Song · Post Malone
“Better Now” by Post Malone
From the album beerbongs & bentleys (2018)
“Better Now” by Post Malone appears on 1 radio countdown from 1 station in 2018. It was first released in 2018 on the album beerbongs & bentleys. Its best result is #33 on the Triple J Hottest 100 of 2018. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #158 alternative song of 2018.
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"Better Now" was the fifth and final single from Beerbongs & Bentleys, Post Malone's 2018 second album on Republic, and it was pieced together from spare parts. Producer Frank Dukes told Pitchfork the track was "frankensteined" out of leftovers from other sessions with Malone: the verse melody came first, wordless, over a different beat and a hook that felt awkward, until Louis Bell dug up an unused snippet from an old session and it became the chorus.
Bell and Dukes produced it and wrote it with Malone and Billy Walsh, Bell also engineered the vocals, and Manny Marroquin mixed. The seams don't show; it comes out woozy and bittersweet. It went top 10 in the US, the UK, Australia, Ireland and New Zealand, and picked up a Best Pop Solo Performance nomination at the 61st Grammys.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 33 | Triple J Australia (national) | Triple J Hottest 100 of 2018 | 100 |
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