Arthur’s Theme (Best That You Can Do)
~ Recording by Christopher Cross
Appears on releases
| # | Title | Length | Track artist | Release title | Release artist | Release group type | Country/Date | Label | Catalog# |
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| 2.12 | Arthur’s Theme (Best That You Can Do) | 3:51 | Christopher Cross | Burt Bacharach & Friends: Gold (BMG Direct) | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Hip‐O Records, Mercury Records (or just “Mercury”; a UMG imprint, do not use it for ©/℗ credits), UMe (imprint of Universal Music Enterprises), BMG Direct (BMG’s direct marketing company/club editions) | B0007324-02, D220068 |
| 2.12 | Arthur's Theme (Best That You Can Do) | 3:55 | Christopher Cross | Classic Soft Rock: Summer Breeze | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Time–Life Music, Rhino Special Products | 21230-2, OPCD-7873 |
| 2.18 | Arthur’s Theme (Best That You Can Do) | 3:54 | Christopher Cross | Memorize AOR Best Selection | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Sony Records International (Japanese TEXTLESS boxed Walking Eye imprint) | SICP-2803 |
| 6.12 | Arthur’s Theme (Best That You Can Do) | 3:55 | Christopher Cross | The Best of Soft Rock | Various Artists | Album + Compilation |
| Time–Life Music | 33491-D |
Relationships
| additional engineer: | John Guess Lee Herschberg Mark Linett Richard Mullen |
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| assistant engineer: | Stuart Gitlin Margaret Gwynne (engineer) |
| producer: | Michael Omartian |
| mixer: | Chet Himes |
| lead vocals: | Christopher Cross (US singer‐songwriter) |
| conductor: | Michael Omartian |
| strings arranger: | Michael Omartian |
| arranger: | Christopher Cross (US singer‐songwriter) Rob Meurer Michael Omartian |
| concertmaster: | Assa Drori |
| phonographic copyright (℗) by: | Warner Bros. Records Inc. (not for release label use, company behind the “WB Records” imprint) (in 1981, in 1983) |
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| recorded at and mixed at: | Warner Bros. Recording Studios (North Hollywood, a/k/a Amigo Studios) in North Hollywood |
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| sampled by: | Évszakok by Balázs Fecó |
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| part of: | Paste: The 25 Greatest Yacht Rock Songs of All Time (number: 19) (order: 19) |
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| recording of: | Arthur’s Theme (Best That You Can Do) |
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Related works
Arthur’s Theme (Best That You Can Do)
| writer: | Peter Allen (Australian singer‐songwriter) Burt Bacharach Carole Bayer Sager Christopher Cross (US singer‐songwriter) |
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| publisher: | Begonia Melodies Inc. New Hidden Valley Music Co. Universal Music–MGB Songs Warner Chappell Music Publishing (Warner/Chappell Music, Inc.) Warner Olive Music LLC Warner-Barham Music LLC Warner/Chappell North America Woolnough Music ヤマハミュージックエンタテインメントホールディングス (Yamaha Music Entertainment Holdings, Inc., holding company – do not use as release label) ユニバーサル・ミュージック・パブリッシング Synch事業部 (Universal Music Publishing, Synch Division) |
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| later parody versions: | COVID'S Theme |
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| later translated versions: | Sogni proibiti (Arthur’s Theme) 樣樣做到好 |
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