The Best Side of Life

2006 single by Sarah Connor

"The Best Side of Life"

Single by Sarah Connor

from the album Christmas in My Heart

Released

24 November 2006 (2006-11-24)

Length

3:45

Label

X-Cell

Songwriter(s)

Marc Lennard
JoHo 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 several re-entries on the Media Control Charts, in December of the years 2007 to 2009, and of the years since 2017.

Music video

A music video for "The Best Side of Life" was directed by Oliver Sommer.^[1]

Track listing

All tracks produced by Kay Denar and Rob Tyger.

European CD single
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"The Best Side of Life"	Marc Lennard JoHo HF	3:49
2.	"A Ride in the Snow"	Kay Denar Rob Tyger	4:02

European CD maxi single
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"The Best Side of Life"	Lennard HF	3:49
2.	"A Ride in the Snow"	Denar Tyger	4:02
3.	"Why Does It Rain"	Denar Tyger	4:28
4.	"A Ride in the Snow" (Live video)		4:10

Notes

"Why Does It Rain" was inspired by the German christmas carol "Schneeflöckchen, Weißröckchen".^[2]

Charts

Weekly charts

Weekly chart performance for "The Best Side of Life"
Chart (2006–07)	Peak position
Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)^[3]	12
Czech Republic (Rádio Top 100 Oficiální)^[4]	53
Germany (Official German Charts)^[5]	4
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)^[6]	15

Year-end charts

Year-end chart performance for "The Best Side of Life"
Chart (2007)	Position
Germany (Official German Charts)^[7]	74

References

^ "The Best Side Of Life (2006) by Sarah Connor". imvdb.com. Retrieved 5 December 2022.
^ "Christmas In My Heart by Sarah Connor". mediabiz.de. Retrieved 5 December 2022.
^ "Sarah Connor – The Best Side of Life" (in German). Ö3 Austria Top 40. Retrieved 2013-11-05.
^ "RADIO TOP100 Oficiální". IFPI (in Czech). Retrieved 2009-07-09.
^ "Sarah Connor – The Best Side of Life" (in German). GfK Entertainment charts. Retrieved 2019-05-21.
^ "Sarah Connor – The Best Side of Life". Swiss Singles Chart. Retrieved 2013-11-05.
^ "Offizielle Single Top 100 - Musik Charts | MTV Germany". Archived from the original on 2008-08-14. Retrieved 2010-07-31.