You 're the Best Thing That Ever Happened to Me - wikipedia You 're the Best Thing That Ever Happened to Me Not to be confused with You 're the Best Thing or You Are the Best Thing. This article is about the song written by Jim Weatherly. For the Dean Martin album, see You 're the Best Thing That Ever Happened to Me ( album ). `` You 're the Best Thing That Ever Happened To Me '' Single by Ray Price from the album You 're the Best Thing That Ever Happened To Me B - side `` What Kind of Love is This '' Released July 1973 ( U.S. ) Format 7 '' Recorded ca. May 1973 Genre Country Length 3 : 50 Label Columbia 45889 Songwriter ( s ) Jim Weatherly Producer ( s ) Don Law Ray Price singles chronology `` She 's Got to Be a Saint '' ( 1972 ) `` You 're the Best Thing That Ever Happened To Me '' ( 1973 ) `` Storms of Troubled Times '' ( 1974 ) `` She 's Got to Be a Saint '' ( 1972 ) `` You 're the Best Thing That Ever Happened to Me '' ( 1973 ) `` Storms of Troubled Times '' ( 1974 ) `` Best Thing That Ever Happened To Me '' Single by Gladys Knight & the Pips from the album Imagination B - side `` Once in a Lifetime Thing '' Released February 1974 ( U.S. ) Format 7 '' Recorded 1973 Genre Pop rhythm and blues Length 3 : 44 Label Buddah Records 403 Songwriter ( s ) Jim Weatherly Producer ( s ) Kenny Kerner and Richie Wise ; Gladys Knight and the Pips were co-producers Gladys Knight & the Pips singles chronology `` I 've Got to Use My Imagination '' ( 1973 ) `` Best Thing That Ever Happened To Me '' ( 1974 ) `` On and On '' ( 1974 ) `` I 've Got to Use My Imagination '' ( 1973 ) `` Best Thing That Ever Happened to Me '' ( 1974 ) `` On and On '' ( 1974 ) `` 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, and enjoyed two runs of popularity, each by an artist in a different genre. Weatherly told Tom Roland in The Billboard Book of Number One Country Hits that he wrote the song in 1971 and let his father - in - law first record it as a Christmas present for the latter 's wife. `` I thought it was really strange that nobody 'd written a song with that title -- possibly somebody had, but I 'd never heard it -- so I just sat down and let this stream of consciousness happen. I basically wrote it in a very short period of time, probably 30 minutes or an hour. '' Contents 1 The versions 1.1 Ray Price country version 1.2 Gladys Knight & the Pips pop / R&B version 1.3 James Cleveland gospel version 2 Chart history 2.1 Weekly charts 2.2 Year - end charts 2.3 The Persuaders R&B version 2.4 Dean Martin pop version 2.5 Andy Williams version 2.6 Steve Lawrence version 2.7 Ray LaMontagne version 3 Chart performance 3.1 Ray Price version 3.2 Gladys Knight & the Pips version 4 References 5 External links The versions Ray Price Country version The song 's first run of popularity, as `` You 're the Best Thing That Ever Happened to Me, '' came in 1973. That 's when country music singer Ray Price took the song to No. 1 on the Billboard magazine Hot Country Singles chart on October 6, 1973. For that version, it represented a last and a first. The `` last '' was Price 's seventh and most recent No. 1 single, in a string dating back to his 1956 hit `` Crazy Arms. '' The `` first '' : It was the No. 1 single on the debut program of American Country Countdown, which used the Billboard chart in its programming. Although it fell short of the top 40 in his native United States, the song was an easy listening hit in Canada, his third such hit there. Gladys Knight & the Pips pop / R&B version In the early - to mid-1970s, Gladys Knight & the Pips recorded several of Weatherly 's songs, and in 1974, they dipped into his catalog once again with their rendition of the song. Their version, titled `` Best Thing That Ever Happened to Me, '' reached No. 3 on the Billboard Hot 100 that spring and topped the Hot Soul Singles for two weeks. The single was certified gold by the RIAA for sales of one million copies. It also reached the top 10 in the United Kingdom. James Cleveland gospel version In 1975, legendary gospel singer Rev. James Cleveland & The Charles Fold Singers recorded a live version of the song, which was cited ( in the song ) as an adaptation of the Gladys Knight & The Pips version of the song. Chart history Weekly charts Chart ( 1974 ) Peak position Canada RPM Top Singles 6 Ireland ( IRMA ) 10 UK ( OCC ) 7 US Billboard Hot 100 US Billboard Adult Contemporary 10 US Cash Box Top 100 Year - end charts Chart ( 1974 ) Rank Canada 80 US Billboard Hot 100 34 US Cash Box 28 The Persuaders R&B version In 1974, The Persuaders also recorded a version, taken from their album of the same name Their version was quieter, less brassy, and more introspective than The Pips ' version Dean Martin pop version The song was also recorded by Dean Martin in 1973. Andy Williams version Andy Williams released