The Best of Mandy Moore - Writing and Composition

Writing and Composition

Moore's earliest hit to be featured on the album is "Candy", the first single from her debut album So Real (1999). This song stands as a classic example of a teen pop song from the late 1990s/early 2000s. The song was written, composed, and produced by Denise Rich, Dave Katz, Denny Kleiman, Jive Jones, Tony Battaglia and Shaun Fisher. "Candy" it performed only moderately well on the Billboard Hot 100, peaking just outside the top 40, at #41. It entered the chart on #88 and reached its peak in its eighth week on the chart. The two other songs that are included from So Real are: "Walk Me Home" and "So Real". The two singles failed to enter the Billboard Hot 100, however, when "Walk Me Home" was re-released in 2000, it entered the Pop 100 chart on #39 and reached its peak #38 the following week. The song charted these only two weeks.

"I Wanna Be with You" was the only single released from her second studio album I Wanna Be with You (2000). The single was released in early 2000 and soon became Moore's highest chart topper, going all the way to the Top 25. It also became her only top 40 chart placement. It spent 16 weeks on the Billboard Hot 100, and reached #24 in its 9th week on the chart. The single was more successful in Australia, spending over 25 weeks in the top 100 and reaching number 11 on the ARIA charts. It also hit number 21 in the UK, becoming her second single to chart there, as well as her second top forty and is to date, her last single to chart there."I Wanna Be with You" is a string-heavy pop song with slight R&B influenced beats. The song is written in the key of E♭ Major and is set in the time signature of common time. It is moderately paced with a tempo of 76 beats per minute. The song also follows the sequence of Ebmaj7–Ab–Eb7–Abmaj7 as its chord progression. Moore's vocals in the song spans from the note of A♭₃ to D♭₅. The version used in the film has more poppy beats.

"In My Pocket" was the first single from her self-titled third studio album. The song was a mix of techno/R&B beats with a Middle Eastern sound; the song was slightly more mature than other Moore songs and was an entirely different approach for her as an artist at the time. This song missed the Billboard Hot 100 but still charted in the Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles chart at number two (equivalent to #102) on June 12, 2001. It performed modestly on CHR radio (the format in which Moore received most of her airplay), peaking at number twenty in Radio & Records. The song also peaked number twenty-one on the Pop 100 charts, where it stayed for nine weeks. "Crush" It was the album second single, following the mildly successful "In My Pocket". The song peaked at number 19 on the Bubbling Under Hot 100 chart. It did chart also on the Pop Songs chart, where it stayed for five weeks and peaked at number 35. The early 2002 release of the final single, "Cry", tied in with the film A Walk to Remember, Moore's debut as a lead actress.

The fourth studio album Coverage (2003), were included four songs, among which is the own version of "Have a Little Faith in Me", and "Drop the Pilot".