Better Than I Used to Be

Release: 2011

Release: 2011Source checked | Recent carryover

V3.6 reconciles the original release year with the reviewed Artist Essentials entry for this exact retained recording ID. Year precision is used; an album-first release is not silently replaced by a later single, reissue or annual-list year. The contemporaneous December 2011 report identifies the newly released Tim McGraw single before Emotional Traffic in 2012. The distributor's 2010 item field is not used to date this performance; other artists' recordings and earlier sessions are separate. Only the supported 2011 year is assigned.

The large badge identifies this listening list, not a newly issued recording. Later reissues and renewed chart popularity do not replace an original release date. How years are assigned.

Owner-supplied release annotations
Reported dates in 2012.html. Not independently established; neighboring dates can reflect album/single or regional differences.

Emotional Traffic - licensed original program
The licensed 2012 program, visible album date and original track metadata identify the selected recording and its album association. Individual earlier recording dates are considered separately; a later expanded edition is not treated as the first release of older tracks.

Better Than I Used to Be - licensed recording item
The actual recording page identifies Tim McGraw and the selected Better Than I Used to Be item. Its visible original release header and the parent program were read together; only supported year precision is published.

McGraw, Curb Release Separate Singles - contemporaneous release report
Sarah Skates' actual December 5, 2011 trade report describes Curb's new Tim McGraw single Better Than I Used to Be before the planned 2012 album. This original reporting establishes the McGraw recording in 2011 and resolves the licensed field's incompatible 2010 date. No litigation detail or precise release day is adopted.