- Best Days (Here Comes the Rest of Our Lives)
Infobox Single |
Name = Best Days
Type =Single
Artist =Graham Colton
Released =October 30 ,2007
Recorded = 2007
Genre = RockPop
Length = 3:35
Label = Universal Republic"Best Days" is an American pop song performed by
Graham Colton from his solo debut album, "Here Right Now ", released onUniversal Republic Records October 30 ,2007 .Best Days
"Best Days", was chosen as single of the week at
iTunes and subsequently, Graham was named by its editors as a 'Top New Pop Artist' of '07. In addition, the track landed coverage inBillboard magazine with a 'Singles Review' and was the subject of their 'Breaking and Entering' feature.The music video for the song was directed by highly acclaimed director,
Nigel Dick , and made itsTRL debut onMTV shortly after it was filmed.MTV proceeded to use four songs (including "Best Days") from the album as part of their 'Featured Artist Program' for the hit show,Newport Harbor .From there, the song began to quickly attract attention from music supervisors and was used for several national promo campaigns including
HBO (year-end promo), ABC (October Road promo), andSundance ('08 new lineup promo).CBS used the song in its nationally televised Thanksgiving Day Football programming. In addition, the song was also used in hit TV shows such as 'Wildfire ' and 'Kyle XY '. Among other notable placements,Oprah Winfrey also tapped the song for her new primetime network series, 'The Big Give '.Graham made his national television debut on
NBC 'sTonight Show with Jay Leno on Friday, February 2nd with a full band performance of "Best Days" which included a three-piece string section.Shortly after,"Best Days" was selected by
Fox 's hit showAmerican Idol for a featured ending montage of group auditions which lead to additional use as the 'Exit' song for the first round of live auditions.In 2008, the song was used in the UK show
Big Brother's Little Brother for the final montage sequence of the series showing the best bits of Big Brother 9/2008 in the UK. It also appeared onThe Sophia Wardman Programme .Credits
Lyrics and Music by
Graham Colton &Dave Bassett Publishers
Graham Colton Music (BMI) & Windswept Music (BMI)
Discography
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2007 : "Best Days (Here Comes the Rest of Our Lives) "
*2007 : "Here Right Now "References
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