Better Days (Bruce Springsteen song)

"Better Days"
Single by Bruce Springsteen
from the album Lucky Town
B-side	"Tougher Than the Rest" (live)
Released	March 1992 (1992-03) (with "Human Touch") May 11, 1992 (solo)
Length	4:08 (album version) 3:45 (radio edit)
Label	Columbia
Songwriter	Bruce Springsteen
Producers	Jon Landau, Chuck Plotkin, Bruce Springsteen
Bruce Springsteen singles chronology
"Human Touch" (1992) "Better Days" (1992) "57 Channels (And Nothin' On)" (1992)
Music video
"Better Days" on YouTube

"Better Days" is the first single from American singer-songwriter Bruce Springsteen's 10th studio album, Lucky Town (1992). In the United States, it was released by Columbia Records as a double A-side with "Human Touch" in March 1992, while "Better Days" by itself was issued in the United Kingdom on May 11, 1992. "Human Touch" / "Better Days" reached number 16 on the US Billboard Hot 100 while "Better Days" entered the top 10 in Italy, peaking at number four. "Better Days" was ranked at number 70 on Rolling Stone's list of the "100 Greatest Bruce Springsteen Songs.

Track listings

• US and European 7-inch and CD single

1. "Human Touch" – 6:30
2. "Better Days" – 4:08

• US and European 12-inch and CD maxi-single

1. "Human Touch" – 6:30
2. "Better Days" – 4:08
3. "Souls of the Departed" – 4:16

• European 7-inch single

1. "Better Days" – 4:08
2. "Tougher Than the Rest" (live) – 6:30

• European 12-inch and CD maxi-single

1. "Better Days" – 4:08
2. "Tougher Than the Rest" (live) – 6:30
3. "Part Man, Part Monkey" – 4:29

Personnel

Personnel taken from Lucky Town liner notes.

• Bruce Springsteen – vocals, all instruments except where noted
• Gary Mallaber – drums
• Randy Jackson – bass
• Patti Scialfa – backing vocals
• Soozie Tyrell – backing vocals
• Lisa Lowell – backing vocals

Charts

Release history

References