A Better Man (Thunder song)

{{Infobox song

| name = A Better Man

| cover =

| alt =

| type = single

| artist = Thunder

| released = {{start date|1993|2|1|df=y}}{{cite magazine|title=New Releases: Singles|magazine=Music Week|page=23|date=30 January 1993}}

| recorded =

| studio =

| venue =

| length = 3:42

| label = EMI

| writer = Luke Morley

| producer =

Andy Taylor
Luke Morley

| prev_title = Everybody Wants Her

| prev_year = 1992

| next_title = Like a Satellite

| next_year = 1993

}}

"A Better Man" is a song by English hard rock band Thunder, released as a single in 1993, taken from their album Laughing on Judgement Day. It is the only Thunder song in which Gary James plays acoustic guitar instead of his usual drums. It is also the only song he sings a part of live, as he occasionally sings the song's final line.

The song is the band's highest-charting UK single, reaching No. 18 on the UK Singles Chart in February 1993.

Track listing

Maxi-CD{{cite web|url=https://australian-charts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Thunder&titel=A+Better+Man&cat=s|title=Australian-charts.com – Thunder – A Better Man|publisher=ARIA Top 50 Singles|access-date=2 January 2021}}

"A Better Man" – 3:43
"Bigger Than Both of Us" – 4:26
"Higher Ground" (live) – 5:35
"Lazy Sunday Afternoon" (live) – 3:31

Charts

class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" !Chart (1993) !Peak position
scope="row"\|Europe (Eurochart Hot 100){{cite magazine\|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-and-Media/90s/1993/MM-1993-02-27.pdf\|title=Eurochart Hot 100 Singles\|magazine=Music & Media\|volume=10\|issue=9\|page=27\|date=27 February 1993\|access-date=2 January 2021}} \|55
scope="row"\|Iceland (Íslenski Listinn Topp 40){{cite news\|url=https://timarit.is/page/2610829#page/n1/mode/2up\|title=Íslenski Listinn Topp 40 (2.–8. apríl)\|newspaper=Dagblaðið Vísir\|language=is\|page=29\|date=1 April 1993\|access-date=2 January 2021}} \|18
{{single chart\|UK\|18\|date=19930213\|rowheader=true\|access-date=2 January 2021}}

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!Chart (1993)

!Peak
position

scope="row"|Europe (Eurochart Hot 100){{cite magazine|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-and-Media/90s/1993/MM-1993-02-27.pdf|title=Eurochart Hot 100 Singles|magazine=Music & Media|volume=10|issue=9|page=27|date=27 February 1993|access-date=2 January 2021}}

|55

scope="row"|Iceland (Íslenski Listinn Topp 40){{cite news|url=https://timarit.is/page/2610829#page/n1/mode/2up|title=Íslenski Listinn Topp 40 (2.–8. apríl)|newspaper=Dagblaðið Vísir|language=is|page=29|date=1 April 1993|access-date=2 January 2021}}

|18

{{single chart|UK|18|date=19930213|rowheader=true|access-date=2 January 2021}}

References

Category:1992 songs

Category:1993 singles

Category:EMI Records singles

Category:Thunder (band) songs