Better Than Love
{{Use British English|date=July 2015}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2023}}
{{Primary sources|date=August 2010}}
{{Infobox song
| name = Better Than Love
| cover = Betterthanlove.png
| alt =
| type = single
| artist = Hurts
| album = Happiness
| B-side = Mother Nature
| released = {{start date|2010|5|23|df=y}}
| recorded =
| studio =
| venue =
| length = 3:32
| label = {{flatlist|
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| writer = {{flatlist|
- Hurts
- Joseph Cross
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| producer = {{flatlist|
- Hurts
- Joseph Cross
- Jonas Quant
}}
| prev_title =
| prev_year =
| next_title = Wonderful Life
| next_year = 2010
| misc = {{Extra chronology
| artist =
| type = singles
| prev_title = Sunday
| prev_year = 2011
| title = Illuminated
| title2 = Better Than Love
| year = 2011
| next_title = Blood, Tears & Gold
| next_year = 2011
}}
{{External music video|{{YouTube|zQ1v1pMdIoQ|"Hurts - Better Than Love (Video)"}}}}
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"Better Than Love" is the debut single by British musical duo Hurts from their debut album, Happiness. It was released on 23 May 2010 in the United Kingdom, where it peaked at number 50 on the UK Singles Chart. It also charted in Belgium and the Netherlands. It was originally performed by Daggers, Theo and Adam's band before Hurts.
The song was re-released as a double A-side with "lluminated" on 1 May 2011.
Music video
The music video, directed by W.I.Z, was uploaded onto Hurts' official YouTube channel on 28 April 2010,{{cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bn8tBgI1BVQ |title=YouTube – HURTS – Better Than Love |via=YouTube |date=28 April 2010 |accessdate=25 May 2010}} following a trailer uploaded the day before.{{cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UGp-0TYEe9s |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211215/UGp-0TYEe9s |archive-date=2021-12-15 |url-status=live|title=YouTube – HURTS – Better Than Love (Theatrical Trailer) |via=YouTube |date=27 April 2010 |accessdate=25 May 2010}}{{cbignore}} Their first professionally made music video, it features Theo Hutchcraft and Adam Anderson in an audition hall surrounded by women dressed in similar attire to themselves. As Anderson plays piano, Hutchcraft watches the auditions in the reflection of the hall's mirror. The video was filmed in Bucharest, Romania, in Buftea studio along with Romanian actresses Laura Cosoi, Mădălina Ghiţescu and others. Cosoi also starred in the video for their later song "Sunday".
Track listings
- CD single
- "Better Than Love" (Radio Edit) – 3:32
- "Mother Nature" – 2:50
- 7" vinyl
- "Better Than Love" (Radio Edit) – 3:32
- "Mother Nature" – 2:50
- iTunes single
- "Better Than Love" (Radio Edit) – 3:32
- "Better Than Love" (Jamaica Remix) – 4:19
- iTunes EP
- "Better Than Love" (Radio Edit) – 3:32
- "Better Than Love" (Tiefschwarz Mix) – 8:48
- German iTunes EP
- "Better Than Love" (Album Version) – 3:33
- "Better Than Love" (Live & Unplugged From BBC Radio 1's Live Lounge)
- "Better Than Love" (Tiefschwarz Remix) – 8:48
- "Better Than Love" (Burns European Sex Remix) – 5:06
- "Better Than Love" (Freemasons Pegasus Mix [Radio Edit]) – 3:36
- "Better Than Love" (Jamaica Remix) – 4:19
- "Better Than Love" (Death in Vegas Acid Remix) – 8:14
- Italian CD single/12" vinyl
- "Better Than Love" – 3:32
- "Better Than Love" (Italoconnection Remix) – 5:14
Personnel
- Hurts – lyrics, music, production
- Joseph Cross – music, production
- Jonas Quant – production
- Spike Stent – mixing
Source:{{cite AV media notes |title=Better Than Love |others=Hurts |date=2010 |type=liner notes |publisher=Sony}}
Charts
| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" |
| scope="col"| Chart (2010–11)
! scope="col"| Peak |
|---|
| {{single chart|Belgium (Flanders) Tip|12|artist=Hurts|song=Better Than Love|rowheader=true}} |
| {{single chart|Czech Republic|54|year=2010|week=33|rowheader=true}} |
| {{single chart|Finnishdownload|27|artist=Hurts|song=Better Than Love|rowheader=true|accessdate=13 February 2019}} |
| {{single chart|Germany|66|songid=693417|artist=Hurts|song=Better Than Love|rowheader=true|accessdate=13 February 2019}} |
| {{single chart|Dutch100|88|artist=Hurts|song=Better Than Love|rowheader=true}} |
| {{single chart|Switzerland|56|artist=Hurts|song=Better Than Love|rowheader=true|accessdate=13 February 2019}} |
| {{single chart|UKsinglesbyname|50|artist=Hurts|artistid=6290|rowheader=true|accessdate=13 February 2019}} |
| {{single chart|UKdance|6|date=20100530|rowheader=true|accessdate=13 February 2019}} |
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- {{YouTube|dxjffkFAnf8|Hurts - Better Than Love (Live Version}}
- {{YouTube|UGp-0TYEe9s|Hurts - Better Than Love (Theatrical Trailer)}}
- {{YouTube|2bWO_bkQWuo|Better Than Love}}
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