Best Night of My Life (American Authors album)

Best Night of My Life is the fourth studio album by American pop rock band American Authors, primarily produced by the band’s own Matt Sanchez. Running at 27 minutes and comprising ten tracks, the album was released worldwide independently on February 10, 2024.

Best Night of My Life featured three singles, Blind for Love, which charted #20 on Adult Pop Airplay, Best Night of My Life, and We Happy. The band went on a tour in 2023 to promote the album, dubbed the Best Night of My Life Tour.

Background and recording
On April 23, 2021, American Authors announced that they would be parting ways with former band member, James Adam Shelly. Later that year, they also left Island Records and started releasing music independently. Throughout the next two years, the band would release several collaborations and covers.

Nearly one decade after the release of their hit single, “Best Day of My Life”, the band wanted to go back to their roots with their fourth album. During the COVID-19 pandemic, the band started doing writing retreats, where they would write together for an extended period of time, around the clock. With Best Night of My Life, the band came to Las Vegas and wrote and recorded twenty songs within the period of two weeks, and narrowed it down to the ten that were featured on the record.

Composition
Sonically, Best Night of My Life continues the band’s style of pop from their original debut album, Oh, What a Life (album), and other music released by American Authors over the years. Lyrically, the album aims to be an optimistic album which builds on the themes of previous American Authors songs and records.

Promotion
“Blind For Love,” which was released on September 30, 2022, as an EP with 5 remixes, served as the lead single of this album. Additionally, a music video was released on November 28, 2022. The song ended up being positioned as Track 5 on the album.

In early 2023, the second single and title track, “Best Night of My Life” was released on January 13, 2023, along with the album announcement. The music video was released on YouTube on January 20th, 2023, which was designed as a sequel to the smash hit Best Day of My Life. The third and final single, “We Happy Don’t Worry” was released on February 3, 2023, with the official music video dropping later that day.

The album was released on February 10, 2023 and was promoted by the “Best Night of My Life” tour, which began that night and lasted until March 13, 2023. The band continued to promote the album through social media and with a live performance on the Today (American TV program) show.

Personnel
American Authors
 * Zac Barnett – lead vocals, guitar, banjo, mandolin
 * Dave Rublin — vocals, bass, guitar, ukulele mandolin
 * Matt Sanchez — vocals, drums, percussion, keyboards, guitar, whistles

Production
 * Matt Sanchez — producer
 * American Authors — producer
 * Gregg Wattenberg – producer of “We Happy Don’t Worry”
 * Benzi — producer of “We Happy Don’t Worry”