| "Your Way's Better" | ||||
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| Single by Forrest Frank | ||||
| from the album Child of God (Deluxe) and Child of God II | ||||
| Released | October 25, 2024 | |||
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| Length | 3:18 | |||
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"Your Way's Better" is a song by American hip-hop and lo-fi musician Forrest Frank, which appeared as the lead single from his 2025 studio album Child of God II . [1] [2] [3] The song was released on October 25, 2024, through River House Records, 10K Projects, and Warner Music Group. [4] It peaked at No. 61 on the Billboard Hot 100 and No. 1 on the Hot Christian Songs. [5] [6] It is one of only two Christian songs to enter the Hot 100 in the 2020s. [7]
On July 22, 2025, the song was certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America. [8]
"Your Way's Better" was released as a single on October 25, 2024. On November 1, 2024, it appeared on the deluxe edition of Frank's album Child of God . [9] [10] [11]
Within the first several months of release, "Your Way's Better" remained as Frank's 12th or 13th most popular song on DSPs. In February 2025, a TikTok dance-trend based around the song was created by social media personnel David Myers and Bridgette Nicole. The trend caused the song to greatly increase in popularity. [12]
In April 2025, the song's increase in popularity caused it to enter the Billboard Hot 100 at No. 72, later peaking at No. 61. [13] [5] The entry marked Frank's second Hot 100 entry, his first being "Sunday Best" with Surfaces, which peaked at No. 19 in 2020. [14] "Your Way's Better" was his first entry as a solo artist. [15] The song was on the chart alongside Brandon Lake's "Hard Fought Hallelujah", making it the second time that two Christian songs appeared on the Hot 100 at the same time, the first being in 2014. [7]
On April 13, 2025, an official lyric video was released. [16] On May 9, 2025, the song appeared on Frank's studio album Child of God II. [17]
On July 2, 2025, Reach Records' hip-hop musician 1K Phew released a cover of the song, titled "Your Way". [18]
"Your Way's Better" was both written and produced by Forrest Frank and Pera Krstajić. [12] [19] The song is composed in the key of G with a tempo of 73 beats per minute. [20] At 2:05, the key is raised by a semitone into the key of Ab.[ citation needed ]
In an interview with Billboard, when asked about the inspiration behind the song, Frank said:
I was having a hard day and had gone for a drive. I remember pulling into my neighborhood and that chorus came spilling out. It was just a prayer that ended up having a melody with it. I recorded a voice memo of it on my phone and didn’t do anything with it for a few months. Then, backstage at [Frank’s 2024 Child of God tour], I pulled out my laptop and produced the beat for it. Then, my producer friend PERA came out to a session and we were jamming on this song and I said, “What if you play something kind of somber?” He starts playing it, and I freestyled the melody [and] some of the words that ended up on the track. [12]
"Your Way's Better" reflects the genres of pop, hip hop, and gospel. [12]
At the 2025 GMA Dove Awards, "Your Way's Better" was nominated for Pop/Contemporary Recorded Song of the Year. [21]
| Year | Organization | Category | Result | Ref. |
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| 2025 | GMA Dove Awards | Pop/Contemporary Recorded Song of the Year | Pending | [21] |
Within its first charting week, "Your Way's Better" debuted at No. 19 on the Billboard Hot Christian Songs. [22] In 2025, the song went viral on TikTok, reaching No. 41 on the TikTok Top 50 chart. [23] As a result of the song's increase in popularity, it went on to hit No. 8 on the Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles, later hitting No. 61 on the Hot 100 and No. 1 on the Hot Christian Songs. [24] [5] [6]
On the Digital Song Sales, "Your Way's Better" peaked at No. 2. [25] It additionally hit No. 6 on the Christian Airplay, No. 4 on Christian AC Airplay, and topped the Christian Digital Song Sales and Christian Streaming Songs. [26] [27] [28] [29] On the OCC UK Independent Singles, the song reached No. 18. [30]
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Producer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "Your Way's Better" |
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| 3:18 |
| 2. | "Your Way's Better" (shorter) |
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| 2:32 |
| Total length: | 5:50 | |||
| Chart (2024–2025) | Peak position |
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| Australia Christian Airplay (TCM) [31] | 2 |
| Japan Hot Overseas ( Billboard Japan ) [32] | 6 |
| UK Independent Singles (OCC) [30] | 18 |
| US Billboard Hot 100 [5] | 61 |
| US Christian Airplay (Billboard) [26] | 6 |
| US Hot Christian Songs ( Billboard ) [6] | 1 |
| Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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| United States (RIAA) [33] | Gold | 500,000‡ |
‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone. | ||
| Region | Version | Release | Date | Format | Label | Ref. |
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| Various |
| "Your Way's Better" | October 25, 2024 |
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| Original | Child of God (Deluxe) | November 1, 2024 | [35] | |||
| Child of God II | May 9, 2025 | [36] |