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"For Better or Worse"
Single by Debbie Gibson
from the album Think with Your Heart
B-side"Call Yourself a Lover"
ReleasedJune 1995 (1995-06)
GenrePop
Length3:24
LabelSBK
Songwriter(s)Debbie Gibson
Producer(s)Debbie Gibson
Debbie Gibson singles chronology
"You're the One That I Want"
(1993) 		"For Better or Worse"
(1995) 		"Didn't Have the Heart"
(1995)

"For Better or Worse" is a song by American singer-songwriter and actress Debbie Gibson, written and produced entirely by her. It was her first single released under SBK Records following her departure from Atlantic Records. The track was released in June 1995 in the United States exclusively to adult contemporary radio and was later released commercially in Japan.

Critical reception

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Larry Flick of Billboard gave the track a positive review saying, "Gibson makes her SBK debut with a beautiful pop ballad that displays her marked maturity as both a singer and songwriter. She sounds quite comfortable amid the song's measured arrangement, which features delicate lead piano lines and a 44-piece orchestra. Although this single is aimed directly at AC radio, there is no denying the potential for impact among the prom-going youth set. A fine introduction to the forthcoming Think with Your Heart set."[1]

Chart performance

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As a radio-exclusive single, "For Better or Worse" was ineligible to enter the US Billboard Hot 100. Nevertheless, the track failed to enter any Billboard charts upon its release. It did briefly chart on the adult contemporary charts of Radio & Records and the Gavin Report, hitting number 30 on both charts.

Music video

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A music video was filmed for the song, directed by James Yukich who Gibson has worked with multiple times before.[2] The video opens with Gibson sitting on a stairwell. Shots span between a house and a city where Gibson and a male actor are holding hands and hugging.

Track listing

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Japanese CD single[3]

  1. "For Better or Worse" – 3:22
  2. "Call Yourself a Lover" – 3:09

Personnel

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Taken from the Think with Your Heart booklet.[4]

Charts and release history

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References

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  1. ^ Flick, Larry (June 17, 1995). "Single Reviews: AC". Billboard. Vol. 107, no. 24. Prometheus Global Media. p. 57. ISSN 0006-2510.
  2. ^ "Debbie Gibson: For Better or Worse (Music Video 1995) - IMDb". IMDb. Retrieved December 9, 2024.
  3. ^ a b For Better or Worse (Japanese mini-CD single liner notes). Debbie Gibson. SBK Records. 1995. TODP-2525.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  4. ^ Think with Your Heart (album liner notes). Debbie Gibson. SBK Records. 1995. 33374.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  5. ^ "R&R AC Top 30". Radio & Records. No. 1106. August 4, 1995. p. 105.
  6. ^ "Gavin A/C". Gavin Report. No. 2070. September 1, 1995. p. 29.
  7. ^ Flick, Larry (May 27, 1995). "Debbie Gibson Puts 'Heart' Into Debut Album On SBK". Billboard. Vol. 107, no. 21. Prometheus Global Media. p. 13. ISSN 0006-2510. Think With Your Heart will be launched in mid-June, when the single "For Better or Worse" goes to AC radio.
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