The Best Of Me follows the Canadian’s previous greatest hits collection, 1993’s quintuple platinum So Far So Good. Five of the 15 selections on The Best Of Me also appeared on that earlier album: the Top 15 “Summer Of ‘69” and Top 10 “Run To You” (both from 1984’s Reckless), #2 gold “Can’t Stop This Thing We Started” (from 1991’s Waking Up The Neighbours), “(Everything I Do) I Do It For You” (#1, triple platinum, Oscar- and Grammy-winner from 1991’s Robin Hood: Prince Of Thieves) and a song which premiered on So Far So Good, the Top 10 “Please Forgive Me.” A new song, the title track, also made its debut on The Best Of Me when it was first released internationally in 1999.
In addition, heard on The Best Of Me are three selections from his most recent album, 1998’s On A Day Like Today: “Cloud #9,” “When You’re Gone” and “Inside Out.” The other favorites included are “I’m Ready” (from 1983’s Cuts Like A Knife), “Let’s Make A Night To Remember” and “The Only Thing That Looks Good On Me Is...” (both from 1996’s 18 ‘Til I Die), “Back To You” (from 1997’s Unplugged) and the soundtrack songs “All For Love” (Top 10, platinum with Rod Stewart and Sting from 1993’s The Three Musketeers) and “Have You Ever Really Loved A Woman?” (#1 and Oscar-nominated from 1995’s Don Juan DeMarco).