Save the Best for Last

"Save the Best for Last"
Single by Vanessa Williams
from the album The Comfort Zone
B-side	"Freedom Dance" (US) "2 of a Kind" (Europe)
Released	January 14, 1992 (1992-01-14)
Genre	Pop
Length	3:40
Label	Wing Mercury
Songwriter(s)	Phil Galdston Wendy Waldman Jon Lind
Producer(s)	Keith Thomas
Vanessa Williams singles chronology
"The Comfort Zone" (1991) "Save the Best for Last" (1992) "Just for Tonight" (1992)
Music video
"Save the Best for Last" on YouTube

"Save the Best for Last" is a song by American singer and actress Vanessa Williams, released in January 1992 as the third single from her second studio album, The Comfort Zone (1991). The song was written by Phil Galdston, Wendy Waldman, and Jon Lind. It 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 initiate a relationship with her. The lyrics' redemptive themes resonated with Williams' story, as she had put together a successful music career following her earlier Miss America resignation scandal.^[1]

The song was a commercial and critical success. It topped the US Billboard Hot 100 chart for five weeks,^[2] and was ranked fourth on Billboard's Top 100 hits of 1992 list, becoming the biggest success of Williams' music career. ASCAP named it Song of the Year in 1992; it was nominated for the Grammy Award for Song of the Year, Record of the Year and Best Female Pop Vocal Performance in 1993.^[3] There were produced two different music videos to promote the single.