Peak
44
Weeks
13
Score
850
Chart Year
1986
Scores & Rankings
Chart Performance
Peak Position44
Peak DateJun 28, 1986
Weeks at Peak1
Weeks Charted13
Weeks in Top 400
Weeks in Top 100
Weeks at #20
Weeks at #10
Scoring
Summary Calc57
Weekly Calc793
Total Score850
Rankings
Year Ranking#221
Decade Ranking#2,222
Billboard Year#223
Top 5000#14,495
Details
- Album
- Sands of Time
- Label
- Tabu Records
- Genre
- Dance-pop
- Composer(s)
- Jimmy Jam;Terry Lewis
- Entered Chart
- May 17, 1986
- Peak Date
- Jun 28, 1986
- Released
- Unknown
- Recorded
- Unknown
- Catalog #
- Tabu 4-05848
- B-Side
- I Don't Want Nobody Else
Music Video
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Notes
"The Finest" is a song by American band the S.O.S. Band. It is the fifth track on their sixth studio album, Sands of Time, and is one of the group's last songs to feature the vocals of original lead singer Mary Davis. Labelmate and fellow R&B singer Alexander O'Neal shares vocals with Mary Davis during the bridge. "The Finest" was released as a single in 1986.
The finest As light goes out, you learn to hold on You learn to appreciate the finer things in life The finest If I had a choice, I'd always choose a love Up or down, good or bad, I don't mind Just as long as it's real My friend said I'm lucky To have found someone as good as you My love's understanding Understanding how to hold on to you After all that we've been through Time will change the way I think about you Out of all the loves before You're the finest I'll ever know If I had to choose, I'd be by myself I wanna be in love but with nobody else Time flies when you're with me It goes so slow whenever you're away Made up my mind and I'm positive A better love will never come my way After all that we've been through Time will change the way I think about you Out of all the loves before You're the finest I'll ever know After all that we've been through Time will change the way I think about you Out of all the loves before You're the finest I'll ever know No, you keep me in love I know just call me a fool No other love before could do what you do I need to so much, so much more from you No one else will do, the more said for two Your love's the finest love I'll ever know Oh baby, you're the finest, the finest I say Oh baby, you're the finest, the finest one for me Oh baby, you're the finest, the finest I say Oh baby, you're the finest, the finest one for me Oh baby, you're the finest, the finest I say Oh baby, you're the finest, the finest one for me After all that we've been through Time will change the way I think about you Out of all the loves before You're the finest I'll ever know After all that we've been through Time will change the way I think about you Out of all the loves before You're the finest I'll ever know Oh baby, you're the finest, the finest I say Oh baby, you're the finest, the finest one for me Oh baby, you're the finest, the finest I say Oh baby, you're the finest, the finest one for me
Chart History (13 weeks)
| Week | Chart Date | Position | Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | May 17, 1986 | 82 | 44 |
| 2 | May 24, 1986 | 71 | 55 |
| 3 | May 31, 1986 | 61 | 65 |
| 4 | Jun 7, 1986 | 50 | 76 |
| 5 | Jun 14, 1986 | 47 | 79 |
| 6 | Jun 21, 1986 | 45 | 81 |
| 7 | Jun 28, 1986 | 44 | 82 |
| 8 | Jul 5, 1986 | 49 | 77 |
| 9 | Jul 12, 1986 | 63 | 63 |
| 10 | Jul 19, 1986 | 65 | 61 |
| 11 | Jul 26, 1986 | 80 | 46 |
| 12 | Aug 2, 1986 | 90 | 36 |
| 13 | Aug 9, 1986 | 98 | 28 |