a version in 1974 on his album, The Way We Were. Steve Lawrence version Steve Lawrence released a version in 1973 under MGM Records label. Ray LaMontagne version Ray LaMontagne released a version in 2008 on his album, Gossip in the Grain. Chart performance Ray Price version Chart ( 1973 ) Peak position U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles U.S. Billboard Hot 100 82 Canadian RPM Country Tracks Canadian RPM Adult Contemporary Tracks 37 Preceded by `` Blood Red and Goin ' Down '' by Tanya Tucker Billboard Hot Country Singles number - one single October 6, 1973 Succeeded by `` Ridin ' My Thumb to Mexico '' by Johnny Rodriguez Gladys Knight & the Pips version Preceded by `` Lookin ' for a Love '' by Bobby Womack Billboard Hot Soul Singles number one single April 6 -- 13, 1974 Succeeded by `` TSOP ( The Sound of Philadelphia ) '' by MFSB with The Three Degrees References Jump up ^ Roland, Tom, `` The Billboard Book of Number One Country Hits '' ( Billboard Books, Watson - Guptill Publications, New York, 1991 ( ISBN 0 - 82 - 307553 - 2 ), p. 99. Jump up ^ Whitburn, Joel ( 2004 ). Top R&B / Hip - Hop Singles : 1942 - 2004. Record Research. p. 330. Jump up ^ `` Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada ''. Collectionscanada.gc.ca. Missing or empty url = ( help ) ; access - date = requires url = ( help ) Jump up ^ `` The Irish Charts -- Search Results -- Best Thing That Ever Happened to Me ''. Irish Singles Chart. Retrieved June 22, 2017. Jump up ^ Joel Whitburn 's Top Pop Singles 1955 - 1990 - ISBN 0 - 89820 - 089 - X Jump up ^ Cash Box Top 100 Singles, April 27, 1974 Jump up ^ Canada, Library and Archives ( July 13, 2017 ). `` Image : RPM Weekly ''. Jump up ^ Musicoutfitters.com Jump up ^ Cash Box Year - End Charts : Top 100 Pop Singles, December 28, 1974 Jump up ^ `` The Persuaders - Best Thing That Ever Happened To Me ( Vinyl, LP, Album ) ''. Discogs.com. Retrieved 2016 - 10 - 08. Jump up ^ Jim Weatherly. `` The Best Thing That Ever Happened to Me - The Persuaders Songs, Reviews, Credits ''. AllMusic. Retrieved 2016 - 10 - 08. Jump up ^ ( 1 ) Jump up ^ `` Best Thing That Ever Happened To Me The Persuaders ''. YouTube. 2013 - 11 - 17. Retrieved 2016 - 10 - 08. Jump up ^ Whitburn, Joel ( 2004 ). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits : 1944 - 2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 275. External links Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics Gladys Knight & the Pips Gladys Knight Merald `` Bubba '' Knight William Guest Edward Patten Brenda Knight Eleanor Guest Langston George Chris Morante Studio albums Everybody Needs Love Neither One of Us Imagination I Feel a Song 2nd Anniversary The One and Only Soundtrack albums Claudine Compilation albums The Ultimate Collection Singles `` Every Beat of My Heart '' `` 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 '' `` 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 '' `` I Feel a Song ( In My Heart ) '' `` The Way We Were / Try to Remember '' `` Save the Overtime ( For Me ) '' `` Hero '' `` Love Overboard '' `` Baby, Do n't Change Your Mind '' Related topics Discography Aaliyah Barry Hankerson Book Ray Price Studio albums San Antonio Rose Last of the Breed Songs `` I Ca n't Escape from You '' `` Do n'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 '' `` City Lights '' `` Heartaches by the Number '' `` The Same Old Me '' `` Under Your Spell Again '' `` I Wish I Could Fall in Love Today '' `` Make the World Go Away '' `` Night Life '' `` Please Talk to My Heart '' `` Do n't You Ever Get Tired ( Of Hurting Me ) '' `` Danny Boy '' `` Crazy '' `` She Wears My Ring '' `` For the Good Times '' `` I Wo n'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 Do n't Talk About Me When I 'm Gone '' Related articles Discography Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=You%27re_the_Best_Thing_That_Ever_Happened_to_Me&oldid=826609171 '' Categories : 1973 singles 1974 singles Ray Price ( musician ) songs Songs written by Jim Weatherly Gladys Knight & the Pips songs The Persuaders ( R&B group ) songs Andy Williams songs Billboard Hot Country Songs number - one singles Billboard Hot R&B / Hip - Hop Songs number - one singles 1973 songs Buddah Records singles Hidden categories : Pages using web citations with no URL Pages using citations with accessdate and no URL All articles with dead external links Articles with dead external links from July 2016 Articles with permanently dead external links Articles with hAudio microformats Singlechart usages for Ireland2 Singlechart called without artist Talk Contents About Wikipedia Add links This page was last edited on 20 February 2018, at 02 : 03. 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Question: who sang you're the best thing that ever happened
Answer: Ray Price