page_title: Better than Today
section_title: Live performances
hierarchical_section_title: Better than Today / Live performances
caption_attribution_description: Kylie Minogue at the Hammerstein Ballroom NYC
context_page_description: "Better Than Today" is a song recorded by Australian singer Kylie Minogue for her eleventh studio album, Aphrodite. The track was originally written and produced by Nerina Pallot and Andy Chatterley for Pallot's 2009 extended play, Buckminster Fuller EP. It was re-recorded by Minogue in 2009, and received additional production by Stuart Price. Musically, "Better Than Today" is a dance-pop song that emulates other styles using guitars, synthesizers and drum programming.
  "Better Than Today" was released on 3 December 2010 as the album's third single. It was not as successful as Minogue's preceding releases. After debuting on the chart early with album downloads, it peaked on the UK Singles Chart at number 32, making it her lowest placing since "The One" in 2008. The single was released in Australia on 28 February 2011. It debuted on the ARIA Singles Chart at number 55, making it her third single to miss the top-fifty, after "Finer Feelings" in 1992 and "Get Outta My Way" in 2010.
context_section_description: Minogue premiered "Better Than Today" by adding it to the set list of her 2009 For You, For Me Tour. Prior to performing the song on the first tour date in Oakland, she said, "I know it's taken me a little long to get [to the United States], so I thought I'd give you guys a first..." Rolling Stone commented on Minogue's background singers during the song, saying they had "the evening's most striking fashion innovation": neon pink wigs worn as shoulder pads. After the tour stop in Chicago, John Dugan of Time Out said that the performance was his "favorite song of the night". The song was added in the Aphrodite: Les Folies Tour setlist in 2011. Simon Collins of The West Australian praising Minogue's ability to "regather herself to deliver the sassy stomp" of the song.
  To promote the single, Minogue took on a number of television performances. On 7 November 2010, she sang the song live on The X Factor's results show. She wore a red, fringed cocktail dress with small cut-outs in the waist and the silver heels featured in the music video. She received a standing ovation from all four judges; Dannii Minogue, who is a judge on the show and Minogue's sister, gave her praise. She called the performance a "ten out of ten". Minogue reprised this performance for BBC One's Children in Need 2010 television special on 19 November 2010. She donned a bodysuit similar to the one featured in the video, but in white. Minogue opened Capital FM's Jingle Bell Ball on 6 December 2010, adding "Better Than Today" to her set list. She wore a sheer, white floor-length gown with the same silver heels. She then went on to perform the song at the annual Royal Variety Performance on 10 December 2010. Minogue and Gary Barlow got the chance to greet Prince Charles and Camilla at the London Palladium, where the event was held.
  At the end of 2010, she performed a big band version of the song at Jools Holland's annual Hootenanny.
caption: Minogue, flanked by her dancers, performing "Better Than Today" during her 2009 North American For You, For Me tour.
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