Tomorrow (A Better You, Better Me)

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"Tomorrow (A Better You, a Better Me)" is a song originally recorded by the Brothers Johnson as an instrumental in 1976 on the album Look Out for #1.

"Tomorrow"
Instrumental by The Brothers Johnson
from the album Look Out for #1
Released1976 (1976)
Length2:58
LabelA&M
Songwriter(s)George Johnson, Louis Johnson
Producer(s)Quincy Jones

Quincy Jones/Tevin Campbell version

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"Tomorrow (A Better You, Better Me)"
 
Single by Quincy Jones featuring Tevin Campbell
from the album Back on the Block
ReleasedNovember 10, 1989 (1989-11-10)
Recorded1989
GenreR&B
Length4:46
LabelQwest
Songwriter(s)Siedah Garrett, George Johnson, Louis Johnson
Producer(s)Quincy Jones
Quincy Jones singles chronology
"The Secret Garden (Sweet Seduction Suite)"
(1990)
"Tomorrow (A Better You, A Better Me)"
(1990)
"I Don't Go for That"
(1990)
Tevin Campbell singles chronology
"Tomorrow (A Better You, A Better Me)"
(1990)
"Round and Round"
(1990)

In 1989, Siedah Garrett wrote lyrics to the song, and it was recorded by Quincy Jones featuring Tevin Campbell on vocals for the album Back on the Block. The new version of the song spent one week at number one on the US R&B chart and peaked at number seventy-five on the US pop chart in June 1990.[1] It was Campbell's first number-one R&B single and first single to enter the Billboard Hot 100.

Personnel

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In 1990, smooth jazz musician Nelson Rangell covered the song from his self-titled album.[2]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Record Research. p. 307.
  2. ^ "Nelson Rangell overview". Allmusic.com.