For a Better Day

"For a Better Day"
Single by Avicii
from the album Stories
Released	28 August 2015
Format	CD digital download
Recorded	2014
Genre	House dance-pop
Length	3:26
Label	Universal Music PRMD
Writer(s)	Tim Bergling Alex Ebert
Producer(s)	Avicii
Avicii singles chronology
"Waiting for Love" (2015) "For a Better Day" (2015) "Pure Grinding" (2015)
Music video "For A Better Day" on YouTube

"For a Better Day" is a 2015 single by Swedish EDM producer Avicii featuring uncredited vocals by American singer Alex Ebert released on Universal Music. The track appears on his album Stories and on his two-track EP Pure Grinding / For a Better Day. It was written by Tim Bergling (Avicii) and Alex Ebert. Like Avicii's other latest songs, it was leaked on the internet in late 2014 and was simply titled "A Better Day". A music video was produced for the song, which was filmed in Hungary.^[1]

Composition

"For a Better Day" is a piano-driven dance-pop song written in the key of F major. It runs at 135 bpm.

Charts

Chart (2015)	Peak position
Australia (ARIA)[2]	51
Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)[3]	10
Belgium (Ultratip Flanders)[4]	3
Belgium (Ultratip Wallonia)[5]	4
Finland (Suomen virallinen lista)[6]	15
France (SNEP)[7]	26
Germany (Official German Charts)[8]	18
Hungary (Dance Top 40)[9]	5
Hungary (Rádiós Top 40)[10]	1
Hungary (Single Top 40)[11]	2
Ireland (IRMA)[12]	62
Italy (FIMI)[13]	39
Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)[14]	17
Netherlands (Single Top 100)[15]	22
Norway (VG-lista)[16]	15
Poland (Polish Airplay Top 100)[17]	6
Poland (Dance Top 50)[18]	35
Slovakia (Rádio Top 100)[19]	51
Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)[20]	5
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[21]	16
US Hot Dance/Electronic Songs (Billboard)[22]	17

Music video

The music video for `For a Better Day` is centered around two different time periods; dealing with heavy elements of child sexual slavery. The video begins with a car driving into a field where men are waiting. Another man gets out of the car and one man opens a truck displaying something. The other men look astonished in amazement. As the beat kicks in, it switches to a black and white screen where two little kids are running in a sunflower field with a man chasing after them; presumably a member of the aforementioned organization. The scene switches to two skeleton-masked figures (confirmed to be the previous kids running away from the man) break into a gang members home, beat him bloody and kill him by burning a steel bar with the word `pedophile`engraved. The pair have a map to plan out their vigilante exploits, marking each executed victim with a large red `X`. The next man they visit, they force him to commit suicide by pointing a gun to his head and there last victim is a political man who is more focused on himself than the large riot outside his house. The skeleton-masked figures break in and beat him and run the burned steal bar to his back. The video then cuts back to the two kids running away from the man are able to escape by jumping into the ocean. Next, the scene cuts back to the political man who's now about to be hanged in front of his rioted people with visions of the little kids in his mind. The video then switches to the beginning where the man open's the door to the truck displaying barley naked little kids. The two kids are grabbed and stuffed into the man's car and the video ends with a glimpse of the politician man's foot.

Certifications

Region	Certification	Certified units/Sales
Poland (ZPAV)[23]	Platinum	20,000^*
^*sales figures based on certification alone ^^shipments figures based on certification alone

References

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21. "Swisscharts.com – Avicii – For A Better Day". Swiss Singles Chart.
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23. "Polish single certifications – Avicii – For a Better Day" (in Polish). Polish Society of the Phonographic Industry. 28 September 2016.