"The Best Thing" is the second single off Relient K's fifth studio album, "Five Score and Seven Years Ago". The band's manager announced it on their messageboard on March 17, 2007 along with Capitol Records announcing it on several websites. The song was performed on "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno" on April 12, 2007. It was released to Top 40 and Hot AC stations on April 10. Matt Thiessen, the lead singer, has described the song as, "The anti-Daniel Powter 'Bad Day' song, it's straight up positive." The song peaked at No. 47 on the Top 40 charts.