Tomorrow is a song by Silverchair, which was released on September 16, 1994 on their debut (EP) extended play album, also titled Tomorrow. The song was later released on Frogstomp, the band’s debut studio album, in 1995.
Written by lead singer and 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 the band were signed to the Murmur 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 in October 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.
Tracklist:
- Tomorrow
- Acid Rain
- Blind
- Stoned
Silverchair
Ben Gillies: drums
Chris Joannou: bass guitar
Daniel Johns: lead vocals, lead guitar
Production
Producer, engineer: Phil McKellar
Producer, recording, mixing (Album Version): Kevin Shirley
Mastering (Album Version): Ted Jensen
Studios: Triple J studios, Sydney
Photography: David Anderson
