"Better Than" is a song by Australian band

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from their fourth studio album, ''

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''. Produced by

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and Mario Caldato Jr., it was released in the

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on 20 February 2007 as an online single, the third single in Australia and the first overseas single from the album. The EP includes two previously unreleased tracks recorded in the ''Grand National'' sessions, and a special radio mix version of "Better Than" from US sound man,

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. To this day, the radio mix version still receives moderate airplay from

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stations. The EP debuted at number sixteen in the ARIA Singles Chart on 3 September 2007. "Better Than" was also popular in the

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being voted at number four and appearing on the compilation CD. On 31 July 2007 the song was performed on ''

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''.

Music video

An accompanying music video for "Better Than", which utilizes the "Chris Lord-Alge radio mix" has been released on

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on 1 August 2007. In this video, members of the John Butler Trio band perform the song while on animated posters and performing on various spots of the streets with various pedestrians and skateboarders going by. Throughout, 2 messages (which reiterate the lyrical content in the song itself) are shown in a style of

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saying "The best things in life...aren't things!" and "Art changes people... people change the world." (uploaded 1 August 2007)

Track listing

All tracks written by

Personnel

;The John Butler Trio *John Butler – vocals, acoustic/amplified 6 string guitar, banjo, harmonica *Shannon Birchall – double bass, backing vocals *Michael Barker – drums, congas, shaker, tambourine, cow bells, vibraslap, backing vocals ;Production credits *John Butler – producer *Mario Caldato Jr. – producer, engineer, mixing *Shannon Birchall – co-producer *Michael Barker – co-producer *

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– assistant engineer *Bernie Grundman – mastering *Tom Walker – artwork

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

References

{{Authority control 2007 singles 2007 songs Atlantic Records singles John Butler Trio songs Song recordings produced by Mario Caldato Jr. Songs written by John Butler (musician)