Better Now (Collective Soul song)
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| "Better Now" | ||||
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| Single by Collective Soul | ||||
| from the album Cursed: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack and Youth | ||||
| B-side | "General Attitude"[1] | |||
| Released | January 24, 2005 | |||
| Length | 3:14 | |||
| Label | El | |||
| Songwriters | Ed Roland, Dexter Green | |||
| Producers | Ed Roland, Dexter Green | |||
| Collective Soul singles chronology | ||||
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"Better Now" is a song by American alternative rock band Collective Soul, released as the second single off their sixth studio album, Youth (2004), on January 24, 2005. It was written by singer-guitarist Ed Roland and producer Dexter Green. The coda features a saxophone solo. In concert, this is replaced with a guitar solo. The radio edit version also includes a guitar solo.[2] "Better Now" failed to chart on the US Billboard Hot 100 but peaked at number 17 on the Bubbling Under Hot 100 chart and entered the top 10 on the Adult Top 40 and Triple-A rankings.
During a live Collective Soul performance at The Cabot in Beverly, Massachusetts, on August 19, 2023, Ed Roland said that "Better Now" is "...the best damn divorce song ever. And honestly, I'll lay this down on any divorce song ever on the planet. I will. Because it's positive. It's not negative. It's positive."[3] Jason Damas of PopMatters described the song as "a big, energetic pop hook set to a Cars-ish, robotic grind, and is spiked with a colorful layer of horns for color."[4]
Charts
Weekly charts
| Chart (2005) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Canada Hot AC Top 30 (Radio & Records)[5] | 3 |
| US Bubbling Under Hot 100 (Billboard)[6] | 17 |
| US Adult Alternative Airplay (Billboard)[7] | 10 |
| US Adult Pop Airplay (Billboard)[8] | 9 |
Year-end charts
| Chart (2005) | Position |
|---|---|
| US Adult Top 40 (Billboard)[9] | 23 |
| US Triple-A (Billboard)[10] | 39 |
Release history
| Region | Date | Format | Label | Ref. |
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| United States | January 24, 2005 | Triple-A radio | El | [11] |
| February 11, 2005 | Hot adult contemporary radio | [12] |
