Better Than Me (Terry Dexter song)

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"Better Than Me"
Terry Dexter - Better Than Me single cover.jpg
Single by Terry Dexter
from the album Terry Dexter
ReleasedJune 22, 1999 (1999-06-22) [1]
Recorded1998 (1998)
Genre R&B
Length4:02
Label Warner Bros.
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s) Phalon Alexander [2]
Terry Dexter singles chronology
"You'll Never Miss Me ('Til I'm Gone)"
(1998)
"Better Than Me"
(1999)
"Strayed Away"
(1999)
Music video
"Better Than Me" on YouTube

"Better Than Me" is a song co-written [2] and performed by Terry Dexter. The song appears as the opening track on her eponymous debut album and was issued as the album's second single. It is Dexter's only song to date to chart on the Billboard Hot 100, peaking at #99 in 1999. [4]

Contents

Music video

The official music video for the song was directed by Director X. [5]

Chart positions

Chart (1999) [4] Peak
position
US Billboard Hot 100 99
US Dance Music/Club Play Singles ( Billboard )4
US Hot Dance Music/Maxi-Singles Sales (Billboard)20
US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks (Billboard)47

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