A Better Man (Thunder song)

"A Better Man"
Single by Thunder
from the album Laughing on Judgement Day
Released	1 February 1993 (1993-02-01)
Length	3:42
Label	EMI
Songwriter(s)	Luke Morley
Producer(s)	Andy Taylor Luke Morley
Thunder singles chronology
"Everybody Wants Her" (1992) "A Better Man" (1993) "Like a Satellite" (1993)

"A Better Man" is a song by English hard rock band Thunder, released as a single in 1993, taken from their album Laughing on Judgement Day . It is the only Thunder song in which Gary James plays acoustic guitar instead of his usual drums. It is also the only song he sings a part of live, as he occasionally sings the song's final line.

The song is the band's highest-charting UK single, reaching No. 18 on the UK Singles Chart in February 1993.

Track listing

Maxi-CD ^[1]

1. "A Better Man" – 3:43
2. "Bigger Than Both of Us" – 4:26
3. "Higher Ground" (live) – 5:35
4. "Lazy Sunday Afternoon" (live) – 3:31

Charts

Chart (1993)	Peak position
Europe (Eurochart Hot 100) [2]	55
Iceland (Íslenski Listinn Topp 40) [3]	18
UK Singles (OCC) [4]	18

Release history

Region	Date	Format(s)	Label(s)	Ref.
United Kingdom	1 February 1993	7-inch vinyl 12-inch vinyl CD cassette	EMI	[5]
Japan	10 March 1993	CD		[6]
Australia	28 March 1993	CD cassette		[7]

References

1. "Australian-charts.com – Thunder – A Better Man". ARIA Top 50 Singles . Retrieved 2 January 2021.
2. "Eurochart Hot 100 Singles" (PDF). Music & Media . Vol. 10, no. 9. 27 February 1993. p. 27. Retrieved 2 January 2021.
3. "Íslenski Listinn Topp 40 (2.–8. apríl)". Dagblaðið Vísir (in Icelandic). 1 April 1993. p. 29. Retrieved 2 January 2021.
4. "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 2 January 2021.
5. "New Releases: Singles". Music Week . 30 January 1993. p. 23.
6. "サンダー | ベター・マン" [Thunder | Better Man] (in Japanese). Oricon . Retrieved 28 September 2025.
7. "New Release Summary – Product Available from : 28/03/93: Singles". The ARIA Report . No. 164. 28 March 1993. p. 20.