Getting Better (Shed Seven song)

"Getting Better"
Single by Shed Seven
from the album A Maximum High
Released January 15, 1996
Format CD, 7", Cassette
Recorded 1996
Genre Britpop
Rock
Length 4:13
Label Polydor Records
Writer(s) Shed Seven
Producer Chris Sheldon
Shed Seven singles chronology
Where Have You Been Tonight?
(1995)
Getting Better
(1996)
Going For Gold
(1996)

"Getting Better" is the second single from the Shed Seven album A Maximum High. The song spent a total of 3 weeks in the UK Singles Chart,[1] peaking at number 14 on January 27, 1996.[1]

The song also appears on the band's compilation albums Going For Gold and The Singles Collection, along with the live albums Where Have You Been Tonight? and Live At The BBC.

The song was used as the theme tune for the ITV2 reality show CelebAir which was based around celebrities undertaking the roles of Check-In Attendants and Airline Cabin-Crew. The show was broadcast between 2 September 2008 and 23 October 2008 and was won by Lisa Maffia.

The BBC used the song towards the end of the group games in the FIFA World Cup 2010, to add hope to England World Cup campaign.

Track listing

  1. "Getting Better"
  2. "Only Dreaming"
  3. "Song Seven"
  1. "Getting Better"
  2. "Only Dreaming"
  1. "Getting Better"
  2. "Only Dreaming"

References