Better Love Next Time

"Better Love Next Time"
Single by Dr. Hook
from the album Sometimes You Win
B-side	"Mountain Mary"
Released	October 1979
Genre	Post-disco, blues rock
Length	2:59
Label	Capitol 4785
Writer(s)	Pippen-Keith-Slate
Producer(s)	Ron Haffkine
Dr. Hook singles chronology
"When You're in Love with a Beautiful Woman" (1979) "Better Love Next Time" (1979) "Sexy Eyes" (1980)
Alternative cover UK single sleeve

"Better Love Next Time" is a song by Dr. Hook, released as a single in the fall of 1979. It was the first of three singles from their LP Sometimes You Win. The lyrics involve the singer comforting and encouraging a grieving and despondent friend who has lost a love, with the reassurance that "better love" will be found in the future.

In the United States, the single reached No. 12 on the Billboard Hot 100 and spent 19 weeks on the chart. It also reached No. 3 on the Adult Contemporary chart. It was less of a hit in Canada, but reached the Top 10 in the United Kingdom (#8) and New Zealand (#7). "Better Love Next Time" is ranked as the 49th biggest American hit of 1980.