Better (Brooke Fraser song)

2003 single by Brooke Fraser

"Better"

Single by Brooke Fraser
from the album  What to Do with Daylight
B-side| "Pliable" (live acoustic)
Released| 30 June 2003
Length| 4:05
Label| Columbia
Songwriter(s)| Brooke Fraser
Producer(s)| Brady Blade
Brooke Fraser singles chronology
|  | "Better"
(2003)  | "Lifeline"
(2004)

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"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

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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

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"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

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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

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

## Charts

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### Weekly charts

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Chart (2003)  | Peak
position

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New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)[1] | 3

### Year-end charts

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Chart (2003)  | Position

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New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)[2] | 10

## References

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1. ^ "Brooke Fraser – Better". Top 40 Singles. Retrieved 10 February 2022.
2. ^ "End of Year Charts 2003". Recorded Music NZ. Retrieved 12 December 2017.

## External links

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* charts.org.nz - Brooke Fraser - Better
* "Better" video on YouTube

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Discography

Studio albums|

* What to Do with Daylight (2004)
* Albertine (2006)
* Flags (2010)
* Brutal Romantic (2014)

Live albums|

* Seven (2022)

Singles|

* "Better"
* "Lifeline"
* "Saving the World"
* "Arithmetic"
* "Without You"
* "Deciphering Me"
* "Shadowfeet"
* "Albertine"
* "Something in the Water"
* "Betty"
* "A Thousand Hallelujahs"
* "Honey in the Rock"

Promotional singles|

* "Nineveh"

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