| "Better in Time" | ||||
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| Single by Leona Lewis | ||||
| from the album Spirit | ||||
| A-side | "Footprints in the Sand" | |||
| B-side | "You Bring Me Down" | |||
| Released | 25 February 2008 | |||
| Recorded | 2007 | |||
| Studio | Chalice (Los Angeles) | |||
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| Length | 3:53 | |||
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| Producer(s) | J. R. Rotem | |||
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| "Better in Time" on YouTube | ||||
"Better in Time" is a song recorded by English singer Leona Lewis for her debut studio album Spirit (2007). It was written by J. R. Rotem and Andrea Martin and was produced by Rotem. Lyrically, the song tells the story of a woman who cannot forget her ex-partner, and who knows that "it will all get better in time". It was released as the second single from Spirit on 10 March 2008, as a double A-side with "Footprints in the Sand", by Syco Music and J Records.
Critically acclaimed, "Better in Time" was nominated for the Brit Award for British Single. It peaked at number two on the UK Singles Chart, reaching the top ten in Australia, Canada, Germany, Ireland, Italy and New Zealand, as well as number 11 in the United States. 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, also being included on the set list of her debut concert tour The Labyrinth (2010). The song's accompanying music video was directed by Sophie Muller at the Hampton Court House School in London in February 2008, and shows Lewis performing in front of several photographic set-ups and events behind the scenes.