Best I Ever Had ( Grey Sky Morning ) - wikipedia Best I Ever Had ( Grey Sky Morning ) `` Best I Ever Had ( Grey Sky Morning ) '' Single by Vertical Horizon from the album Everything You Want Released January 22, 2001 Format CD single Genre Alternative rock, post-grunge Length 4 : 30 Label RCA Songwriter ( s ) Matt Scannell Producer ( s ) Mark Endert, Ben Grosse Vertical Horizon singles chronology `` You 're a God '' ( 2000 ) `` Best I Ever Had ( Grey Sky Morning ) '' ( 2001 ) `` I 'm Still Here '' ( 2003 ) `` You 're a God '' ( 2000 ) `` Best I Ever Had ( Grey Sky Morning ) '' ( 2001 ) `` I 'm Still Here '' ( 2003 ) `` Best I Ever Had ( Grey Sky Morning ) '' is a song recorded by the American alternative rock band Vertical Horizon on their fourth album Everything You Want, which was released in 1999. It was released as a single in 2001. It served as the band 's fourth overall single, and their third consecutive Top Ten hit on the Billboard Adult Top 40 charts. Gary Allan 's remake of the song hit # 7 on the Billboard Country Singles chart in 2005. Contents 1 Chart performance 2 Gary Allan version 2.1 Chart performance 2.1. 1 Year - end charts 2.2 Music video 3 Other versions 4 References Chart performance Chart ( 2001 ) Peak position New Zealand ( Recorded Music NZ ) 42 US Billboard Hot 100 58 US Adult Top 40 ( Billboard ) 7 US Mainstream Top 40 ( Billboard ) 28 US Radio Songs ( Billboard ) 60 Gary Allan version `` Best I Ever Had '' Single by Gary Allan from the album Tough All Over Released May 23, 2005 Format CD single Genre Country Length 4 : 11 Label MCA Nashville Songwriter ( s ) Matt Scannell Producer ( s ) Mark Wright Gary Allan Gary Allan singles chronology `` Nothing On but the Radio '' ( 2004 ) `` Best I Ever Had '' ( 2005 ) `` Life Ai n't Always Beautiful '' ( 2006 ) `` Nothing On but the Radio '' ( 2004 ) `` Best I Ever Had '' ( 2005 ) `` Life Ai n't Always Beautiful '' ( 2006 ) In 2005, country music singer Gary Allan recorded a cover version for his album Tough All Over. Allan 's version, entitled `` Best I Ever Had '' upon its release to radio, became his eighth Top 19 hit on the Billboard Hot Country Songs charts in mid-2005. Chart performance `` Best I Ever Had '' debuted at number 56 on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Songs for the week of June 11, 2005. Chart ( 2005 ) Peak position US Hot Country Songs ( Billboard ) 7 US Billboard Hot 100 51 US Billboard Pop 100 55 Year - end charts Chart ( 2005 ) Position US Country Songs ( Billboard ) 45 Music video The music video for Gary Allan 's version of the song was directed by Paul Boyd and starred Gary Allan and Laura Quirk. Other versions Also in 2005, the track was covered by then - Boston Red Sox pitcher Bronson Arroyo on Arroyo 's all covers album, Covering the Bases. References Jump up ^ `` Vertical Horizon - Everything You Want ''. Discogs. Retrieved 23 April 2018. Jump up ^ `` Vertical Horizon - Everything You Want ''. cduniverse.com. Retrieved 2007 - 01 - 31. Jump up ^ `` Charts.org.nz -- Vertical Horizon -- BEST I EVER HAD ( GREY SKY MORNING ) ''. Top 40 Singles. Jump up ^ `` Vertical Horizon Chart History ( Hot 100 ) ''. Billboard. Jump up ^ `` Vertical Horizon Chart History ( Adult Pop Songs ) ''. Billboard. Jump up ^ `` Vertical Horizon Chart History ( Pop Songs ) ''. Billboard. Jump up ^ `` Vertical Horizon Chart History ( Radio Songs ) ''. Billboard. Jump up ^ `` Gary Allan Chart History ( Hot Country Songs ) ''. Billboard. Jump up ^ `` Gary Allan Chart History ( Hot 100 ) ''. Billboard. Jump up ^ `` Best of 2005 : Country Songs ''. Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. 2005. Retrieved July 11, 2012. Vertical Horizon CURRENT LINEUP : Matt Scannell Steve Fekete Ron LaVella Cedric LeMoyne FORMER MEMBERS : Keith Kane Sean Hurley Ed Toth Ryan Fisher Blair Sinta Studio albums There and Back Again Running on Ice Everything You Want Go Burning the Days Echoes from the Underground The Lost Mile Live albums Live Stages Singles `` Everything You Want '' `` You 're a God '' `` Best I Ever Had ( Grey Sky Morning ) '' `` I 'm Still Here '' `` Forever '' Related articles Discography Duo Duo Live Gary Allan Studio albums Used Heart for Sale It Would Be You Smoke Rings in the Dark Alright Guy See If I Care Tough All Over Living Hard Get Off on the Pain Set You Free Compilation albums Greatest Hits Icon Notable singles `` Her Man '' `` It Would Be You '' `` Smoke Rings in the Dark '' `` Lovin ' You Against My Will '' `` Right Where I Need to Be '' `` Man of Me '' `` The One '' `` Man to Man '' `` Tough Little Boys '' `` Songs About Rain '' `` Nothing On but the Radio '' `` Best I Ever Had '' `` Life Ai n't Always Beautiful '' `` A Feelin ' Like That '' `` Watching Airplanes '' `` Learning How to Bend '' `` She 's So California '' `` Today '' `` Get Off on the Pain '' `` Kiss Me When I 'm Down '' `` Every Storm ( Runs Out of Rain ) '' `` Pieces '' `` It Ai n't the Whiskey '' `` Hangover Tonight '' Related articles Discography Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Best_I_Ever_Had_(Grey_Sky_Morning)&oldid=837889534 '' Categories : 2001 singles 2005 singles 1999 songs Vertical Horizon songs Gary Allan songs Country ballads Rock ballads Songs written by Matt Scannell RCA Records singles MCA Nashville Records singles Song recordings produced by Mark Wright ( record producer ) Hidden categories : Articles with hAudio microformats Singlechart usages for New Zealand Singlechart usages for Billboardhot100 Singlechart called without song Singlechart usages for Billboardadultpopsongs Singlechart usages for Billboardpopsongs Singlechart usages for Billboardradiosongs Singlechart usages for Billboardcountrysongs Talk Contents About Wikipedia Add links This page was last edited on 23 April 2018, at 16 : 59. 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Question: who sang the best i ever had originally
Answer: Vertical Horizon