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"I Can Love You Better" is a song written by Pamela Brown Hayes and Kostas, and recorded by American country music group Dixie Chicks. It was released in October 1997 as their debut single and the first from their album Wide Open Spaces, and was the first hit of the Natalie Maines era of the group.

"I Can Love You Better"
Single by Dixie Chicks
from the album Wide Open Spaces
B-side	"Give It Up or Let Me Go"[1]
Released	October 27, 1997
Recorded	1997
Genre	Country
Length	3:07 (radio edit) 3:53 (album version)
Label	Monument
Songwriter(s)	Pamela Brown Hayes, Kostas
Producer(s)	Paul Worley, Blake Chancey
Dixie Chicks singles chronology
"I Can Love You Better" (1997) "There's Your Trouble" (1998)
Music video
"I Can Love You Better" at CMT.com

The song reached number 7 on the Billboard magazine Hot Country Singles & Tracks, and represented the group's first real commercial success. The song was included in the set list on the Chicks' 2000 Fly Tour, but was not performed again until the 2013 Long Time Gone Tour. The Dixie Chicks performed a parody of the song, "No Letter Better Than B", on Sesame Street.

Content

The song's narrator is assuring a man that she can love him better and make him forget his previous love.

Critical reception

Stephen Thomas Erlewine cited the track as "convincing" in his review of the album for Allmusic.[2]

Music video

The music video for "I Can Love You Better" was directed by Chris Rogers. In it, the Dixie Chicks are shown performing the song while in an airport lobby. They are also shown sitting on an airport baggage claim belt, in a bakery, and on a crowded sidewalk.

Chart performance

Chart (1997-1998)	Peak position
Canada Country Tracks (RPM)[3]	3
US Billboard Hot 100[4]	77
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)[5]	7

Year-end charts

Chart (1998)	Position
Canada Country Tracks (RPM)[6]	77
US Country Songs (Billboard)[7]	57

References

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