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Better Life
Chart (2005) Peak
position
US Billboard Hot 100[1] 44
US Country Songs (Billboard)[2] 1
Preceded by Billboard Hot Country Songs Succeeded by
"Something to Be Proud Of" number-one single "Come a Little Closer"
by Montgomery Gentry October 22-November 26, 2005 by Dierks Bentley
"Better Life" top that chart. The song also went to #44 on Billboard’s
Hot 100.
Content
The mid-to-uptempo song is driven by a chugging banjo
part set against a distinctive drum pattern. The message
of an optimistic future prevailing over current struggles
pervades the lyrics, summarized by the chorus. Urban’s
electric guitar playing further decorates the song, espe-
cially in its outro.
Music video
The music video for "Better Life" portrayed Urban and
Single by Keith Urban his band playing the song in a Los Angeles culvert, inter-
cut with scenes of a struggling young pair of lovers hav-
from the album Be Here ing their ups and downs, and finally ending up in the cul-
Released July 25, 2005 vert to watch Urban. In April 2006 Urban won the CMT
Music Awards Video of the Year for it. Urban closed that
Format CD single
awards show with a live performance of the song, featur-
Genre Country ing a long interpolation of Bruce Springsteen’s "The Ris-
ing" and backing vocals from a large choir consisting of
Length 4:42
displaced persons from the previous summer’s Hurricane
Label Capitol Records Nashville Katrina.
Writer(s) Richard Marx, Keith Urban
Producer Dann Huff, Keith Urban Chart performance
Keith Urban singles chronology "Better Life" debuted at number 43 on the U.S. Billboard
Hot Country Songs chart for the week of July 30, 2005.
"Making Memories of Better
"Better "Tonight I Wanna
Us"
(2005)
Life"
Life
(2005)
Cry"
(2005) References
[1] "Keith Urban Album & Song Chart History"
"Better Life is the title of a song co-written and recorded
Better Life" Billboard Hot 100 for Keith Urban. Prometheus
by Australian country music artist Keith Urban. It was re- Global Media. Retrieved April 10, 2011.
leased in July 2005 as the fourth single from Urban’s 2004 [2] "Keith Urban Album & Song Chart History"
album, Be Here. It spent six weeks atop Billboard’s Hot Billboard Country Songs for Keith Urban.
Country Songs chart and became Urban’s seventh song to Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved April 10, 2011.
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• Songs written by Richard Marx
• 2005 singles
• Songs produced by Dann Huff
• Songs written by Keith Urban
• Capitol Records singles
• Music videos directed by Chris Hicky
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