Synopsis

Steps perform "Better Best Forgotten" in a glossy blue studio setting built around water, reflective surfaces, and cool metallic styling. Claire, Faye, and Lisa take the lead on the verses while Lee and H join the choruses, but the boys keep interrupting the girls' filming with playful antics and water pistols. The polished visual design contrasts with the deliberately slapstick behavior, giving the ballad a lighthearted, mischievous tone rather than treating its breakup theme too seriously.

Factoids & Trivia

• The video was filmed on January 7, 1999, at Park Royal Studios in London.

• Its visual approach was based less on a narrative concept than on a planned look, feel, and color palette. Blue lighting, blue costumes, reflective surfaces, and water effects give it a distinctly aquatic appearance.

• A large wall made from glass bricks collapsed onto Faye Tozer during filming. Crew members helped catch it and break its fall, and she escaped without major injury.

• The water pistols and interruptions were intended as slapstick touches, helping offset the song's more melancholy subject matter.

• "Better Best Forgotten" was released on March 8, 1999, as the final single from Steps' debut album, "Step One."

• The single reached No. 2 on the UK Singles Chart and spent 17 weeks on the chart. It was the first Steps single to fall out of the chart and later re-enter.