"Better Place" is a song recorded by American singer and songwriter Rachel Platten for her third studio album, Wildfire (2016). The record's third and final single, initially released as a promotional single on December 18, 2015, was distributed to Hot adult contemporary radio for airplay on April 4, 2016 in the United States. Platten co-wrote the song with Sally Seltmann while Jon Levine served as the sole producer. The singer wrote the song after discovering her sister had become engaged which she felt was inspirational. A piano accompanies Platten's vocals during the track's production, which was described as a "ballad" by some reviewers.

"Better Place" divided music critics, with some taking a liking to the track's simplicity and production, and other's finding it to be underwhelming. In the United States, it peaked at number 21 on the Adult Top 40 and peaked at number 227 on Russia's radio chart. An accompanying music video was directed by Matthew Stawski and released on May 9 of the same year. It features several couples and individuals gathering together and embracing each other. Platten dedicated it to a former school teacher of hers and labeled it as a "social experiment". She has performed it on various occasions, including during an episode of Today Show and as part of a setlist on her summer concerts.

I wrote the song at "a tiny little place on 17th and there was a beautiful tree outside the window ... The sunlight would always look really golden and it would make me feel really hopeful about the day, even though things in my life weren’t going great."

Platten's concept for "Better Place" developed following a phone call from her sister, Melanie, who announced her engagement to her then-boyfriend. She went on to describe it as one of her favorite tracks on the album, along with it being one of the easiest to write. Specifically, the singer wanted to display how her sister was longing for love and did not want to remain single. An editor on the singer's official website wrote that "Better Place" should serve as "the wedding song" of 2015.

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