"The Best Thing I Ever Did"
Single by Twice
from the EP The Year of "Yes"
LanguageKorean
ReleasedDecember 12, 2018 (2018-12-12)
GenreR&B[1]
Length3:32
LabelJYP
Composer(s)
Lyricist(s)
  • J.Y. Park "The Asiansoul"
  • Park Ji-min
  • Jinri
Twice single singles chronology
"Yes or Yes"
(2018) 		"The Best Thing I Ever Did"
(2018) 		"Fancy"
(2019)
Music video
"The Best Thing I Ever Did" on YouTube

"The Best Thing I Ever Did" (Korean: 올해 제일 잘한 일; RR: Olhae Jeil Jalhan Il) is a song recorded by South Korean girl group Twice. It was released by JYP Entertainment on December 12, 2018, as the lead single from the group's third special album, The Year of "Yes" (2018).

Composition

"The Best Thing I Ever Did" was composed by J.Y. Park "The Asiansoul", Park Ji-min, Jinri (Full8loom), Glory Face (Full8loom), Sophia Pae, Lee Woo-min "collapsedone" and Justin Reinstein, with lyrics by J.Y. Park "The Asiansoul", Park Ji-min and Jinri (Full8loom).

The song was classified as an alternative R&B song, which mixes Twice's distinctive pop sound to create a "warm winter sensibility." The holiday-inspired track lyrically describes the memory of meeting a loved one during the holiday season. The song was noted to be Twice's first instance of featuring the R&B genre.[2] Tanu Raj of NME described the song as a "delightful track (that) turns a characteristic lonely season into one of companionship and love".[3] Running for 3 minutes and 32 seconds, the song is composed in the key of F major with a tempo of 105 beats per minute.[4]

Music video and promotion

The holiday-themed music video, directed by Mustache Film, was shot in Ulaanbaatar and Gorkhi-Terelj National Park in Mongolia at the end of October 2018.[5][6][7] On December 8, the first music video teaser was released.[8] A second teaser was uploaded on the following day.[9] The music video was released on December 12.[10]

Twice did not promote "The Best Thing I Ever Did" on any South Korean music programs. The song was performed for the first time at the 33rd Golden Disc Awards on January 5, 2019.[11]

Japanese version

The Japanese version of "Best Thing I Ever Did" was released as part of B-side for "Happy Happy" on July 17, 2019.[12] The lyrics were written by Natsumi Watanabe.

In July 2020, JYP Entertainment announced Twice's release of their third compilation album named #Twice3 for September 16. The album, containing twelve tracks with both Korean and Japanese versions of six songs, also includes "The Best Thing I Ever Did".[13]

Commercial performance

"The Best Thing I Ever Did" debuted at number 27 of the Gaon Digital Chart and at number 22 on the Billboard K-pop Hot 100.[14][15] The song also peaked at number 15 on Billboard's World Digital Song Sales and at number 67 on Japan Hot 100 charts.[16][17]

Personnel

Credits adapted from Melon.[18]

Charts

Chart performance for "The Best Thing I Ever Did"
Charts (2018) Peak
position
Japan (Japan Hot 100)[17] 67
South Korea (Gaon)[14] 27
South Korea (K-pop Hot 100)[15] 22
US World Digital Song Sales (Billboard)[16] 15

References

  1. ^ "[EP] The Year of "YES"". Melon (in Korean). Kakao Corp. Archived from the original on June 7, 2019. Retrieved July 14, 2022.
  2. ^ Ji, Min-kyung (December 12, 2018). "트와이스, 신곡 '올해 제일 잘한 일' 오늘(12일) 공개.."2018년 대미 장식"". OSEN (in Korean). Archived from the original on April 29, 2021. Retrieved July 14, 2022.
  3. ^ Raj, Tanu I. (November 10, 2021). "Every TWICE song ranked in order of greatness". NME. Retrieved July 17, 2022.
  4. ^ "Key, BPM of The Best Thing I Ever Did by TWICE". Musicstax. Retrieved July 14, 2022.
  5. ^ "Mustache Films – Work" (in Korean). Mustache Films. Archived from the original on January 9, 2019. Retrieved December 10, 2023.
  6. ^ "가수 헤이즈, 몽골에서 신곡 '떨어지는 낙엽까지도' 뮤직비디오 촬영" (in Korean). KOFICE. October 17, 2019. Retrieved December 10, 2023.
  7. ^ Hong, Seung-han (November 26, 2018). "[단독]트와이스, 12월 리패키지 초고속 컴백…신곡 M/V 촬영 완료". Sports Seoul (in Korean). Retrieved December 10, 2023.
  8. ^ Kim, Eun-ae (December 8, 2018). "트와이스, '올해 제일 잘한 일'로 R&B 도전+박진영의 새로운 작곡법". OSEN (in Korean). Archived from the original on April 29, 2021. Retrieved July 14, 2022.
  9. ^ Hwang, Hye-jin (December 9, 2018). "베일벗은 트와이스 MV 티저, 9인 9색 보석 같은 매력[비하인드컷]". Newsen. Archived from the original on April 29, 2021. Retrieved July 14, 2022.
  10. ^ Herman, Tamar (December 12, 2018). "TWICE Get Reflective in Sweet New Video For 'The Best Thing I Ever Did': Watch". Billboard. Retrieved July 14, 2022.
  11. ^ Kim, Min-ju (January 5, 2019). "'골든디스크' 트와이스 "본상 수상, 2019년 좋게 시작"". TV Daily (in Korean). Retrieved December 10, 2023.
  12. ^ "HAPPY HAPPY - TWICE". Apple Music (in Japanese). Apple Inc. July 17, 2019. Archived from the original on December 22, 2019. Retrieved July 14, 2022.
  13. ^ "Twice to release Japanese album on Sept. 16". Korea JoongAng Daily. Archived from the original on February 24, 2021. Retrieved July 14, 2022.
  14. ^ a b "Digital Chart – 2018 Weeks 50". Circle Chart (in Korean). Korea Music Content Association. Retrieved July 14, 2022.
  15. ^ a b "TWICE Chart History: Billboard Korea K-Pop 100". Billboard. Archived from the original on June 24, 2021. Retrieved July 14, 2022.
  16. ^ a b "TWICE Chart History: World Digital Song Sales". Billboard. Archived from the original on June 9, 2020. Retrieved July 14, 2022.
  17. ^ a b "TWICE Chart History: Japan Hot 100". Billboard. Archived from the original on January 2, 2021. Retrieved July 14, 2022.
  18. ^ "올해 제일 잘한 일". Melon. Retrieved July 14, 2022.
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