No Better

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"No Better"
Golden Age Studios, Morningside, Auckland, New Zealand
Genre
Length2:50
LabelUniversal
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)Joel Little

"No Better" is a song by New Zealand singer-songwriter Lorde, taken from the extended version of her debut studio album Pure Heroine (2013). The track was released on 13 December 2013 by Universal Music Group as a promotional tool for the album. "No Better" is an electropop and trip hop ballad with elements of hip hop, in which Lorde discusses an infatuation. Music critics opined that the single has similar musical style to songs from Pure Heroine.

Background and composition

"No Better"
A 17 second sample of "No Better", combining electropop and trip hop genres with hip hop elements.
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"No Better" was written by Lorde (credited under her birth-name Ella Yelich-O'Connor) and Joel Little.[1] On 13 December 2013, the track was released as a digital download single on the iTunes Store.[2] The single was made available for free until 19 December as a part of the iTunes Store's "12 Days of Gifts" Christmas promotion.[3]

"No Better" is an

chorus the bass beat becomes more intense as Lorde sings "Go all the way / Have your fun, have it all".[9]

Reception

Marc Hogan from

New Zealand Artists Singles Chart at number seven on 23 December 2013. It dropped to number nineteen the following week,[11] before falling out of the chart.[12]

Track listing
  1. "No Better" – 2:50
  2. "Royals" (music video) – 4:03

Release history

Region Format Date Label Ref.
Australia Digital download 13 December 2013 Universal [2]
Belgium [13]
Finland [14]
Germany [15]
India [16]
Ireland [17]
New Zealand [18]
Portugal [19]
Spain [20]
Switzerland [21]
United Kingdom [22]
United States [23]

References

Notes

  1. ^ "No Better" appears on the extended version of Pure Heroine exclusively on the iTunes Store.

Citations

  1. Australasian Performing Right Association. Archived from the original
    on October 21, 2014. Retrieved 2014-05-23.
  2. ^
    Apple
    ). Retrieved 2014-05-22.
  3. ^ "iTunes 12 Days of Gifts". The Daily Telegraph. 2013-12-13. Retrieved 2014-05-23.
  4. ^ a b Hogan, Marc (2013-12-13). "Hear Lorde's Bassy Stealth Single 'No Better'". Spin. Retrieved 2014-05-22.
  5. Consequence of Sound. Archived from the original
    on 2013-12-13. Retrieved 2014-05-22.
  6. ^ Williams, Tom (2013-12-14). "Listen To Lorde's New Single 'No Better'". Music Feeds. Retrieved 2014-05-22.
  7. Idolator
    . Retrieved 2014-05-22.
  8. ^ a b c Danton, Eric (2013-12-13). "Lorde Breezes Through Seasons In 'No Better'". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on 2018-04-05. Retrieved 2014-05-22.
  9. ^ a b c d Phaneuf, Whitney (2013-12-13). "Lorde raps about teenage lust on surprise new single 'No Better'". HitFix. Retrieved 2014-05-22.
  10. ^ Anderson, L. V. (2013-12-13). "Lorde's 'No Better': A light, confectionary contender for song of the summer". Slate. Retrieved 2014-05-22.
  11. ^ "Top 20 New Zealand Singles Chart". Recorded Music NZ. 30 December 2013. Retrieved 21 June 2014.
  12. ^ "Top 20 New Zealand Singles Chart". Recorded Music NZ. 6 January 2014. Retrieved 21 June 2014.
  13. ^ "No Better – Single by Lorde". Belgium: iTunes Store (Apple). Retrieved 2014-05-22.
  14. ^ "No Better – Single by Lorde". Finland: iTunes Store (Apple). Retrieved 2014-05-22.
  15. ^ "No Better – Single von Lorde" (in German). Germany: iTunes Store (Apple). Retrieved 2014-05-22.
  16. ^ "No Better – Single by Lorde". India: iTunes Store (Apple). Retrieved 2014-05-22.
  17. ^ "No Better – Single by Lorde". Ireland: iTunes Store (Apple). Retrieved 2014-05-22.
  18. ^ "No Better – Single by Lorde". New Zealand: iTunes Store (Apple). Retrieved 2014-05-22.
  19. ^ "No Better – Single de Lorde" (in Portuguese). Portugal: iTunes Store (Apple). Retrieved 2014-05-22.
  20. ^ "No Better – Single de Lorde" (in Spanish). Spain: iTunes Store (Apple). Retrieved 2014-05-22.
  21. ^ "No Better – Single von Lorde" (in German). Switzerland: iTunes Store (Apple). Retrieved 2014-05-22.
  22. ^ "No Better – Single by Lorde". United Kingdom: iTunes Store (Apple). Retrieved 2014-05-22.
  23. ^ "No Better – Single by Lorde". United States: iTunes Store (Apple). Archived from the original on December 21, 2013. Retrieved 2013-12-17.
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