B-side "Why?" | Recorded 1998 Length 3:42 | |
Released 8 March 1999(UK & Netherlands)1999(Australia) Format CD Single, cassette single | ||
"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.
Contents
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
CD1
- Better Best Forgotten [Radio Edit] - 3:42
- Why? - 4:08
- Better Best Forgotten [W.I.P. '99 Cream of Manchester Mix] - 6:16
CD2
- Better Best Forgotten [Radio Edit] - 3:42
- Better Best Forgotten [Nip On The Dancefloor W.I.P. Mix] - 5:20
- Better Best Forgotten [Instrumental] - 3:42
Cassette
- Better Best Forgotten [Radio Edit] - 3:42
- 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.