Better Days (Bruce Springsteen song)

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"Better Days"
File:Bruce Springsteen - Better Days.png
Single by Bruce Springsteen
from the album Lucky Town
B-side"Tougher Than the Rest" (live)
Released
  • March 1992 (1992-03) (with "Human Touch")
  • May 11, 1992 (solo)
Length4:08 (3:45 radio edit)
LabelColumbia
SongwriterBruce Springsteen
ProducersJon Landau, Chuck Plotkin, Bruce Springsteen
Bruce Springsteen singles chronology
"Human Touch"
(1992) 		"Better Days"
(1992) 		"57 Channels (And Nothin' On)"
(1992)

"Better Days" is the first single from American singer-songwriter Bruce Springsteen's 10th studio album, Lucky Town (1992). In the United States, it was released by Columbia Records as a double A-side with "Human Touch" in March 1992, while "Better Days" by itself was issued in the United Kingdom on May 11, 1992. "Human Touch" / "Better Days" reached number 16 on the US Billboard Hot 100 while "Better Days" entered the top 10 in Italy, peaking at number four. "Better Days" was ranked at number 70 on Rolling Stone's list of the "100 Greatest Bruce Springsteen Songs.[1]

Track listings

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  • US and European 7-inch and CD single[2]
  1. "Human Touch" – 6:30
  2. "Better Days" – 4:08
  • US and European 12-inch and CD maxi-single[3]
  1. "Human Touch" – 6:30
  2. "Better Days" – 4:08
  3. "Souls of the Departed" – 4:16
  • European 7-inch single[4]
  1. "Better Days" – 4:08
  2. "Tougher Than the Rest" (live) – 6:30
  • European 12-inch and CD maxi-single[5]
  1. "Better Days" – 4:08
  2. "Tougher Than the Rest" (live) – 6:30
  3. "Part Man, Part Monkey" – 4:29

Charts

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Weekly chart performance for "Better Days"
Chart (1992) Peak
position
Australia (ARIA)[6] 75
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)[7] 28
Canada Top Singles (RPM)[8] 36
Europe (Eurochart Hot 100)[9] 41
Ireland (IRMA)[10] 25
Italy (Musica e dischi)[11] 4
Netherlands (Single Top 100)[12] 29
Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)[13] 23
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[14] 39
UK Singles (OCC)[15] 34
UK Airplay (Music Week)[16] 20
US Billboard Hot 100[17]
with "Human Touch" 		16
US Mainstream Rock (Billboard)[18] 2

Release history

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Release dates and formats for "Better Days"
Region Version Date Format(s) Label(s) Ref.
United States with "Human Touch" March 1992
  • 7-inch vinyl
  • CD
  • cassette
 Columbia
United Kingdom Solo May 11, 1992
  • 7-inch vinyl
  • 12-inch vinyl
  • CD
  • cassette
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Australia June 1, 1992
  • CD
  • cassette
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References

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