"Tomorrow Comes Today" is a song from British

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debut album ''

'' 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 UK Singles Chart. A demo version of the song, "I Got Law" was included as a bonus track of the Japanese edition of '' 13'' by Blur,

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's other musical project.

Formats and track listings

European and UK CD EP (2000) # "Tomorrow Comes Today" – 3:14 # " Rock the House" – 4:09 # "Latin Simone" – 3:38 # "12D3" – 3:24 # "Tomorrow Comes Today" (video) – 3:23 UK 12-inch vinyl EP (2000) # "Tomorrow Comes Today" – 3:14 # "Rock the House" – 4:09 # "Latin Simone" – 3:38 # "12D3" – 3:24 European and UK CD maxi-single (2002) # "Tomorrow Comes Today" – 3:14 # "Film Music" – 3:04 # "Tomorrow Dub" – 5:30 # "Tomorrow Comes Today" (video) – 3:23 # "Jump the Gut Pt. 1" – 0:30 # "Jump the Gut Pt. 2" – 0:30 UK 12-inch vinyl single (2002) # "Tomorrow Comes Today" – 3:14 # "Film Music" (Mode remix) – 6:15 # "Tomorrow Dub" – 5:30 European and UK DVD single (2002) # "Tomorrow Comes Today" (video) – 3:23 # "Film Music" – 3:04 # "Tomorrow Dub" – 5:30 # "Jump the Gut Pt. 1" – 0:30 # "Jump the Gut Pt. 2" – 0:30 *"Tomorrow Dub" mixed by Spacemonkeyz; Early version of "Bañana Baby".

Personnel

– 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

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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 "

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". The video begins with writing the band's logo on 2-D's left eye and ends with his left eye by blinking.

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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 Hewlett and

met. 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.

Charts

Weekly charts

References

{{Authority control 2000 debut EPs EMI Records EPs Gorillaz songs 2000 songs 2002 singles EMI Records singles Songs written by Damon Albarn Songs written by Jamie Hewlett Dub songs