"Tomorrow Never Knows" is the sixth single released by

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on November 10, 1994. The single sold 2.766 million copies and is the eighth-highest-selling single in Japan in the

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history.

Overview

"Tomorrow Never Knows" was Mr. Children's second No. 1 single on the

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 and was also included in the Mr. Children live album '' 1/42'' released on September 8, 1999, and also ''

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'', released on July 11, 2001. "Tomorrow Never Knows" was also included on Mr. Children's sixth album, ''

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'', 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

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, Mr. Children also mentioned the song was written while the group was on their ''Innocent World Tour''.Music Station SP

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March 16, 2007, No. 881 The b-side "" 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

and was listed as the third-highest-selling drama tie-in single in Japan.

Track listing

Personnel

Kazutoshi Sakurai is a Japanese musician. He composes and writes almost all of the songs for his band Mr. Children, in addition to writing lyrics and singing for his solo project group Bank Band. In 2006, Sakurai ranked No. 8 in HMV's "Top 30 Best Japanese Singe ...

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vocals Singing is the act of creating musical sounds with the voice. A person who sings is called a singer, artist or vocalist (in jazz and/or popular music). Singers perform music (arias, recitatives, songs, etc.) that can be sung with or without ...

guitar The guitar is a fretted musical instrument that typically has six strings. It is usually held flat against the player's body and played by strumming or plucking the strings with the dominant hand, while simultaneously pressing selected stri ...

Kenichi Tahara is a Japanese musician. He plays lead guitar in the band Mr. Children. Early life He was born in Fukuoka, and moved to Nakano, Tokyo. He attended Komae Daini Junior High School in Tokyo, where he met the other future band members Keisuke Nakagaw ...

– guitar *

Keisuke Nakagawa is a Japanese musician. He plays bass guitar in the band Mr. Children. Early life He attended Komae Daini Junior High School in Tokyo, where he met the other future band members Kenichi Tahara is a Japanese musician. He plays lead guitar in t ...

– bass *

Hideya Suzuki , commonly referred to by their contracted nickname , are a Japanese pop rock band formed in 1989. Consisting of Kazutoshi Sakurai, Kenichi Tahara, Keisuke Nakagawa, and Hideya Suzuki, they made their major label debut in 1992. They are one of t ...

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Production

* Producer – Kobayashi Takeshi"Tomorrow Never Knows" single, Toy's Factory (1994) * Arrangement -

and Takeshi Kobayashi

References