Arthur's Theme (Best That You Can Do)

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single song

"Arthur's Theme (Best That You Can Do)" is an Academy Award-winning soft rock ballad by Christopher Cross, best known as the theme song from the 1981 romantic comedy film "Arthur."

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Arthur's Theme (Best That You Can Do) canonical 9

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Predicate Object
instanceOf single ⓘ
song ⓘ
associatedWith Arthur (film series) NERFINISHED ⓘ
awardReceived Academy Award for Best Original Song NERFINISHED ⓘ
Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song NERFINISHED ⓘ
basedOn romantic themes from the film Arthur ⓘ
chartPosition number one on the Adult Contemporary chart in the United States ⓘ
number one on the Billboard Hot 100 ⓘ
top ten on the UK Singles Chart ⓘ
composer Burt Bacharach NERFINISHED ⓘ
Carole Bayer Sager NERFINISHED ⓘ
Christopher Cross NERFINISHED ⓘ
Peter Allen NERFINISHED ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
genre pop ⓘ
soft rock ⓘ
hasAlternativeTitle Arthur's Theme NERFINISHED ⓘ
Arthur's Theme (Best That You Can Do) (from the Original Motion Picture "Arthur") NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasChorusLine When you get caught between the moon and New York City NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasISRC USWB18100074 ⓘ
hasKeyPhrase Best that you can do ⓘ
hasLyricsTheme falling in love ⓘ
personal confusion ⓘ
romance ⓘ
hasType ballad ⓘ
includedInSoundtrack Arthur: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack NERFINISHED ⓘ
language English ⓘ
length approximately 3 minutes 54 seconds ⓘ
lyricist Burt Bacharach NERFINISHED ⓘ
Carole Bayer Sager NERFINISHED ⓘ
Christopher Cross NERFINISHED ⓘ
Peter Allen NERFINISHED ⓘ
nominatedFor Grammy Award for Record of the Year NERFINISHED ⓘ
Grammy Award for Song of the Year NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableFor being Christopher Cross's second number-one hit in the United States ⓘ
winning the Academy Award for Best Original Song ⓘ
partOf Arthur (1981 film) NERFINISHED ⓘ
performer Christopher Cross NERFINISHED ⓘ
performerNationality American ⓘ
producer Michael Omartian NERFINISHED ⓘ
publicationDate 1981 ⓘ
publisher Warner Bros. Music NERFINISHED ⓘ
recordedIn English ⓘ
recordLabel Warner Bros. Records ⓘ
tempo slow ⓘ
use theme song ⓘ
usedFor theme song of the film Arthur ⓘ
vocalist Christopher Cross NERFINISHED ⓘ

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Christopher Cross → notableWork → Arthur's Theme (Best That You Can Do) ⓘ
Christopher Cross → awardReceivedFor → Arthur's Theme (Best That You Can Do) ⓘ
Christopher Cross → notableSingle → Arthur's Theme (Best That You Can Do) ⓘ
54th Academy Awards → bestOriginalSongWinner → Arthur's Theme (Best That You Can Do) ⓘ
Carole Bayer Sager → notableWork → Arthur's Theme (Best That You Can Do) ⓘ
Peter Allen → notableWork → Arthur's Theme (Best That You Can Do) ⓘ
Peter Allen → coWrote → Arthur's Theme (Best That You Can Do) ⓘ
Peter Allen → awardReceivedFor → Arthur's Theme (Best That You Can Do) ⓘ
Arthur → featuredSong → Arthur's Theme (Best That You Can Do) ⓘ
subject surface form: Arthur (1981 film)