You Better Go Now is a 1947 jazz vocal ballad written by Irvin Graham and S. Bickley Reichner. Billie Holiday originally recorded and released it as a single, helping to establish it as a lasting jazz standard of the era. The song blends a moody swing feel with intimate vocal delivery and is often performed with piano accompaniment, later appearing in instrumental-vocal formats by artists such as Chet Baker and Red Garland. Lyrically, it tells a story of a lover who is overwhelmed by emotion and tells the beloved to go, singing You better go now, because I like you much, too much, which captures a push-pull dynamic of love. Although not tied to a single studio album, the tune appears on various Holiday compilations and is a staple in jazz repertoire and Real Book style arrangements.
