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Things Can Only Get Better (Howard Jones song) Things Can Only Get Better (Howard Jones song) "Things Can Only Get Better" was released as the first single from Howard Jones' 1985 album "Dream Into Action", reaching #6 in the UK Singles Chart and #5 in the United States on the "Billboard" Hot 100 chart. Curiously, the song also crossed over to the R&B charts in America, peaking at #54 (a rarity for a white artist at the time). A typically upbeat Jones composition, it was one of two songs from the album to feature all-female singing group Afrodiziak on backing vocals. John Leland from "Spin" magazine wrote that