"Better"
Single by Brooke Fraser
from the album What to Do with Daylight
B-side"Pliable" (live acoustic)
Released30 June 2003
Length4:05
LabelColumbia
Songwriter(s)Brooke Fraser
Producer(s)Brady Blade
Brooke Fraser singles chronology
"Better"
(2003)
"Lifeline"
(2004)

"Better" is a song by New Zealand singer-songwriter Brooke Fraser from her first album, What to Do with Daylight (2003). It was released as her debut single in 2003 and reached number three on the New Zealand Singles Chart.

Song information

This was the song that introduced and launched Fraser as a recording artist in New Zealand. She wrote the song when she was in seventh form in high school. The song was also used in the New Zealand advertisements for World Vision, with Brooke appearing in them as well.

Chart performance

"Better" debuted on the New Zealand Singles Chart at number fifty on 6 July 2003 and peaked at number three where it stayed for four weeks. The song spent a total of twenty two weeks on the chart. Furthermore, the single was the tenth biggest song in the year-end Top 50 Singles of 2003.

Music video

In the video, Temuera Morrison played Brooke's father. He is basically a drunken and abusive father that can never take care of himself, and Brooke is looking for a way out.

Track listing

  1. "Better" (6/8 version) (4:02)
  2. "Better" (4/4 version) (3:54)
  3. "Pliable" (live acoustic mix) (3:28)

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (2003) Peak
position
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)[1] 3

Year-end charts

Chart (2003) Position
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)[2] 10

References

  1. โ†‘ "Brooke Fraser โ€“ Better". Top 40 Singles. Retrieved 10 February 2022.
  2. โ†‘ "End of Year Charts 2003". Recorded Music NZ. Retrieved 12 December 2017.
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