Better Best Forgotten

"Better Best Forgotten"
CD cover
Single by Steps
from the album Step One
B-side	"Why?"
Released	8 March 1999 (UK & Netherlands) 1999 (Australia)
Format	CD Single, cassette single
Recorded	1998
Genre	Pop,[1] dance-pop[2]
Length	3:42
Label	Jive
Writer(s)	Andrew Frampton & Pete Waterman
Producer(s)	Mark Topham, Karl Twigg, Pete Waterman
Certification	Gold
Steps singles chronology
"Heartbeat / Tragedy" (1998) "Better Best Forgotten" (1999) "Thank ABBA for the Music" (1999)

"Better Best Forgotten" is a song by London pop group Steps, released on 8 March 1999—only a month before the ABBA tribute single "Thank ABBA for the Music" was released. It is the final single to be taken from their debut album, Step One.

A stripped back ballad version of the track was performed during the 2012 Christmas with Steps tour. Better Best Forgotten features all three girls singing a verse each, with the boys joining in for the choruses.

Music video

The video has a watery-theme, and the group wear blue outfits. Group members Lee and H play with water pistols, and interfere with the girls' singing. During the video shoot, a glass wall collapsed on Faye Tozer.

Personnel

• Claire Richards – lead and backing vocals
• Lisa Scott-Lee – lead and backing vocals
• Faye Tozer – lead and backing vocals
• Lee Latchford-Evans – backing vocals
• Ian "H" Watkins – backing vocals

Track listings

CD1

1. Better Best Forgotten [Radio Edit] - 3:42
2. Why? - 4:08
3. Better Best Forgotten [W.I.P. '99 Cream of Manchester Mix] - 6:16

CD2

1. Better Best Forgotten [Radio Edit] - 3:42
2. Better Best Forgotten [Nip On The Dancefloor W.I.P. Mix] - 5:20
3. Better Best Forgotten [Instrumental] - 3:42

Cassette

1. Better Best Forgotten [Radio Edit] - 3:42
2. Why? - 4:08

Chart performance

Spending 17 weeks on the British charts, this single became the first single for Steps to fall off the charts and then re-enter. When it shot straight into the top five in March 1999, this song became the group's most successful single of 1999.

Chart positions

References

External links

• Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics