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			{{Short description\|2001 song by Robbie Williams}}
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	\| name = Better Man		\| name = Better Man
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	\| artist = ]		\| artist = ]
	\| album = ]		\| album = ]
			\| B-side =
	\| released = {{Start date\|2001\|10\|22\|df=y}}
			* "My Way" (live)
	\| format = ]
			* "Rolling Stone"
	\| recorded = 2000
			* "Toxic"
			\| released = {{Start date\|df=y\|2001\|10\|22}}
			\| recorded =
	\| studio =		\| studio =
			* Master Rock (North London, England)
	\| venue =
			* ] (], England)
	\| genre = ]
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	\| length = {{Duration\|m=3\|s=22}}		\| length = {{Duration\|m=3\|s=22}}
	\| label = ]		\| label = ], ]
	\| writer = Guy Chambers, Robbie Williams		\| writer = ], Robbie Williams
	\| producer = ], Steve Power		\| producer = Guy Chambers, ]
	\| prev_title = ]		\| prev_title = ]
	\| prev_year = 2001		\| prev_year = 2001
	\| next_title = ]		\| next_title = ]
	\| next_year = 2001		\| next_year = 2001
			\| misc = {{External music video\|{{YouTube\|2FnsJ_Dm4As\|"Better Man"}}\|header=Audio video}}
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	"'''Better Man'''" is a song by ~~British~~ ~~] ]~~ ], it ~~became~~ the ~~last~~ single from his album '']'' in ~~late~~ 2001. It was ~~only~~ released in Australia, New Zealand and Latin America.		"'''Better Man'''" is a song by English pop singer ], released as the final single from his third studio album, '']'' (2000), in October 2001. It was released only in Australia, New Zealand and Latin America. A music video for the Australian release was produced in 2001, reusing scenes from Williams' "]" music video (since the single was not released in that territory), intercut with a live performance of "Better Man" from his The Sermon on the Mount Tour in Manchester, England, in October 2000, overdubbed with the studio version. The song's title would later go on to serve as the title of Williams' ].

	==Spanish version==		==Spanish version==
	Williams recorded a Spanish version of the song called "{{lang\|es\|Ser ~~Mejor~~}}" ("To Be Better"), it was included on the Latin American pressings of ~~his~~ ~~album~~ ~~and~~ ~~was~~ ~~released~~ as a ~~single~~ to ~~radio~~ ~~stations~~ in ~~the~~ ~~Spanish-speaking~~ ~~countries~~ in ~~February~~ ~~2001.~~		] recorded a Spanish version of the song called "{{lang\|es\|Ser mejor}}" ("To Be Better"). It was included on the Latin American pressings of '']''.<ref>{{cite AV media notes\|title=Sing When You're Winning\|title-link=Sing When You're Winning\|others=]\|year=2000\|type=Mexican CD album liner notes\|publisher=]\|id=7243 5 28505 2 5}}</ref>

	==~~Chart~~ success==		==Release and success==
			In New Zealand, "Better Man" began receiving airplay in late 2000. It eventually peaked at number four on the ] for four weeks in December 2000 and January 2001.<ref name="nz"/> The promotional disc of "Ser mejor" was sent to Latin American radio stations in 2001.<ref>{{cite AV media notes\|title=Ser mejor\|others=Robbie Williams\|year=2001\|type=Mexican promo CD liner notes\|publisher=Chrysalis Records\|id=200 1329}}</ref> In Australia, "Better Man" was released as a ] on 22 October 2001.<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.aria.com.au/issue608.PDF\|title=The ARIA Report: New Releases Singles – Week Commencing 22nd October 2001\|publisher=]\|page=24\|date=22 October 2001\|url-status=dead\|archive-url=https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20020220130000/http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/23790/20020221-0000/www.aria.com.au/issue608.PDF\|archive-date=20 February 2002\|access-date=24 April 2021}}{{cbignore\|bot=medic}}</ref> It appeared on the ] the following week, climbing to number eight during its ninth week on the chart and reaching its peak of number six on 20 January 2002, spending four nonconsecutive weeks at that position and remaining in the top 50 for 29 weeks.<ref name="aus"/> It sold over 35,000 copies, earning a gold ] from the ] (ARIA).<ref name="auscert"/>
	The song was first released to radio stations in Latin America, in the summer of 2001 in its Spanish form, it was later issued to radio in Australia and New Zealand in its original English version, when the single was physically released it charted inside the top forty in Australia, but it climbed to number eight in its ninth week and reaching its peak of number-six on its twelfth week spending nine weeks inside the top ten and twenty-nine weeks inside the chart selling over 35,000 copies being certified Gold by the ].<ref name="autogenerated2001">{{cite web\|url=http://www.aria.com.au/pages/aria-charts-accreditations-singles-2001.htm \|title=ARIA Certification for "Better Man" \|publisher=Aria.com.au \|date= \|accessdate=2012-07-08 \|deadurl=yes \|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140205035939/http://www.aria.com.au/pages/aria-charts-accreditations-singles-2001.htm \|archivedate=5 February 2014 \|df=dmy }}</ref> The song managed to break into the top five in New Zealand where it spent twenty weeks inside the charts. In Argentina, the song managed to reach number-one after the massive airplay of its Spanish version, in Mexico it became another top ten single for Williams. The song made an appearance in the Irish charts in 2001 when the late Irish singer ] recorded it. Indeed, so happy was Joe with his version of the song that he named a Greatest Hits collection after it.

