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"You're the Best Thing That Ever Happened To Me" — also known simply as "Best Thing That Ever Happened To Me" — is a song written by Jim Weatherly. It was produced by Don Law. It was first recorded in 1973 by Ray Price from his album You're the Best Thing That Ever Happened To Me.

Many singers recorded their own versions of the song such as: Gladys Knight, Dean Martin, Steve Lawrence and Andy Williams.

Charts

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Chart (1974)	Peak position
Canada RPM Top Singles^[1]	6
Ireland (IRMA)^[2]	10
UK (OCC)	7
US Billboard Hot 100^[3]	3
US Billboard Adult Contemporary	10
US Cash Box Top 100^[4]	3

References

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↑ "Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada". Library and Archives Canada. RPM Weekly (archived). May 11, 1974. Retrieved October 3, 2018.
↑ "The Irish Charts – Search Results – Best Thing That Ever Happened to Me". Irish Singles Chart. Retrieved June 22, 2017.
↑ Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955-1990 - ISBN 0-89820-089-X
↑ "Cash Box Top 100 Singles, April 27, 1974". Archived from the original on February 21, 2017. Retrieved August 29, 2017.

v t e Gladys Knight & the Pips
Gladys Knight Merald "Bubba" Knight William Guest Edward Patten Brenda Knight Eleanor Guest Langston George
Studio albums	Everybody Needs Love Neither One of Us All I Need Is Time Imagination I Feel a Song 2nd Anniversary The One and Only Visions All Our Love
Soundtrack albums	Claudine
Compilation albums	The Ultimate Collection
Singles	"Every Beat of My Heart" "Letter Full of Tears" "Giving Up" "Take Me in Your Arms and Love Me" "Everybody Needs Love" "I Heard It Through the Grapevine" "The End of Our Road" "It Should Have Been Me" "I Wish It Would Rain" "The Nitty Gritty" "If I Were Your Woman" "I Don't Want to Do Wrong" "Help Me Make It Through the Night" "Neither One of Us (Wants to Be the First to Say Goodbye)" "The Look of Love" "Midnight Train to Georgia" "I've Got to Use My Imagination" "Best Thing That Ever Happened to Me" "On and On" "I Feel a Song (In My Heart)" "The Way We Were/Try to Remember" "Save the Overtime (For Me)" "Hero" "Love Overboard" "Baby, Don't Change Your Mind"
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v t e Ray Price
Studio albums	Ray Price Sings Heart Songs (1957) Talk to Your Heart (1958) Ray Price Sings San Antonio Rose (1962) Night Life (1963) Love Life (1964) Burning Memories (1965) The Other Woman (1965) Another Bridge to Burn (1966) Touch My Heart (1967) Danny Boy (1968) Take Me as I Am (1968) She Wears My Ring (1969) For the Good Times (1970) I Won't Mention It Again (1971) The Lonesomest Lonesome (1972) She's Got to Be a Saint (1973) You're the Best Thing That Ever Happened to Me (1974) Like Old Times Again (1974) San Antonio Rose (1980) Last of the Breed (2007)
Songs	"I Can't Escape from You" "Don't Let the Stars Get in Your Eyes" "I'll Be There (If You Ever Want Me)" "Release Me" "Crazy Arms" "I've Got a New Heartache" "Curtain in the Window" "Invitation to the Blues" "City Lights" "Heartaches by the Number" "The Same Old Me" "Under Your Spell Again" "I Wish I Could Fall in Love Today" "Pride" "Make the World Go Away" "Night Life" "Please Talk to My Heart" "Don't You Ever Get Tired (Of Hurting Me)" "Danny Boy" "Crazy" "She Wears My Ring" "For the Good Times" "I Won't Mention It Again" "She's Got to Be a Saint" "You're the Best Thing That Ever Happened to Me" "Faded Love" "New San Antonio Rose" "You're Nobody till Somebody Loves You" "All the Way" "Please Don't Talk About Me When I'm Gone" "Looking Back"
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