It was released as the fourth and final single from his eponymous debut studio album in August 2019.
[3] In August 2019, "Better" was released to Christian radio in the United States as the follow-up to "Build My Life" from Pat Barrett's self-titled debut studio album.
"[1] "Better" is an acoustic guitar led worship song,[5] composed in the key of A♭ with a tempo of 78 beats per minute and a musical time signature of 44.
"[7] Joshua Andre of 365 Days of Inspiring Media gave a positive opinion of the song, saying "while slower tempo 5 minute long acoustic guitar led reflective, lullaby-ish and hymn-like melody "Better", co-written with Chris Tomlin, eloquently and vividly describes about how Jesus Christ is better than anything we can ever imagine, and better than our material possessions and the things of this world that we think give us value.
[3] Pat Barrett released the official audio video for the song via YouTube on March 30, 2018.