	==Other versions==
	In the same year, ] recorded a Chinese-language version of the song, which was included in her album ''2001 Lian'' (2001蓮).

	==Track listing==		==Track listing==
			'''Australian CD single'''<ref name="aus"/>
	# "Better Man" – 3:22
	# "My ~~Way~~" ~~(live)~~ – 4:32		# "Better Man" – 3:24
	# "~~Rolling~~ ~~Stone~~" – 3:30		# "My Way" (live) – 4:35
	# "~~Toxic~~" – 3:48		# "Rolling Stone" – 3:43
	# "Let Love Be Your Energy" (video) – 4:57		# "Toxic" – 3:51
			# "Let Love Be Your Energy" (video) – 4:18

	==~~Certifications~~ and ~~sales~~==		==Credits and personnel==
			Credits are taken from the '']'' album booklet.<ref>{{cite AV media notes\|title=Sing When You're Winning\|others=Robbie Williams\|year=2000\|type=UK CD album booklet\|publisher=Chrysalis Records\|id=7243 5 28125 2 3}}</ref>
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			'''Studios'''
			* Recorded at Master Rock Studios (North London, England) and ] (], England)
			* Mixed at Battery Studios (London, England)
			* Mastered at ] (London, England)

			'''Personnel'''
			{{div col}}
			* Robbie Williams – writing, lead vocals
			* ] – writing, piano, orchestration, production, arrangement
			* ] – backing vocals, bass guitar
			* ] – backing vocals
			* ] – backing vocals
			* ] – ]
			* ] – electric guitars
			* ] – drums
			* Andy Duncan – percussion
			* ] – orchestra
			* ] – ]
			* ] – orchestration
			* Isobel Griffiths – orchestral contractor
			* Steve Price – orchestral engineering
			* ] – production, mixing, ]
			* Richard Flack – Pro Tools
			* Tony Cousins – mastering
			{{div col end}}

