Better Half of Me

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"Better Half of Me"
Single by Tom Walker
from the album What a Time to Be Alive (Deluxe Edition)
Released4 October 2019 (2019-10-04)
Length3:15
Label Relentless Records
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
Tom Walker singles chronology
"Now You're Gone"
(2019)
"Better Half of Me"
(2019)
"Heartbeats"
(2019)

"Better Half of Me" is a song by Scottish singer-songwriter Tom Walker. The song was released as a digital download on 4 October 2019 as the fourth single from the deluxe edition of his debut studio album, What a Time to Be Alive . [1] The song was written by Tom Walker, Joel Laslett Pott and Cam Blackwood.

Contents

Music video

A music video to accompany the release of "Better Half of Me" was first released onto YouTube on 11 October 2019. [2]

Track listing

Digital download – R3HAB Remix [3]
No.TitleLength
1."Better Half of Me" (R3HAB Remix)2:46
Digital download – Acoustic version [4]
No.TitleLength
1."Better Half of Me" (Acoustic)3:48
Digital download – Todd Terry Remix [5]
No.TitleLength
1."Better Half of Me" (Todd Terry Remix)3:35
Digital download – MJ Cole Remix [6]
No.TitleLength
1."Better Half of Me" (MJ Cole Remix)5:16
Digital download – Ferreck Dawn Remix [7]
No.TitleLength
1."Better Half of Me" (Ferreck Dawn Remix)2:37
Digital download – Etherwood Remix [8]
No.TitleLength
1."Better Half of Me" (Etherwood Remix)3:12

Charts

Chart (2019)Peak
position
Belgium (Ultratip Bubbling Under Wallonia) [9] 31
Ireland (IRMA) [10] 55
Scotland (OCC) [11] 6
Slovakia (Singles Digitál Top 100) [12] 34
UK Singles (OCC) [13] 30

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
United Kingdom (BPI) [14] Platinum600,000

Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

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