Balmes (A Better Life)

"Balmes (A Better Life)"
Single by Ian Pooley featuring Esthero
from the album Since Then
Released	September 14, 2001[1]
Recorded	2000
Genre	Dance house[2]
Length	3:39 (single version) 6:52 (album version)
Label	V2 Records
Songwriter(s)	Ian Pooley
Ian Pooley singles chronology
"900 Degrees" (2000) "Balmes (A Better Life)" (2001) "The Fly Shuffle" (2001)
Esthero singles chronology
"Weekends" (2000) "Balmes" (2001) "O.G. Bitch" (2004)

"Balmes (A Better Life)" is a house song by German DJ Ian Pooley. Although an instrumental version of the song was featured on his 2001 album, Since Then, the single version includes vocals from Canadian singer/songwriter Esthero. The single version was released in 2001, with an accompanying animated music video.

Upon its release, the song was successful. It was a modest hit in the United Kingdom, where it became Pooley's second Top 75 hit and Esthero's first. The song became Pooley's second-highest peaking chart entry in the UK, and is today his third-highest peaking. The song was also successful on the US Dance Club Songs chart, on which it peaked at number 34 and gave Pooley his only American chart entry to date. It also became Esthero's highest-peaking single on the US dance chart until "O.G. Bitch," which topped the chart 3 years later.