best of Me
Type:single
Artist:the Starting Line
Album:Say It Like You Mean It
Studio:
Genre:
Length:4:18
Label:Drive-Thru
Producer:Mark Trombino
Prev Title:Three's a Charm
Prev Year:2002
Next Title:Leaving
Next Year:2003

"The Best of Me" is a song by American rock band the Starting Line from their debut studio album Say It Like You Mean It (2002). The song was released as the album's lead single on June 16, 2003 through Drive-Thru Records. It was written by vocalist/bassist Kenny Vasoli, guitarist Matt Watts, drummer Tom Gryskiewicz, and guitarist Mike Golla.

Background

"The Best of Me" was first released as a single on June 16, 2003;[3] it was pushed to modern rock radio stations in the U.S. on July 22 of that year.[4]

Music video

On October 27, 2002, a music video for "The Best of Me" was posted on Launch.com.[5] The video starts with a guy attempting to impress a girl by playing music from a boombox outside of her residence. When the music stops, the band appear and start performing.[6] A second music video was posted online for "The Best of Me" through MTV.com on June 13, 2003. The video received significant rotation on MTV2.[1]

Reception

While "The Best of Me" did not chart well during its original release—only reaching the bottom region of the UK Singles Chart—it became the band's most popular song.[7] Likewise, it has been widely considered an key pop punk track from the 2000s. Kelefa Sanneh, writing for The New York Times, called it "infectious";[8] NME writers called it an "essential" pop punk track.[9] Billboard ranked it at no. 12 on a ranking of the genre's best love songs, with columnist Hannah Dailey writing, "Love can be complicated. No one knows that better than The Starting Line, whose youthful 2003 hit examines how mature conversations, forgiveness and time spent apart are sometimes needed to make a long-term relationship work."[10] Cleveland.com ranked "The Best of Me" at number 33 on their list of the top 100 pop-punk songs.[11] Alternative Press included the song in the genre's most "influential" tracks,[12] and also ranked it at number 35 on their list of the best 100 singles from the 2000s.[13]

Kellin Quinn, frontman of Sleeping with Sirens, placed the song among the 10 "Songs That Changed My Life" for Kerrang!;[14] the same publication ranked the Say It Like You Mean It album among the genre's best, singling out "Best of Me" as "one of the genre's most sing-alongable tunes."[15] The song became one of the most-played songs at Emo Nite,[16] the popular traveling event series hosting era-specific performances and karaoke, in the 2010s–20s.[17] In 2020, the song was certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America.

Credits and personnel

Personnel per booklet.[18] The Starting Line

Production

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Loftus . Johnny . The Starting Line Biography, Songs, & Albums . AllMusic . April 18, 2023.
  2. Web site: The 10 best songs from the 10 worst emo bands. Louder. July 23, 2023.
  3. Web site: Single Review: The Starting Line - The Best Of Me / Releases. Drowned in Sound. Silentway. Edwards, Tom. June 29, 2003. April 17, 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20180716150019/http://drownedinsound.com/releases/5949/reviews/7386-. July 16, 2018. live. mdy-all.
  4. Web site: FMQB Airplay Archive: Modern Rock. Friday Morning Quarterback Album Report, Incorporated. April 17, 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20130602183741/http://fmqb.com/Article.asp?id=16771. June 2, 2013. live. mdy-all.
  5. Web site: The Starting Line / News : TSL Interview on MTV2. https://web.archive.org/web/20041208170701/http://www.startinglinerock.com/news/default.asp?Page=all. The Starting Line. December 8, 2004. April 17, 2023. dead. mdy-all.
  6. Web site: The 10 Best Emo Music Videos. Paste. Wolfgang's Vault. Laderer, Ashley. February 23, 2017. April 17, 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20180318172219/https://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2017/02/the-10-best-emo-music-videos.html. March 18, 2018. live. mdy-all.
  7. Web site: Lakshmin . Deepa . 107 Emo Bands You Knew About Before Anyone Else - News . MTV . April 15, 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220807184502/https://www.mtv.com/news/eqm4wb/emo-bands-you-heard-of-first . dead . August 7, 2022 . April 17, 2023.
  8. Web site: MUSIC; Sweet, Sentimental and Punk . The New York Times . August 10, 2003 . April 17, 2023.
  9. Web site: Blog . NME . 20 Essential Pop Punk Tracks Everyone Should Know . NME . June 2, 2011 . April 18, 2023.
  10. Web site: Payne . Chris. Dailey . Hannah . 20 Best Pop-Punk Love Songs . Billboard . February 13, 2023 . April 18, 2023.
  11. Web site: The 100 greatest pop punk songs of all time. https://web.archive.org/web/20220303183529/https://www.cleveland.com/entertainment/2022/03/the-100-greatest-pop-punk-songs-of-all-time.html. Cleveland.com. Smith, Troy L.. March 2, 2022. March 3, 2022. April 17, 2023.
  12. Web site: Piers . Ryan . These are the 25 most influential songs of pop punk . Alternative Press Magazine . September 23, 2020 . April 18, 2023.
  13. Web site: At The Drive-In's 'One Armed Scissor' tops AP's 'Haircut 100' singles countdown. Punknews.org. Paul, Aubin. November 20, 2009. April 17, 2023.
  14. Web site: Sleeping With Sirens' Kellin Quinn: The 10 Songs That Changed My Life . Kerrang! . April 22, 2020 . April 18, 2023.
  15. Web site: The 51 greatest pop-punk albums of all time . Kerrang! . September 23, 2017 . April 18, 2023.
  16. Web site: Laderer . Ashley . Emo Nite Takes NYC, and Thursday's Geoff Rickly Is ‘Looking Forward To Connecting With Old Friends' . Billboard . May 4, 2017 . April 18, 2023.
  17. Web site: Yuccas . Jamie . Novak . Analisa . How "Emo Nite" events helped bring back a lost genre . CBS News . April 12, 2023 . April 18, 2023.
  18. Say It Like You Mean It. The Starting Line. 2002. booklet. Drive-Thru Records. DTR32CD.

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