Better When You're Gone

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"Better When You're Gone"
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Single by David Guetta, Brooks & Loote
Released8 February 2019
Recorded2018
Genre Future bounce
Length3:12
Label What a Music
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s) Brooks
David Guetta singles chronology
"Say My Name"
(2018)
"Better When You're Gone"
(2019)
"Ring the Alarm"
(2019)
Brooks singles chronology
"Limbo"
(2018)
"Better When You're Gone"
(2019)
"Waiting for Love"
(2019)
Digital download [3]
No.TitleLength
1."Better When You're Gone"3:12

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (2019)Peak
position
Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40) [4] 70
Belgium (Ultratip Bubbling Under Flanders) [5] 24
Belgium (Ultratip Bubbling Under Wallonia) [6] 8
France (SNEP) [7] 150
Germany (Official German Charts) [8] 59
Hungary (Dance Top 40) [9] 27
Norway (VG-lista) [10] 18
Sweden (Sverigetopplistan) [11] 49
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade) [12] 51
US Hot Dance/Electronic Songs ( Billboard ) [13] 25

Year-end charts

Chart (2019)Position
Hungary (Dance Top 40) [14] 100
US Hot Dance/Electronic Songs (Billboard) [15] 82

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