"Best I Ever Had (Grey Sky Morning)" is a song recorded by American
alternative rock
Alternative rock (also known as alternative music, alt-rock or simply alternative) is a category of rock music that evolved from the independent music underground of the 1970s. Alternative rock acts achieved mainstream success in the 1990s w ...
band
Vertical Horizon
Vertical Horizon is an American alternative rock band, formed in Washington, D.C. Vocalists and guitarists Matt Scannell and Keith Kane started the band in 1991 when they were students at Georgetown University. The band have undergone multiple ...
on their third 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.
Charts
Weekly charts
Year-end charts
Release history
Gary Allan version
In 2005, country music singer
Gary Allan
Gary Allan Herzberg (born December 5, 1967) is an American country music singer. Signed to Decca Records in 1996, he made his country music debut with the release of his single "Her Man (song), Her Man", the lead-off to his gold album, gold-cer ...
covered the song for his 2005 album ''
Tough All Over''. His version, entitled "Best I Ever Had" was released as the album's first single and became his eighth top-10 hit on the US ''Billboard''
Hot Country Songs
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This 50-position chart lists the most popular country music songs, calculated weekly by collecting airplay data along with digital sales and streaming. ...
charts, with a peak at 7 in late 2005.
Music video
The video was directed by Paul Boyd and filmed at the
Salton Sea
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.
Chart performance
"Best I Ever Had" debuted at No. 56 on the US ''Billboard'' Hot Country Songs for the week of June 11, 2005. It quickly became Allan's best-selling single and remained as such until 2012.
Weekly charts
Year-end charts
Certifications
References
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1999 songs
2001 singles
2005 singles
Vertical Horizon songs
Gary Allan songs
RCA Records singles
MCA Nashville Records singles
Song recordings produced by Mark Wright (record producer)
Songs written by Matt Scannell