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{{Short description|2007 single by Tom Baxter}}
{{Use British English|date=January 2014}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2020}}
{{Infobox song
| name = Better
| cover =
| alt =
| type = single
| artist = [[Tom Baxter]]
| album = Skybound
| released = 3 December 2007
| recorded = 2007
| studio =
| venue =
| genre = [[Acoustic rock]], [[pop music|pop]]
| length = 3:43
| label = [[Charisma Records|Charisma]]
| writer = [[Tom Baxter]]/Sam Semple
| producer =
| prev_title = [[This Boy (song)|This Boy]]
| prev_year = 2004
| next_title =
| next_year =
}}

"'''Better'''" is a 2007 single by British singer-songwriter, [[Tom Baxter]], co-written with Sam Semple. It was released on 3 December 2007, reaching a peak of No. 10 in the [[Irish Singles Chart]] and No. 67 in the [[UK Singles Chart]] in 2008.

==Track listing==
#"Better"
#"Too Far Gone"
#Love Is Not Enough

==Chart positions==
{|class="wikitable"
!Chart (2008)
!Peak<br />position
|-
|[[Irish Singles Chart]]
|align="center"|10
|-
|[[UK Singles Chart]]
|align="center"|67
|-
|}

==Boyzone cover==
{{Infobox song
| name = Better
| cover = Boyzone_-_Better.jpg
| alt =
| type = single
| artist = [[Boyzone]]
| album = [[Back Again... No Matter What]]
| B-side = [[Coming Home Now]]
| released = 8 December 2008
| recorded = 2008
| studio =
| venue =
| genre = [[Pop music|Pop]]
| length = 3:36
| label = [[Polydor Records|Polydor]]
| writer = Tom Baxter, Sam Semple
| producer = Stephen Lipson
| prev_title = [[Love You Anyway (Boyzone song)|Love You Anyway]]
| prev_year = 2008
| next_title = [[Gave It All Away]]
| next_year = 2010
}}

The first version of the song to chart was a cover by [[Boyzone]], released in December 2008 as the second and final single from their second greatest hits compilation, ''[[Back Again... No Matter What]]''. It became their final single released before the death of band member [[Stephen Gately]] in 2009.

===Background===
Boyzone's version of the song features both [[Ronan Keating]] and [[Stephen Gately]] on lead vocals. The single received less promotion than ''Love You Anyway'', due to the band's tour commitments, and charted much lower, selling 30,000 copies and becoming Boyzone's first single to miss the top 3 in Ireland and the first to miss the top 5 in the UK.

===Music video===
The music video for "Better" premiered on 14 October 2008. The entire video was shot in black and white, with each member of the group singing to a woman he is holding – with the exception of Stephen Gately, who is shown singing to a man – the only time a Boyzone video has depicted a same-sex [[Romantic interest|love interest]]. The video marks the last appearance for Gately in a [[Boyzone]] video, due to his death in October 2009.

===Track listing===
* '''Digital download'''<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/better-single/id298450563 |title=ITunes - Music - Better - Single by Boyzone |website=[[iTunes]] |access-date=17 March 2015 |archive-date=2 April 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402185542/https://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/better-single/id298450563 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
# "Better" – 3:36
# "Coming Home Now" – 3:46

===Chart positions===
{|class="wikitable"
|-
!Chart (2008)
!Peak<br />position
|-
|Europe ([[Eurochart Hot 100]])<ref>{{cite web|url={{BillboardURLbyName|artist=boyzone|chart=European Hot 100}} |title=Top 100 Music Hits, Top 100 Music Charts, Top 100 Songs & The Hot 100 |website=Billboard.com |accessdate=16 January 2012}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|63
|-
|Ireland ([[Irish Recorded Music Association|IRMA]])<ref name="auto">{{Cite web|url=http://www.irishcharts.ie/search/placement?page=1|title = The Irish Charts - All there is to know|website=Irishcharts.ie}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|26
|-
|Scotland ([[Scottish Singles Chart|OCC]])<ref name="auto"/>
| style="text-align:center;"|21
|-
|[[UK Singles Chart|UK Singles]] ([[Official Charts Company|OCC]])<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/singles-chart/20081005/7501/ |title=2008-10-11 Top 40 Official UK Singles Archive |publisher=[[Official Charts Company]] |date=11 October 2008 |accessdate=16 January 2012}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|22
|}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

{{Boyzone}}

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[[Category:2008 singles]]
[[Category:2007 songs]]
[[Category:Boyzone songs]]
[[Category:Polydor Records singles]]
[[Category:Pop ballads]]
[[Category:LGBTQ-related songs]]
[[Category:Song recordings produced by Stephen Lipson]]

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