The Best Side of Life

"The Best Side of Life"
Single by Sarah Connor
from the album Christmas in My Heart
Released	24 November 2006
Format	CD single, maxi single, download
Genre	Pop, soul, Christmas
Length	3:45
Label	X-Cell
Writer(s)	Marc Lennard Jojo HF
Producer(s)	Kay D. Rob Tyger
Sarah Connor singles chronology
"Christmas in My Heart" (2005) "The Best Side of Life" (2006) "The Impossible Dream (The Quest)" (2007)

"The Best Side of Life" is a song by German recording artist Sarah Connor. It was released by X-Cell Records as the lead single from the 2006 reissue of her first Christmas album, Christmas in My Heart (2005), accompanying the release of Connor's DVD of the same name. Written by Marc Lennard and Achim Heider under his pseudonym JoHo HF, the Christmas song was produced by frequent collaborators, duo Kay D. and Rob Tyger. A midtempo love song, the instrumentation includes bell chimes and harp sounds. The song's lyrics declare that the protagonist wants for Christmas to be united with her lover and family for the holidays.

The song replaced Melanie Thornton's "Wonderful Dream (Holidays are Coming)" in Coca-Cola's Christmas promotional campaign throughout German-speaking Europe. Commercially, "The Best Side of Life" peaked at number four on the German Singles Chart and reached the top twenty in Austria and Switzerland. It has since made two re-entries on the Media Control Charts, one during the week of 7 December 2007 for five weeks and the other during the week of 19 December 2008 for three weeks.

Track listings

European CD single

1. "The Best Side of Life" – 3:49
2. "A Ride in the Snow" – 4:02

European CD maxi single

1. "The Best Side of Life" – 3:49
2. "A Ride in the Snow" – 4:02
3. "Why Does It Rain" – 4:28
4. "A Ride in the Snow" (Live Video) – 4:10

Charts

Weekly charts Chart (2006) Peak position Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)[1] 12 Germany (Official German Charts)[2] 4 Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[3] 15 Chart (2007) Peak position Czech Republic (Rádio Top 100 Oficiální)[4] 53

Year-end charts Chart (2007) Rank Germany (Media Control AG)[5] 74

References

1. "Austriancharts.at – Sarah Connor – The Best Side of Life" (in German). Ö3 Austria Top 40. Retrieved 2013-11-05.
2. "Musicline.de – Sarah Connor Single-Chartverfolgung" (in German). Media Control Charts. PhonoNet GmbH. Retrieved 2013-11-05.
3. "Swisscharts.com – Sarah Connor – The Best Side of Life". Swiss Singles Chart. Retrieved 2013-11-05.
4. "RADIO TOP100 Oficiální". IFPI (in Czech). Retrieved 2009-07-09.
5. http://www.mtv.de/charts/Single_Jahrescharts_2007