{{short description|2017 pop song by James Blunt}} {{Other uses}} {{Infobox song | name = Love Me Better | cover = Love Me Better (Remixes) - James Blunt.jpg | alt = | type = single | artist = James Blunt | album = The Afterlove | released = 27 January 2017 | format = | recorded = 2016 | studio = | venue = | genre = Pop | length = {{Duration|m=3|s=38}} | label = Atlantic Records UK | writer = {{hlist|James Blunt|Ryan Tedder|Zach Skelton}} | producer = {{hlist|Ryan Tedder|Zach Skelton}} | prev_title = Same Mistake | prev_year = 2007 | next_title = Bartender | next_year = 2017 | misc = {{External music video|1={{Youtube|RFHHEac83B8|"Love Me Better"}}}} }}
"'''Love Me Better'''" is a song by British singer-songwriter James Blunt. It was released on 27 January 2017 as the lead single from his fifth studio album, ''The Afterlove'' (2017). The song was written by Blunt, Ryan Tedder and Zach Skelton.
==Music video== An accompanying music video directed by Vaughan Arnell was released onto YouTube on 2 February 2017 at a total length of three minutes and forty-nine seconds.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RFHHEac83B8 James Blunt - Love Me Better (Official Video)] on YouTube</ref>
==Live performances== Blunt performed the song on ''The Graham Norton Show'' on 24 February 2017.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://metro.co.uk/2017/02/24/james-blunt-on-what-really-happened-when-princess-beatrice-cut-pal-ed-sheeran-with-a-sword-6469830/|title=James Blunt on Ed Sheeran being 'cut by Princess Beatrice's sword'|last=Lawrence|first=Hannah|date=24 February 2017|work=Metro|accessdate=30 October 2018}}</ref>
==Track listing== {{Track listing | headline = Digital download | title1 = Love Me Better | length1 = 3:38 }}
==Charts== {| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" |- ! Chart (2017) ! Peak<br/>position |- {{singlechart|Flanders Tip|12|artist=James Blunt|song=Love Me Better|rowheader=true|accessdate=20 June 2017}} |- {{singlechart|Wallonia Tip|7|artist=James Blunt|song=Love Me Better|rowheader=true|accessdate=20 June 2017}} |- {{singlechart|France|140|artist=James Blunt|song=Love Me Better|rowheader=true|accessdate=4 October 2019}} |- ! scope="row"| Slovenia (SloTop50)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.slotop50.si/Glasbene-lestvice/Tedenske-lestvice/?year=2017&week=8|title=SloTop50 – Slovenian official singles chart|publisher=slotop50.si|accessdate=29 August 2018}}</ref> | 42 |- {{singlechart|Sweden|99|artist=James Blunt|song=Love Me Better|rowheader=true|accessdate=20 June 2017}} |- {{singlechart|Switzerland|87|artist=James Blunt|song=Love Me Better|rowheader=true|accessdate=20 June 2017}} |- {{singlechart|UKsinglesbyname|93|artist=James Blunt|rowheader=true|accessdate=20 June 2017}} |}
==Release history== {| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" |- ! Region ! Date ! Format ! Label |- ! scope="row"| United Kingdom | 27 January 2017 | Digital download | Atlantic Records UK |}
==References== {{Reflist|40em}}
{{James Blunt singles}}
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