“Save The Best For Last” is a 1992 single written by Phil Galdston, Wendy Waldman and Jon Lind in March 1989. It is considered Vanessa Williams’ signature song. The lyrics’ redemptive themes resonated with Williams’ story, as she had put together a successful recording career following her earlier Miss America resignation scandal. The song is a ballad about a young female admirer of a single man who stands by and watches as the object of her desires goes through years of dating, before he finally unexpectedly decides to consummate a relationship with the singer.
“Save The Best For Last” was not written specifically for Vanessa Williams. There were a number of other singers who were offered the song, they all turned it down. While recording her cd “The Comfort Zone”, at the last minute, a song had to be replaced. Vanessa was played “Save The Best For Last”, and Vanessa said: “I can’t believe nobody wants this song. I have to have this song.”
The single was Williams’ third number one on the Soul singles chart and topped the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 for five weeks in 1992. “Save the Best for Last” was ranked fourth in the Billboard Top 100 hits of 1992, becoming the biggest success of Williams’ music career. The song also went to #1 on the U.S. adult contemporary and R&B charts; it remained atop these charts for three weeks apiece. Internationally, the single shot to number one in Australia, the Netherlands, and Canada, and to number three in the United Kingdom, number two in Ireland, and number three in Japan. ASCAP named it as its Song of the Year, meaning it was performed more than any other song in 1992, and it was nominated for the Grammy Award for Song of the Year and Record of the Year in 1993 losing to Eric Clapton’s Tears In Heaven in both categories.
By Vanessa Williams
Lyrics
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Sometimes the snow comes down in June Sometimes the sun goes ’round the moon I see the passion in your eyes Sometimes it’s all a big surprise
‘Cause there was a time when all I did was wish You’d tell me this was love It’s not the way I hoped or have I planned But somehow it’s enough And now we’re standing face to face Isn’t this world a crazy place Just when I thought our chance had passed You go and save the best for last All of the nights you came to me When some silly girls had set you free You wondered how you’d make it through I wondered what was wrong with you Cause how could you give your love to someone else And share your dreams with me Sometimes the very thing you’re looking for Is the one thing you can’t see Sometimes the very thing you’re looking for Is the one thing you can’t see Sometimes the snow comes down in June Sometimes the sun goes ’round the moon Just when I thought our chance had passed You go and save the best for last |
六月有時會下雪 太陽有時會繞著月亮運轉 我看到你眼中的熱情 有時那讓人大感意外
因為曾有一段時間，我不斷祈求 你會告訴我這就是愛 那不是我預期或計劃的方式 但那已經夠了 此刻，我們面對面站著 世界真是瘋狂 就在我以為我倆的機會已杳 你卻將最好的留在最後 你來到我身邊的所有夜晚 當那些傻女孩讓你自由 你懷疑自己是怎麼辦到的 我也想知道究竟是怎麼回事 因為，你怎能把愛給了別人 又和我一起分享夢想 有時你尋覓的特別事物 往往是你視而不見 有時你尋覓的特別事物 往往是你視而不見 六月有時會下雪 太陽有時會繞著月亮運轉 就在我以為我倆的機會已杳 你卻將最好的留在最後 |