Better Now (Collective Soul song)

"Better Now"
Single by Collective Soul
from the album Cursed: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack and Youth
B-side"General Attitude"
ReleasedJanuary 24, 2005 (2005-01-24)
Length3:14
LabelEl
SongwritersEd Roland, Dexter Green
ProducersEd Roland, Dexter Green
Collective Soul singles chronology
"Counting the Days"
(2004)
"Better Now"
(2005)
"How Do You Love"
(2005)

"Better Now" is a song by American alternative rock band Collective Soul, released as the second single off their sixth studio album, Youth (2004), on January 24, 2005. It was written by singer-guitarist Ed Roland and producer Dexter Green. The coda features a saxophone solo. In concert, this is replaced with a guitar solo. The radio edit version also includes a guitar solo. "Better Now" failed to chart on the US Billboard Hot 100 but peaked at number 17 on the Bubbling Under Hot 100 chart and entered the top 10 on the Adult Top 40 and Triple-A rankings.