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Getting Better (Shed Seven song)

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B-side
  
Only Dreaming

Format
  
7" vinyl, Cassette, CD

Genre
  
Britpop Rock

Released
  
15 January 1996

Recorded
  
1995

Length
  
4:13

"Getting Better" is the second single from the Shed Seven album A Maximum High. The song spent a total of 3 weeks in the UK Singles Chart, peaking at number 14 on 27 January 1996.

The song also appears on the band's compilation albums Going For Gold and The Singles Collection, along with the live albums Where Have You Been Tonight? and Live At The BBC.

The song was used as the theme tune for the ITV2 reality show CelebAir which was featured celebrities undertaking the roles of Check-In Attendants and Airline Cabin-Crew. The show was broadcast between 2 September 2008 and 23 October 2008 and was won by Lisa Maffia.

The BBC used the song towards the end of the group games in the FIFA World Cup 2010, to add hope to England World Cup campaign.

Track listing

7" vinyl, Cassette
  1. Getting Better
  2. Only Dreaming
CD
  1. Getting Better
  2. Only Dreaming
  3. Song Seven

References

Getting Better (Shed Seven song) Wikipedia