Better Together (EP)

Better Together is the debut extended play by American girl group Fifth Harmony. It was their first release after placing third on the second season of American televised reality show The X Factor, and was released on October 18, 2013 through Epic Records. Lyrically, the extended play discusses themes of love, heartbreak and empowerment. Throughout the recording process, the group worked with a variety of music producers including Savan Kotecha and Harmony Samuels as well as Julian Bunetta who served as the executive producer of the extended play. Better Together is primarily a pop record with elements of funk, pop rock, power pop, dance, bubblegum pop, acoustic guitar, R&B and minimalist urban influences.

Better Together
Standard EP artwork cover. On the acoustic and remixes versions covers, the backgrounds are different colors.
EP by
ReleasedJune 2013, October (October-18-2013)
RecordedMarch – May 2013
Studio
Various
    • Enemy Dojo and The Guest House Studios and Arundei Studios
      (Calabasas, California)
    • Westlake and R8D Studios
      (West Hollywood, California)
Length18:04
Label
Producer
  • Julian Bunetta (exec.)
  • Mitch Allan
  • Jason Evingan
  • Marcus Lomax
  • Stephan Johnson
  • Jordan Johnson
  • Harmony Samuels
Fifth Harmony chronology
Better Together
(2013)
Reflection
(2015)
Singles from Better Together
  1. "Miss Movin' On"
    Released: July 16, 2013

Following the release of Better Together, two Spanish language versions of the extended play, Juntos and Juntos Acoustic, were both released to digital music stores on November 8, 2013, while a physical bundle of both versions packaged together was released exclusively at Walmart on November 11, 2013. An acoustic version of Better Together was released to digital music stores on four days later, with physical copies sold exclusively at Justice stores. All together it managed to sell 51k copies on the first week. Finally, a remix extended play was released exclusively to iTunes on November 25, 2013. A four disc Better Together: Deluxe Edition set started selling exclusively on Fifth Harmony's official store on December 3, 2013, consisting of the standard five-track extended play, along with Better Together: Acoustic, Juntos, Juntos Acoustic and a card to download the remix extended play.

The extended play is preceded by the single "Miss Movin' On" which peaked at number 76 on the Billboard Hot 100. Better Together debuted at number six on the Billboard 200. A song that was not on the album but was promoted on the group's Harmonize America tour was "Tellin' Me". The extended play was also promoted via the promotional singles "Me & My Girls" and the title track, "Better Together". The iTunes edition available for digital download also included "Me & My Girls" alongside the five tracks found on the standard edition, and the Target edition came with the bonus track "One Wish".

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