Song · Sarah McLachlan
“Better Broken” by Sarah McLachlan
From the album Better Broken (2025)
“Better Broken” by Sarah McLachlan appears on 3 radio countdowns from 3 stations in 2025. It was first released in 2025 on the album Better Broken. Its best result is #28 on the WBER Listener Countdown 2025. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #340 alternative song of 2025.
"Better Broken" was the first taste of Sarah McLachlan's tenth studio album, the record that shares its name, and it arrived on 26 June 2025, the same day the album was announced. Quite a return: when the full set followed on Concord on 19 September 2025, it was her first album in nine years and her first of original songs since Shine On in 2014.
She wrote this one with Benny Bock and Matt Morris, and she sings it and plays piano, with Bock on celesta and synthesizer, Wendy Melvoin on bass and guitar, Mason Stoops on guitar and Abe Rounds on drums and percussion. Tony Berg and Will Maclellan produced the album, mostly at Los Angeles's Sound City Studios, and McLachlan said its songs grew from her thoughts on the state of the world, meant to offer some relief and release.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
Indie & Adult Alternative
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 76 | The Current Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN | The Current Top 89 Songs of 2025 | 89 |
| 2025 | 28 | WBER Rochester, NY | WBER Listener Countdown 2025 | 57 |
| 2025 | 64 | WYEP Pittsburgh, PA | WYEP Top 91 Songs of 2025 | 91 |
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