| "Tomorrow" | ||||
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| Single by Silverchair | ||||
| from the album Frogstomp | ||||
| B-side | "Blind" (live) | |||
| Released | 16 September 1994 | |||
| Recorded | 1994 | |||
| Studio | Triple J (Sydney, Australia) | |||
| Genre | Grunge[1][2] | |||
| Length | 4:25 | |||
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| Songwriter(s) | ||||
| Producer(s) | Kevin "Caveman" Shirley | |||
| Silverchair singles chronology | ||||
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"Tomorrow" is a song by Australian rock band Silverchair, which was released on 16 September 1994 on their debut extended play, also titled Tomorrow. The song was re-recorded and included on Frogstomp, the band's debut studio album, released six months later on 27 March 1995. Written by singer and lead guitarist Daniel Johns and drummer Ben Gillies, it was produced and engineered by Phil McKellar at the national radio station Triple J's studios for SBS-TV's show Nomad, which aired on 16 June 1994. After the broadcast, Silverchair were signed to the Murmur record label – a Sony Music subsidiary – which subsequently issued the Tomorrow EP.
"Tomorrow" became a breakthrough hit for Silverchair when it reached number one on the ARIA Singles Chart on 30 October 1994 and remained there for six weeks. A re-recorded version was issued in 1995 in the United States and also peaked at number one on both the Billboard Modern Rock Tracks and the Album Rock Tracks charts; it made No. 28 on the Billboard Hot 100 Airplay chart. In the United Kingdom, the song made No. 59 on the UK Singles Chart in September 1995. At the ARIA Music Awards of 1995, the song "Tomorrow" won three awards in the categories 'Single of the Year', 'Highest Selling Single', and 'Breakthrough Artist – Single'; they won two further awards for Frogstomp.
In January 2018, as part of Triple M's "Ozzest 100", the 'most Australian' songs of all time, "Tomorrow" was ranked number 36.[3] In November 2020, the EP recording of "Tomorrow" was inducted into the NFSA (National Film and Sound Archive of Australia).[4][5][6][7][8]
- ^ Danaher, Michael (4 August 2014). "The 50 Best Grunge Songs". Paste.
- ^ Tremayne, Jim (20 February 1999). "Silverchair Graduates from Grunge". Billboard. Vol. 111, no. 8. p. 10. ISSN 0006-2510.
- ^ "Here Are The Songs That Made Triple M's 'Ozzest 100'". Musicfeeds. 27 January 2018. Retrieved 4 January 2020.
- ^ "Tomorrow by Silverchair | National Film and Sound Archive of Australia". National Film and Sound Archive of Australia. 2020. Retrieved 1 August 2024.
- ^ "Sounds of Australia 2020 | National Film and Sound Archive of Australia". National Film and Sound Archive of Australia. 2020. Retrieved 1 August 2024.
- ^ "True Blue, Whitlam's campaign song and Silverchair officially inducted as sounds that made Australia". ABC News. 17 November 2020. Retrieved 1 August 2024.
- ^ "Silverchair, The Master's Apprentices to be added into Australia's National Film and Sound Archive". 18 November 2020. Retrieved 1 August 2024.
- ^ Bruce, Jasper (19 November 2020). "'Tomorrow' by Silverchair added to National Film & Sound Archive's 'Sounds of Australia' library". NME. Retrieved 1 August 2024.