"Tomorrow Comes Today" is a song from British

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Gorillaz's

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debut album '' Gorillaz'' and was their first release when issued as an EP in November 2000. The first three songs from the EP ended up on their debut album, however, "Latin Simone" was heavily edited, and dubbed into Spanish, for the album release. The new version was sung by

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, and renamed "Latin Simone (¿Que Pasa Contigo?)". The original version is sung by 2-D (voiced by Damon Albarn) and appears along with "12D3" on some versions of the later-released compilation album ''

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''. The song itself was also the fourth and final single from that album, released on 25 February 2002. It peaked at number 33 on the

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. A demo version of the song, "I Got Law" was included as a bonus track of the Japanese edition of '' 13'' by Blur, Damon Albarn's other musical project.

Formats and track listings

Enhanced CD EP (2000) # "Tomorrow Comes Today" – 3:13 # " Rock the House" – 4:09 # "Latin Simone" – 3:38 # "12D3" – 3:24 # "Tomorrow Comes Today" (enhanced video) – 3:14 12-inch EP (2000) # "Tomorrow Comes Today" – 3:14 # "Rock the House" – 4:09 # "Latin Simone" – 3:38 # "12D3" – 3:24 CD single (2002) # "Tomorrow Comes Today" – 3:14 # "Film Music" – 3:04 # "Tomorrow Dub" (early version of "Bañana Baby") – 5:30 # "Tomorrow Comes Today" (music video) – 3:14 DVD single (2002) # "Tomorrow Comes Today" (DVD music video) – 3:14 # "Film Music" – 3:04 # "Tomorrow Dub" (early version of "Bañana Baby") – 5:30 # "Jump the Gut Pt. 1" – 0:30 # "Jump the Gut Pt. 2" – 0:30 12-inch single (2002) # "Tomorrow Comes Today" – 3:14 # "Film Music" (Mode Remix) – 6:15 # "Tomorrow Dub" (early version of "Bañana Baby") – 5:30

Personnel

* Damon Albarn – vocals, keyboards,

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, bass guitar *

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– additional vocals *

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– sampled loops *Jason Cox – engineering *Tom Girling –

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, engineering *

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– mastering

Music video

Directed by

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, the video for the title track consists mainly of static drawings of the band members placed against real photographs and time-lapsed video footage of London streets. Some of the drawings are animated, especially the ones featuring 2-D singing. This is due to the video having an extremely short deadline compared to its follow-up " Clint Eastwood". The video finishes with the four band members, and 2-D's headache pills, flying across the screen during a fast-motion shot of a tunnel.

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artwork by

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can be seen halfway through the video.

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is also seen, known for being the birthplace of Gorillaz and where creators of the band Jamie Hewlett and Damon Albarn met.

Charts

Weekly charts

References

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