Favourite Things (song) "OK" being a failure in Australia, "Favourite Things" returned the group to the top ten of the Australian singles chart, peaking at number three, matching the peak of the group's debut single "Nu Flow", and receiving a Gold certification. The song received positive reviews and one of the reasons for the song's relative success is the fact that it is based upon a popular song from the musical "The Sound of Music", "My Favourite Things". The single follows the same basic tune of the original song, and focuses on typically expensive and glamorous objects that the women of the group
The Best Things in Life Are Free (Ray Henderson song) song reaching the No. 21 spot in 1948. Dinah Shore also covered the song in 1948; her single reached #18 on the "Billboard" Hot 100 chart. The song was included in both film adaptations of "Good News", in 1930 and 1947; the 1947 film featured the song several times, sung by June Allyson, Mel Tormé, and Peter Lawford. The film "The Best Things in Life Are Free" (1956), about DeSylva, Brown and Henderson, was named after the song and featured it with a version sung by Sheree North (dubbed by Eileen Wilson). In an episode of "The Muppet Show" a