"Don't Say No to Tomorrow" is a song by New Zealand singer and songwriter

Sharon O'Neill Sharon Lea O'Neill (born 23 November 1952) is a New Zealand singer-songwriter and pianist, who had an Australasian hit single in 1983 with "Maxine (Sharon O'Neill song), Maxine" which reached No. 16 on both the Australian Kent Music Report and Re ...

. The song was released in June 1979 and became O'Neill's first top 10, peaking at number 6 in New Zealand. It remains her career highest-charting single.

Background and release

O'Neill signed with CBS Records in 1978 and had released her debut studio album, ''This Heart This Song'' in February 1979. John McCready, the head of CBS Records in New Zealand, was aware of the upcoming

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telethon and convinced the producers to have O'Nell do the official song. McCready said; "On approaching them I was informed of the show’s aims. It was

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and the theme of Telethon would be “Don’t Say No To Tomorrow”. The producers agreed if Sharon could write a song with this theme and they liked it they would have it as the official song." adding "Sharon and I sat down and went through some of her newer compositions and we found one melody that Sharon thought could have the lyrics changed to embrace the Telethon theme."

Track listing

7" (BA 461965) *Side A "Don't Say No to Tomorrow" *Side B "Falling to the Ground"

Charts

References

1979 singles Sharon O'Neill songs Songs written by Sharon O'Neill Charity singles 1979 songs {{1970s-pop-song-stub