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getting better

vb. (present participle of get better English)

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Getting Better

"Getting Better" is a song written mainly by Paul McCartney, with lyrical contributions from John Lennon (credited to Lennon–McCartney). It was recorded by the Beatles for the 1967 album Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band.

Getting Better (Shed Seven song)

"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.

Getting Better (disambiguation)

" Getting Better" is a 1967 song recorded by the Beatles, written by John Lennon and Paul McCartney.

Getting Better may also refer to:

  • "Getting Better" (Shed Seven song), a single released in 1996
  • "Gettin' Better", a 1987 single from the album Mechanical Resonance by Tesla

Usage examples of "getting better".

The knights had made strong if inept rowers, although they'd been getting better with practice.

I seemed to be actually getting better under the influence of this novelty.

For the first time in the modern history of industrial society, there is a widespread feeling that things will not be getting better, that there is no way out.

He was getting better of typhoid, she said, and he's picking up fine.

She went through the list, noting every sign that the woman in bed 432-D wasn't going to be getting better.

She was getting better at it, or maybe he was no longer fighting it.

I'd almost made it when I realized that this time, the light wasn't getting better.

He's sick they say, but is getting better, and will be all right again before long.