Better Man (Little Big Town song)

"Better Man"
"Better Man"
Single by Little Big Town
from the album The Breaker
Released	October 20, 2016
Genre	Country
Length	4:21 (album version); 4:43 (music video version);
Label	Capitol Nashville
Songwriter(s)	Taylor Swift
Producer(s)	Jay Joyce
Little Big Town singles chronology
Music video
	"Better Man" on YouTube

"Better Man" is a song by American country group Little Big Town. It was released on October 20, 2016, as the lead single from the group's eighth studio album, The Breaker (2017). American singer-songwriter Taylor Swift wrote the song, intending to include it on her fourth studio album, Red (2012), but the song did not make the final track list. She passed the song to Little Big Town in 2016, believing the group's vocal harmonies suited it.

Produced by Jay Joyce,^[1] "Better Man" was first performed live at the 50th CMA Awards on November 2, 2016. The song won Song of the Year and was nominated for Single of the Year, and Music Video of the Year at the 2017 CMA Awards.^[2] The song won a Grammy Award for Best Country Duo/Group Performance and was nominated for Best Country Song at the 60th Annual Grammy Awards.^[3]

Swift recorded her version of "Better Man", subtitled in parentheses "(Taylor's Version) (From The Vault)", for her 2021 re-recorded album, Red (Taylor's Version). The version was produced by Swift and Aaron Dessner.

^ "Hear Little Big Town's Melancholy New Song 'Better Man'". rollingstone.com. October 20, 2016. Archived from the original on November 10, 2017. Retrieved July 5, 2017.
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^ Los Angeles Times Staff (November 29, 2017). "Grammys 2018 Complete List of Nominees". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on November 28, 2017. Retrieved November 29, 2017.

[1] "Hear Little Big Town's Melancholy New Song 'Better Man'". rollingstone.com. October 20, 2016. Archived from the original on November 10, 2017. Retrieved July 5, 2017.

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[3] Los Angeles Times Staff (November 29, 2017). "Grammys 2018 Complete List of Nominees". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on November 28, 2017. Retrieved November 29, 2017.

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