Better Now (Rita Ora Song)

"Better Now" is a song by British singer-songwriter Rita Ora. The song was recorded for Ora's debut studio album, Heartbreaker, and was released as the official second single for the album. 
The track was written by Ora alongside Fraser T. Smith and Brian D. Lee and was produced by Tiësto. The pop banger was released under Physical Records two weeks before Ora's debut album was released. A music video directed by Hannah Lux Davis was released on the day of Ora's debut album release. 
The single debuted at No. 7 on the Billboard Hot 100, becoming Ora's second Top 10 single. After debuting at No. 7, the single skyrocketed on the charts and managed to get a peak of No. 3 on the Billboard Hot 100, Ora's first Top 3 single. "Better Now" was the tenth most streamed single of 2021 with over 580,000,000 streams. 
== Background and release ==
"Better Now" was written by Ora herself alongside Fraser T. Smith and Brian D. Lee and was produced by Tiësto. Peter Karlsson once again handled vocal production on the track while Tiësto was responsible for mixing and mastering. 
The pop banger was written in a day according to Ora herself and was finalized three days after that. "It was a fun working experience for me, Tiësto is really down to earth and he knows what he does so that makes it really easy" Ora told in a interview during her press tour for the single. Ora announced her new single on June 15th while she was also revealing the tracklist to her debut album. 
== Critical reception ==
"Better Now" received mixed to positive reviews from critics. Critics praised the lyrics on the song and noticed that Rita was more focused and making a "real attempt". Critics did agree that the production of the song could slightly be better.
== Commercial performance ==
"Better Now" is being considered Ora's breakthrough single due to high success, becoming Ora's biggest single of her career so far. Debuting at No. 7 on the Billboard Hot 100 with 400,000 copies sold in it's openings week and after that reaching a peak of No. 3 on the chart. It became the highest peaking single of the era, with Riverside (the third single) being second with a peak of No. 6 on the chart. 
The single has been certified 7x platinum for selling over 7,000,000 copies worldwide, currently sitting with 7,400,000 copies as of August 2022.
== Credits and personnel ==
=== Recording ===
* Ten87, Kensaltown (London, England)
=== Management ===
* All rights administered by Sony Music Group/Physical Records
=== Personnel ===
* Rita Ora - lead vocals, songwriter
* Fraser T. Smith - songwriter
* Brian D. Lee - songwriter
* Tiësto - producer, mixing, mastering
* Peter Karlsson - vocal production
== Charts ==
=== Chart Run ===
Charts (2021/2022)	Chart Run (21 weeks)
CAL Charts 	7 - 6 - 3 - 4 - 13 - 21 - 23 - 7 - 3 - 4 - 26 - 44 - 36 - 43 - 46 - 55 - 60 - 70 - 75 - 34 - 27
=== Weekly Charts ===
Charts (2021/2022)	Peak Position
CAL Charts 	3
== Certifications and sales ==
Region 	Certification	Certified Units/Sales
Worldwide	7x Platinum 	7,400,000