			==Charts==
			{{col-begin}}
			{{col-2}}

			===Weekly charts===
			{\|class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
			!Chart (2000–2002)
			!Peak<br/>position
	\|-		\|-
			{{single chart\|Australia\|6\|artist=Robbie Williams\|song=Better Man\|rowheader=true\|refname="aus"}}
	!align="left"\|Country
	!align="left"\|Certification (if any)
	!align="left"\|Sales/shipments
	\|-		\|-
			{{single chart\|New Zealand\|4\|artist=Robbie Williams\|song=Better Man\|rowheader=true\|refname="nz"}}
	\|align="left"\|Australia
	\| style="text-align:center;"\|Gold<ref name="autogenerated2001"/>
	\| style="text-align:center;"\|35,000+
	\|}		\|}
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			===Year-end charts===
	==Charts==
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			!Chart (2000)
			!Position
	\|-		\|-
			!scope="row"\|Taiwan (Hito Radio)<ref>{{cite web\|url=http://www.hitoradio.com/newweb/chart_2.php?ch_year=2000\|title=Hitoradio‧Hit Fm --華人音樂入口指標\|publisher=]\|language=zh\|url-status=live\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171218182819/http://www.hitoradio.com/newweb/chart_2.php?ch_year=2000\|archive-date=18 December 2017\|access-date=5 May 2022}}</ref>
	!align="left"\|Chart (2001)
			\|31
	!align="left"\|Peak<br>position<ref>{{cite web\|author=Steffen Hung \|url=http://charts.org.nz/showitem.asp?interpret=Robbie+Williams&titel=Better+Man&cat=s \|title="Better Man" Chart Positions \|publisher=Charts.org.nz \|date= \|accessdate=2012-07-08}}</ref><ref>{{cite web \|url=http://www.radioredfm.com.mx/grc/homepage.nsf/main?readform&url=/grc/redfm.nsf/vwALL/XPAO-65PQTF \|title=Robbie Williams in Latin America (in Spanish) \|publisher=Radioredfm.com.mx \|date= \|accessdate=2012-07-08 \|deadurl=yes \|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120208093608/http://www.radioredfm.com.mx/grc/homepage.nsf/main?readform&url=%2Fgrc%2Fredfm.nsf%2FvwALL%2FXPAO-65PQTF \|archivedate=8 February 2012 \|df=dmy-all }}</ref>
			\|}
			{\|class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
			!Chart (2001)
			!Position
	\|-		\|-
			!scope="row"\|Australia (ARIA)<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://www.aria.com.au/charts/2001/singles-chart\|title=ARIA Top 100 Singles for 2001\|publisher=ARIA\|access-date=10 April 2021}}</ref>
	\|align="left"\|New Zealand Singles Chart
			\|94
	\| style="text-align:center;"\|4
			\|}
			{\|class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
			!Chart (2002)
			!Position
	\|-		\|-
			!scope="row"\|Australia (ARIA)<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://www.aria.com.au/charts/2002/singles-chart\|title=ARIA Top 100 Singles for 2002\|publisher=ARIA\|access-date=10 April 2021}}</ref>
	\|align="left"\|Australian Singles Chart
			\|31
	\| style="text-align:center;"\|6
	\|}		\|}
			{{col-end}}

			==Certifications and sales==
			{{Certification Table Top}}
			{{Certification Table Entry\|region=Australia\|type=single\|award=Gold\|relyear=2001\|certyear=2001\|access-date=10 April 2021\|refname="auscert"}}
			{{Certification Table Bottom\|nosales=true}}

	==References==		==References==
	{{Reflist}}		{{Reflist}}

	==External links==
	* {{MetroLyrics song\|robbie-williams\|better-man}}<!-- Licensed lyrics provider -->

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Latest revision as of 22:50, 26 December 2024

2001 song by Robbie Williams

"Better Man"

Single by Robbie Williams

from the album Sing When You're Winning

B-side

"My Way" (live)
"Rolling Stone"
"Toxic"

Released

22 October 2001 (2001-10-22)

Studio

Master Rock (North London, England)
Sarm Hook End (Reading, England)

Length

3:22

Label

EMI, Chrysalis

Songwriter(s)

Guy Chambers, Robbie Williams

Producer(s)

Guy Chambers, Steve Power

Robbie Williams singles chronology

"Eternity/The Road to Mandalay"
(2001)

"Better Man"
(2001)

"Somethin' Stupid"
(2001)

Audio video

"Better Man" on YouTube

"Better Man" is a song by English pop singer Robbie Williams, released as the final single from his third studio album, Sing When You're Winning (2000), in October 2001. It was released only in Australia, New Zealand and Latin America. A music video for the Australian release was produced in 2001, reusing scenes from Williams' "Eternity" music video (since the single was not released in that territory), intercut with a live performance of "Better Man" from his The Sermon on the Mount Tour in Manchester, England, in October 2000, overdubbed with the studio version. The song's title would later go on to serve as the title of Williams' 2024 biopic.

Spanish version

Robbie Williams recorded a Spanish version of the song called "Ser mejor" ("To Be Better"). It was included on the Latin American pressings of Sing When You're Winning.

Release and success

In New Zealand, "Better Man" began receiving airplay in late 2000. It eventually peaked at number four on the RIANZ Singles Chart for four weeks in December 2000 and January 2001. The promotional disc of "Ser mejor" was sent to Latin American radio stations in 2001. In Australia, "Better Man" was released as a CD single on 22 October 2001. It appeared on the ARIA Singles Chart the following week, climbing to number eight during its ninth week on the chart and reaching its peak of number six on 20 January 2002, spending four nonconsecutive weeks at that position and remaining in the top 50 for 29 weeks. It sold over 35,000 copies, earning a gold certification from the Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA).

