Bitter Is Better

Infobox Single
Name = Bitter is Better


Artist = Kim Wilde
from Album =
B-side = "Boys"
Released = 1984
Format = 7"
Recorded =
Genre = Pop
Length =
Label = RAK
Writer = Masami Tsuchiya, Bill Crunchfield
Producer =
Certification =
Chart position =
Last single = House of Salome (1984)
This single = Bitter is Better (1984)
Next single = The Second Time (1984)

"Bitter is Better" is a song by British singer Kim Wilde, first recorded in 1981.

In 1982, it was used in support of a Japanese commercial for the B&L Bitter Lemon brand, and was subsequently released in that country as a single. It was also an extra track on the Japanese release of Wilde's second album, "Select".

The song remained unreleased in any other country until 1984 when it was released as a single in France in support of "The Very Best of Kim Wilde" compilation (even though the track itself was not on that album). It later appeared on a French-issued compilation entitled "Top 16" and for many years was considered a rarity. It finally gained Europe-wide release in 2006 as part of the compilation "The Hits Collection". This also marked the first occasion the track appeared on the CD format.