Better Love Next Time
{{For|the Merle Haggard song|A Better Love Next Time}}
{{Infobox song
| name = Better Love Next Time
| cover = Better_Love_Next_Time_-_Dr._Hook.jpg
| alt =
| type = single
| artist = Dr. Hook
| album = Sometimes You Win
| B-side = Mountain Mary
| released = October 1979
| recorded =
| studio =
| venue =
| genre = *Soft rock
| length = {{Duration|m=2|s=59}}
| label = Capitol
| writer = *Steve Pippen
- Larry Keith
- Johnny Slate
| producer = Ron Haffkine
| prev_title = When You're in Love with a Beautiful Woman
| prev_year = 1979
| next_title = Sexy Eyes
| next_year = 1980
| misc = {{Extra album cover
| header = Alternative cover
| type = single
| cover = Better_Love_Next_Time_UK_-_Dr._Hook.jpg
| border =
| alt =
| caption = UK single sleeve
}}
}}
"Better Love Next Time" is a song by Dr. Hook, released as a single in the fall of 1979. It was the first of three singles from their LP Sometimes You Win.
Background
The lyrics involve the singer comforting and encouraging a grieving and despondent friend who has lost a love, with the reassurance that "better love" will be found in the future.
In the United States, the single reached No. 12 on the Billboard Hot 100 and spent 19 weeks on the chart. It also reached No. 3 on the Adult Contemporary chart.{{cite web|url=http://www.billboard.com/charts/adult-contemporary/1979-12-08 |title=Adult Contemporary Music Chart |publisher=Billboard |date=1979-12-08 |accessdate=2016-02-24}} It was less of a hit in Canada, but reached the Top 10 in the United Kingdom (#8) and New Zealand (#7). "Better Love Next Time" is ranked as the 49th biggest American hit of 1980.{{cite web|url=http://www.musicoutfitters.com/topsongs/1980.htm |title=Top 100 Hits of 1980/Top 100 Songs of 1980 |website=Musicoutfitters.com |date= |accessdate=2016-02-24}}
Chart performance
=Weekly singles charts=
=Year-end charts=
| class="wikitable" |
| Chart (1980)
!Rank |
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| U.S. Billboard Hot 100 {{cite web|url=http://www.musicoutfitters.com/topsongs/1980.htm |title=Top 100 Hits of 1980/Top 100 Songs of 1980 |publisher=Musicoutfitters.com |date= |accessdate=2016-02-24}}
| style="text-align:center;"|49 |
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- {{YouTube|hKFOiL12BI4|Dr. Hook - Better Love Next Time}}
{{Dr. Hook & the Medicine Show}}
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Category:Dr. Hook & the Medicine Show songs
Category:Song recordings produced by Ron Haffkine
Category:Capitol Records singles
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