Track listing

Australian CD single

"Better Man" – 3:24
"My Way" (live) – 4:35
"Rolling Stone" – 3:43
"Toxic" – 3:51
"Let Love Be Your Energy" (video) – 4:18

Credits and personnel

Credits are taken from the Sing When You're Winning album booklet.

Studios

Recorded at Master Rock Studios (North London, England) and Sarm Hook End (Reading, England)
Mixed at Battery Studios (London, England)
Mastered at Metropolis Mastering (London, England)

Personnel

Robbie Williams – writing, lead vocals
Guy Chambers – writing, piano, orchestration, production, arrangement
Dave Catlin-Birch – backing vocals, bass guitar
Steve McEwan – backing vocals
Gary Nuttall – backing vocals
Phil Palmer – 12-string guitar
Neil Taylor – electric guitars
Chris Sharrock – drums
Andy Duncan – percussion
The London Session Orchestra – orchestra
Gavyn Wright – concertmaster
Nick Ingman – orchestration
Isobel Griffiths – orchestral contractor
Steve Price – orchestral engineering
Steve Power – production, mixing, Pro Tools
Richard Flack – Pro Tools
Tony Cousins – mastering

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (2000–2002)	Peak position
Australia (ARIA)	6
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)	4

Year-end charts

Chart (2000)	Position
Taiwan (Hito Radio)	31

Chart (2001)	Position
Australia (ARIA)	94

Chart (2002)	Position
Australia (ARIA)	31

Certifications and sales


Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA)	Gold	35,000
Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References

Sing When You're Winning (Mexican CD album liner notes). Robbie Williams. Chrysalis Records. 2000. 7243 5 28505 2 5.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
^ "Robbie Williams – Better Man". Top 40 Singles.
Ser mejor (Mexican promo CD liner notes). Robbie Williams. Chrysalis Records. 2001. 200 1329.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
"The ARIA Report: New Releases Singles – Week Commencing 22nd October 2001" (PDF). ARIA. 22 October 2001. p. 24. Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 February 2002. Retrieved 24 April 2021.
^ "Robbie Williams – Better Man". ARIA Top 50 Singles.
^ "ARIA Charts – Accreditations – 2001 Singles" (PDF). Australian Recording Industry Association. Retrieved 10 April 2021.
Sing When You're Winning (UK CD album booklet). Robbie Williams. Chrysalis Records. 2000. 7243 5 28125 2 3.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
"Hitoradio‧Hit Fm --華人音樂入口指標" (in Chinese). Hit FM. Archived from the original on 18 December 2017. Retrieved 5 May 2022.
"ARIA Top 100 Singles for 2001". ARIA. Retrieved 10 April 2021.
"ARIA Top 100 Singles for 2002". ARIA. Retrieved 10 April 2021.

v t e Robbie Williams singles
Discography
Life thru a Lens	"Old Before I Die" "Lazy Days" "South of the Border" "Angels" "Let Me Entertain You"
I've Been Expecting You	"Millennium" "No Regrets" "Strong" "She's the One" / "It's Only Us" "Win Some Lose Some"
Sing When You're Winning	"Rock DJ" "Kids" "Supreme" "Let Love Be Your Energy" "The Road to Mandalay" "Better Man"
Swing When You're Winning	"Somethin' Stupid" "Mr. Bojangles/I Will Talk and Hollywood Will Listen"
Escapology	"Feel" "Come Undone" "Something Beautiful" "Sexed Up"
Greatest Hits	"Radio" "Misunderstood" "Eternity"
Intensive Care	"Tripping" "Make Me Pure" "Advertising Space" "Sin Sin Sin"
Rudebox	"Rudebox" "Kiss Me" "Lovelight" "Bongo Bong and Je ne t'aime plus" "She's Madonna"
Reality Killed the Video Star	"Bodies" "You Know Me" "Morning Sun"
In and Out of Consciousness	"Shame"
Take the Crown	"Candy" "Different" "Be a Boy"
Swings Both Ways	"Go Gentle" "Dream a Little Dream" "Shine My Shoes"
The Heavy Entertainment Show	"Party Like a Russian" "Love My Life" "Mixed Signals"
The Christmas Present	"Time for Change" "Can't Stop Christmas"
Other singles	"Freedom" "Close My Eyes"
Featured singles	"My Culture" "Goin' Crazy" "The Days" "Forbidden Road"
Other songs	"I Wan'na Be Like You" "Beyond the Sea"

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