"Today Today" (sometimes shortened to "Today") is a song by the English New Wave band

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, released in February 1980 as a single. It is their last single to be released.

Review

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'' said of the song in May 2004:

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tried very hard to create tracks like Cowboys' "Today", but they never achieved the kind of widescreen sound that the band does here, a perfectly realized balance between sweeping, romantic strings, broad washes of synthesizer color, and a rigid techno-beat.

Release history

Today Today was released as a non-album track on . 23 years later in 2003 it was added to the Cowboys International compilation album '' Revisited''.

Personnel

Ken Lockie Kenneth Lockie (born 1956) is an English people, English singer-songwriter and producer, best known as the principle songwriter and vocalist of English New wave music, new wave band Cowboys International, as well as a collaborator with synth-po ...

– Lead vocals * Jimmy Hughes – Bass *

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– Drums *

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– Guitar * Evan Charles – Keyboards

References

{{Reflist 1980 singles Virgin Records singles