| "A Better Man" | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Single by Clint Black | ||||
| from the album Killin' Time | ||||
| B-side | "Winding Down" | |||
| Released | February 18, 1989 (U.S.) | |||
| Recorded | November 1988 | |||
| Genre | Country | |||
| Length | 3:04 | |||
| Label | RCA Nashville 8781 | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Clint Black Hayden Nicholas | |||
| Producer(s) | Mark Wright James Stroud | |||
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"A Better Man" is a song by American country music artist Clint Black. It was released in February 1989 as his debut single, and was served as the first single from his debut album, Killin' Time. It was written by Black and Hayden Nicholas. When "A Better Man" went to No. 1 on the Billboard magazine Hot Country Singles chart on June 10, Black was the first artist since Freddy Fender to ascend to the top of the country chart with his first charted single.[1] In addition, "A Better Man" was the No. 1 song of 1989 on the Hot Country Singles chart.[2] The success of "A Better Man," along with the follow-up "Killin' Time," were instrumental in Black winning the Country Music Association's Horizon Award in 1989.[3]