"Better Scream" is the debut 7" single released by the first band incarnation of Pete Wylie, Wah!

It was also Wylie's third serious project (the first being the heavily-funded but short-lived Liverpool super group English Opium Eaters with future Lightning Seeds leader Ian Broudie, future Frankie Goes to Hollywood dancer Paul Rutherford on lead vocals, and future Siouxsie and the Banshees drummer Budgie).

When the English Opium Eaters collapsed due to musical differences, Wylie then joined local band Crash Course but left taking drummer Rob Jones with him.

By the time the single was recorded, Mick Jones (no relative) had joined on keyboards.

"Better Scream" received critical acclaim by the British press and magazines like Sounds and the NME.