Better (Brooke Fraser song)
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| Single by Brooke Fraser from the album What To Do With Daylight |
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| Released | June 30, 2003 | ||||
| Format | CD Single | ||||
| Recorded | 2003 | ||||
| Genre | Pop | ||||
| Length | 4:05 | ||||
| Label | Columbia | ||||
| Writer(s) | Brooke Fraser | ||||
| Producer | Brady Blade | ||||
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"Better" is the debut single by Brooke Fraser, from her multi-platinum and award-winning album What To Do With Daylight.
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[edit] Song information
This was the song that introduced and launched Brooke as a recording artist in New Zealand. Brooke 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. The song was included in the New Zealand compilation Now That's What I Call Music 13 in 2003.
[edit] Chart performance
Initially charting at number 50 on July 6 2003, the song spent 22 weeks in the New Zealand Top 50 Singles chart, in which five of those were in the Top 5, and an impressive fifteen weeks in the Top 20. Furthermore, the single was the tenth biggest in the year-end Top 50 Singles of 2003 in New Zealand and peaked at #3.
[edit] 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.
[edit] External links
| Albums: | What To Do With Daylight (2004) | Albertine (2006) |
| Singles: | Better | Lifeline | Saving the World | Arithmetic | Without You | Deciphering Me | Shadowfeet | Albertine |
| Related: | Hillsong United | Bernie Fraser | Naenae, Lower Hutt, New Zealand |
| Publishing: | Sony BMG | Columbia Records |
| Official Sites: | BrookeFraser.com | Brooke Fraser MySpace | Brooke Fraser Fansite |
