Better Man (Robbie Williams song)
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"Better Man" is a song by British
pop
singer Robbie Williams
, it became the last single from his album Sing When You're Winning
in late 2001. It was only released in Australia
, New Zealand
and Latin America
.
. 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 chats in 2001 when the late Irish singer Joe Dolan
recorded it. Indeed, so happy was Joe with his version of the song that he named a Greatest Hits collection after it. It is also regularly sang by young Irish vocal artist Shane Coghlan at various events.
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
pop
Pop music
Pop music is usually understood to be commercially recorded music, often oriented toward a youth market, usually consisting of relatively short, simple songs utilizing technological innovations to produce new variations on existing themes.- Definitions :David Hatch and Stephen Millward define pop...
singer Robbie Williams
Robbie Williams
Robert Peter "Robbie" Williams is an English singer-songwriter, vocal coach and occasional actor. He is a member of the pop group Take That. Williams rose to fame in the band's first run in the early- to mid-1990s. After many disagreements with the management and certain group members, Williams...
, it became the last single from his album Sing When You're Winning
Sing When You're Winning
Sing When You're Winning is the third studio album by English singer-songwriter Robbie Williams.-Background:Following the release of his last album, I've Been Expecting You in 1998, and in the middle of promotion and touring in 1999, Robbie found time to start the work on what would be his third...
in late 2001. It was only released in Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
, New Zealand
New Zealand
New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...
and Latin America
Latin America
Latin America is a region of the Americas where Romance languages – particularly Spanish and Portuguese, and variably French – are primarily spoken. Latin America has an area of approximately 21,069,500 km² , almost 3.9% of the Earth's surface or 14.1% of its land surface area...
.
Spanish version
Williams recorded a Spanish version of the song called "" ("To Be Better"), it was included on the Latin American pressings of his album and was later released as a single to radio stations in the Spanish-speaking countries.Chart success
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 ARIAAustralian Recording Industry Association
The Australian Recording Industry Association is a trade group representing the Australian recording industry which was established in 1983 by six major record companies, EMI, Festival, CBS, RCA, WEA and Universal replacing the Association of Australian Record Manufacturers which was formed in 1956...
. 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 chats in 2001 when the late Irish singer Joe Dolan
Joe Dolan
Joseph "Joe" Francis Robert Dolan was an Irish entertainer, recorder and singer of easy listening songs...
recorded it. Indeed, so happy was Joe with his version of the song that he named a Greatest Hits collection after it. It is also regularly sang by young Irish vocal artist Shane Coghlan at various events.
Tracklisting
- "Better Man" - 3:22
- "My Way" [Live] - 4:32
- "Rolling Stone" - 3:30
- "Toxic" - 3:48
- "Let Love Be Your Energy" [Video] - 4:57
Certifications and sales
| Country | Certification (If Any) | Sales/shipments |
|---|---|---|
| Australia | Gold | 35,000+ |
Charts
| Chart (2001) | Peak Position |
|---|---|
| New Zealand Singles Chart | 4 |
| Australian Singles Chart | 6 |