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Tomorrow Never Knows (Mr. Children song)

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Released
  
November 10, 1994

Length
  
5:10

Writer(s)
  
Kazutoshi Sakurai

Format
  
CD single

Label
  
Toy's Factory

Genre
  
Pop rock, power pop, progressive rock

"Tomorrow Never Knows" is the sixth single released by Mr. Children on November 10, 1994. The single sold 2.766 million copies and is the eighth highest-selling single in Japan in the Oricon history.

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Overview

"Tomorrow Never Knows" was Mr. Children's second No. 1 single on the Oricon Japanese charts and sold 2,766,290 copies during its run on the chart. The title track was used as the theme song to the Japanese drama Wakamono no Subete (若者のすべて) and was also included in the Mr. Children live album 1/42 released on September 8, 1999, and also Mr. Children 1992–1995, released on July 11, 2001. "Tomorrow Never Knows" was also included on Mr. Children's sixth album, Bolero, released on March 5, 1997, as a remix. While the track was noted as a remix, the only thing remixed was drummer Hideya Suzuki re-recording his drumming. On the March 16, 2007 episode of the Japanese music TV show Music Station, Mr. Children also mentioned the song was written while the group was on their Innocent World Tour. The b-side "Love Connection (ラヴ コネクション)" was included in Mr. Children's fourth album, Atomic Heart, released on September 1, 1994.

Awards and recognition

"Tomorrow Never Knows" has won many awards including 'Best Theme Song' at the 3rd Annual Television Drama Academy Awards, the 'Grand Prix Single Award' at the 9th Annual Japan Gold Disc Awards, and 'Best 5 Single Award' at the 9th Annual Japan Gold Disc Awards. "Tomorrow Never Knows" was also voted in 2006 as fans No. 1 all-time favorite song on Music Station and was listed as third highest selling drama tie-in single in Japan.

Track listing

All tracks written by Kazutoshi Sakurai.

Personnel

  • Kazutoshi Sakurai – vocals, guitar
  • Kenichi Tahara – guitar
  • Keisuke Nakagawa – bass
  • Hideya Suzuki – drums
  • Production

  • Producer – Kobayashi Takeshi
  • Arrangement - Mr. Children and Takeshi Kobayashi
  • References

    Tomorrow Never Knows (Mr. Children song) Wikipedia