Better (Mallrat song)
# Better (Mallrat song)

"Better" is a song by Australian musician Mallrat. It was released in October 2017 as the lead single from Mallrat's second EP In the Sky.

In May 2018, the song won Best Unpublished Work in the Vanda & Young Global Songwriting Competition.

The song was certified gold in Australia in 2019.

## Background

Mallrat said she wrote the songs in July 2016 saying "the lyrics were very easy to write but it took about a year to get the instrumentation sounding exactly like it did in my brain."

## Reception

Thomas Smith from NME called the song a "youthful, joyous uplifting banger."

## Track listing

Digital download

* "Better" – 3:13

## Certifications

| Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
| - | - | - |
| Australia (ARIA) | Platinum | $70,000^‡$ |
| $^‡$ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone. |||
