

The double A-side was released with another song, "You Bring Me Down", as a B-side. A reworked version of the song was created for airplay and the commercial single release. It was also her second international single. On 29 January 2008, Lewis announced on her website that "Better in Time", along with " Footprints in the Sand", would be released as a double A-side single on 10 March 2008, as her third single in the United Kingdom, with 2008 Sport Relief, a biennial charity organised by Comic Relief and BBC Sport, selecting "Footprints in the Sand" as their official single. Rotem wrote the song, and Rotem composed and produced it. Lyrically the song talks about someone who cannot forget her ex-partner, and at the end the protagonist knows that "it will all get better in time". The song has a sequence of G–Bm–Em–G/D–C as its chord progression. "Better in Time" is a pop and R&B song set in common time composed in a moderate tempo of eighty beats per minute, in the key of G flat major with a vocal range from the tone of C 4 to the note of B 5. The single was certified gold in Australia, Denmark, Germany, and the UK. "Better in Time" reached number two in the national music charts of the United Kingdom and Germany, as well as the top ten in several countries, including Australia, Canada, Ireland, Italy and New Zealand. Receiving generally positive reviews by music critics, it was nominated at the Brit Awards in the category "Best British Single". On it, Lewis is shown performing in front of several photographic set-ups, and shows what goes on behind the scenes of them. The music video was filmed by Sophie Muller at Hampton Court House School, London in February 2008. Lewis promoted the song on several live television programmes, such as Good Morning America, Live with Regis and Kelly, and on the 2008 American Music Awards, and it was included on the set list of her debut concert tour The Labyrinth (2010). Lyrically, "Better in Time" tells the story of a girl who cannot forget her ex-partner, and who knows that "it will all get better in time". It was Lewis's second international single following her hit " Bleeding Love" (2007). "Better in Time" was released on 10 March 2008 as Lewis's third single in the United Kingdom, as a double A-side with " Footprints in the Sand", and "You Bring Me Down" as B-side. It is featured on Lewis's debut album Spirit (2007). Rotem and Andrea Martin, and was produced by Rotem. " Better in Time" is a pop and R&B song performed by British singer Leona Lewis. Next to her image, the words "Leona Lewis" are written in black capital letters, and "Better in Time" in dark brown italics.Ĭhalice Recording Studios, Los Angeles, California She is wearing a greenish dress and she grabs her neck with her left arm. A brunette woman is standing in front of a beach.
