One Day More

For the 2011 romantic comedy film, see One Day More (film).

"Demain"
Song by Les Misérables Ensemble
from the album Les Misérables
LanguageFrench (original)
English titleOne Day More
Published1980
Recorded
  • 1980 (French cast recording)
  • 1985 (London cast recording)
  • 1987 (Broadway cast recording)
  • 2012 (Film cast recording)
Genre
Length3:36 (London cast recording)
Composer(s)Claude-Michel Schönberg
Lyricist(s)

"One Day More" ("Demain", Tomorrow, in the original French version) is a song from the 1980 musical Les Misérables. The music was written by Claude-Michel Schönberg, original French lyrics by Alain Boublil and Jean-Marc Natel, with an English-language libretto by Herbert Kretzmer.[1] The song is sung by the entire chorus, using a counterpoint melody.

Les Misérables was originally released as a French-language concept album, as French songwriter Alain Boublil had had the idea to adapt Victor Hugo's novel into a musical while at a performance of the musical Oliver! in London.[2]

The show and the song have been translated into 21 languages, including Japanese, Hebrew, Icelandic, Norwegian, Czech, Polish, Spanish, and Estonian, and there have been 31 cast recordings featuring the song.[3] The London cast version is triple platinum in the UK, for sales of more than 900,000, and platinum in the U.S., for sales of more than one million. The Broadway cast version is quadruple platinum in the U.S. (more than four million sold), where four other versions have also received gold certifications.[4]

  1. ^ "Les Misérables at IBDB.com". Retrieved 29 April 2009.
  2. ^ Behr, Edward (1993). The Complete Book of Les Miserables. New York: Arcade Publishing. p. 51. ISBN 978-1-55970-156-3.
  3. ^ "Translations and Cast Recordings. LesMis.com". Archived from the original on 9 March 2009. Retrieved 6 May 2009.
  4. ^ "Gold and Platinum RIAA.com". Recording Industry Association of America. Archived from the original on 26 June 2007. Retrieved 19 November 2009.