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Released on Roadrunner Records, also Duality (Slipknot), How You Remind Me (Nickelback) and Wait and Bleed (Slipknot)
Recorded at Cove City Sound Studios, also Waiting for Tonight (Jennifer Lopez), Not That Kind (Anastacia) and Bye Bye Bye (*NSYNC)
Engineered by Richard Chycki, also Jaded (Aerosmith), Now (Def Leppard) and Misery (P!nk)
Written by John Petrucci, also Another Day, Pull Me Under and Act II: Scene Eight: The Spirit Carries On
Worth knowing
Counted from cited credits on fono.
104 other songs on fono were recorded at Cove City Sound Studios, by Avantasia and Céline Dion and others
50 other songs on fono were recorded at Samurai Hotel Recording Studio, by Dave Douglas and Andrew Cyrille and others
James “Jimmy T” Meslin engineered 4 of Dream Theater’s top 10 songs
Richard Chycki engineered 117 songs on fono
Credits
All 27 credits
- Written by
- John Petrucci and Jordan Rudess
- Produced by
- John Petrucci
- Performed by
- Boys Choir, Fred Martin and The Levite Camp, James LaBrie, John Myung, John Petrucci, Jordan Rudess, Mike Mangini, Millennium Choir, Pueri Cantores, Richard Chycki and Susan Youngblood
- Engineered by
- Gary Chester, James “Jimmy T” Meslin, Mike Schuppan, Richard Chycki and Travis Warner
- Mixed by
- Dave Rowland, Jason Staniulis and Richard Chycki
- Part of
- The Astonishing
- Recorded at
- Cove City Sound Studios, Samurai Hotel Recording Studio and Street of Dreams
- Released on
- Roadrunner Records
- Written by
- John Petrucci and Jordan Rudess
- Produced by
- John Petrucci
- Performed by
- Boys Choir, Fred Martin and The Levite Camp, James LaBrie, John Myung, John Petrucci, Jordan Rudess, Mike Mangini, Millennium Choir, Pueri Cantores, Richard Chycki and Susan Youngblood
- Engineered by
- Gary Chester, James “Jimmy T” Meslin, Mike Schuppan, Richard Chycki and Travis Warner
- Mixed by
- Dave Rowland, Jason Staniulis and Richard Chycki
- Part of
- The Astonishing
- Recorded at
- Cove City Sound Studios, Samurai Hotel Recording Studio and Street of Dreams
- Released on
- Roadrunner Records
Connected by credits
Other songs that share a producer, writer, studio or label with this one.
Same engineer: Richard Chycki
Same writer: John Petrucci
Same producer: John Petrucci
Same mixer: Richard Chycki
Same label: Roadrunner Records
Same studio: Cove City Sound Studios
Same engineer: Richard Chycki
Same writer: John Petrucci
Elsewhere
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1MusicBrainz A Better Life was performed by Boys Choir
A Better Life was performed by Boys Choir
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
2MusicBrainz A Better Life was performed by Fred Martin and The Levite Camp
A Better Life was performed by Fred Martin and The Levite Camp
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
3MusicBrainz A Better Life was performed by James LaBrie
A Better Life was performed by James LaBrie
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
4MusicBrainz A Better Life was performed by John Myung
A Better Life was performed by John Myung
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
5MusicBrainz A Better Life was performed by John Petrucci
A Better Life was performed by John Petrucci
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
6MusicBrainz A Better Life was performed by Jordan Rudess
A Better Life was performed by Jordan Rudess
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
7MusicBrainz A Better Life was performed by Mike Mangini
A Better Life was performed by Mike Mangini
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
8MusicBrainz A Better Life was performed by Millennium Choir
A Better Life was performed by Millennium Choir
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
9MusicBrainz A Better Life was performed by Pueri Cantores
A Better Life was performed by Pueri Cantores
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
10MusicBrainz A Better Life was performed by Richard Chycki
A Better Life was performed by Richard Chycki
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
11MusicBrainz A Better Life was performed by Susan Youngblood
A Better Life was performed by Susan Youngblood
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
12MusicBrainz A Better Life was produced by John Petrucci
A Better Life was produced by John Petrucci
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
13MusicBrainz A Better Life was written by John Petrucci
A Better Life was written by John Petrucci
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
14MusicBrainz A Better Life was written by Jordan Rudess
A Better Life was written by Jordan Rudess
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
15MusicBrainz A Better Life is part of the release The Astonishing
A Better Life is part of the release The Astonishing
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
16MusicBrainz A Better Life was recorded at Cove City Sound Studios
A Better Life was recorded at Cove City Sound Studios
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
17MusicBrainz A Better Life was recorded at Samurai Hotel Recording Studio
A Better Life was recorded at Samurai Hotel Recording Studio
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
18MusicBrainz A Better Life was recorded at Street of Dreams
A Better Life was recorded at Street of Dreams
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
19MusicBrainz Roadrunner Records is the label of the song A Better Life
Roadrunner Records is the label of the song A Better Life
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
20MusicBrainz A Better Life was engineered by Gary Chester
A Better Life was engineered by Gary Chester
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
21MusicBrainz A Better Life was engineered by James “Jimmy T” Meslin
A Better Life was engineered by James “Jimmy T” Meslin
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
22MusicBrainz A Better Life was engineered by Mike Schuppan
A Better Life was engineered by Mike Schuppan
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
23MusicBrainz A Better Life was engineered by Richard Chycki
A Better Life was engineered by Richard Chycki
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
24MusicBrainz A Better Life was engineered by Travis Warner
A Better Life was engineered by Travis Warner
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
25MusicBrainz A Better Life was mixed by Dave Rowland
26MusicBrainz A Better Life was mixed by Jason Staniulis
A Better Life was mixed by Jason Staniulis
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
27MusicBrainz A Better Life was mixed by Richard Chycki
A Better Life was mixed by Richard Chycki
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026
28MusicBrainz A Better Life was released on 2016-01-29
A Better Life was released on 2016-01-29
MusicBrainz core data (CC0)Retrieved Sep 30, 2026