A couple of weeks ago for the Song of the Week, we heard, “After me say,’How many wishes can you wish in a day?'”

This week, after me say, “wo-o-o-o-o-o-o-oh.”

“Best Day of My Life” is a song by the American indie rock group, American Authors, that was released in 2013.  The members of the band first met while attending Berklee College of Music in Boston in 2006.  They originally called their group The Blue Pages.  They moved to Brooklyn in 2010, and changed the name to American Authors in 2012. “Best Day of My Life” was quite well received, as it became a Top 10 hit on music charts in places as diverse as the USA, Australia, Poland, Mexico, Sweden and many other countries.

I didn’t realize until I did a little research into the song that it has been used in commercials shown during the Super Bowl, as well as commercials for Hyundai in Europe, for Telecom New Zealand in New Zealand and for Nissan in Indonesia.  It was used by ESPN in the opening of its World Series of Poker coverage, as a theme song for NBC’s coverage of the Stanley Cup playoffs and was played at the conclusion of the Miss America Pageant..  It has been used in the soundtrack of various movies and TV shows. I can see, then, how the song easily fits in with one of the most American of holidays – Black Friday, which is being celebrated even as I post this piece..

Beyond that, it is certainly a song about life and its enjoyment; and that is the main reason it was chosen for this week.

“Best Day Of My Life”
By James Adam Shelley, Aaron Accetta, Michael Goodman, Matthew John Sanchez, Zachary Michael Barnett, David M. Rublin, Matthew Sanchez