Once You've Had the Best

"Once You've Had the Best"
Song by Johnny Paycheck
from the album Mr. Lovemaker
ReleasedJune 1973
StudioColumbia Recording Studio (Nashville, Tennessee)
GenreCountry
Length2:42
LabelEpic
SongwriterJohnny Paycheck
ProducerBilly Sherrill

"Once You've Had the Best" is a country ballad written by Johnny Paycheck. It was recorded by Paycheck on his 1973 album Mr. Lovemaker. The song was popularized in a more optimistic tone by George Jones, who released it as a single for his album The Grand Tour, with the single reaching number three on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart.