Billboard #1 Hits #509: ‘Arthur’s Theme [ Best That You Can Do’]- Christopher Cross. October 17, 1981. #1 for 3 weeks in Billboard Hot 100.
- Single: ‘ Arthur’s Theme’ [Best That You Can Do’]- Christopher Cross
- Record Company- Warner Brothers
- Genre: Pop
- Written by Christopher Cross, Burt Bacharach, Carole Bayer Sager and Peter Allen
- Time: 3:53
- B-side:”Minstrel Gigolo’
- Album-Arthur- The Album
- Grade: B
- Peaked at #1 3 weeks in Billboard Hot 100. #7 in UK Singles Chart, #1 in Canada and Norway.
The theme song from the movie Arthur- which starred Dudley Moore and Liza Minnelli- won the Oscar for Best Original Song in 1981. Christopher Cross was still riding high on the pop charts at this point in time. Cross had 8 Top 40 hits in a row from 1980-83 with 2 #1’s ‘Sailing’ 1980 and this one. Cross was born Christopher Gepert in San Antonio, Texas in 1951. Cross is still active his last album release was in 2017.
slicethelife 
The man that put the yacht in yacht rock. Love his music.
I am not a huge fan but his music I do find relaxing.
Like John said… VERY “easy listening” but I do like this one a lot as well as “Sailing” and “ride Like the Wind.”
It’s a pleasant easy listening pop tune. I like some of Cross’s music.