Will You Love Me Tomorrow

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"Will You Love Me Tomorrow"
Single by The Shirelles
from the album Tonight's the Night
B-side	Boys
Released	1960 (US) 1961 (UK)
Recorded	1960
Genre	R&B
Length	2:43
Label	Scepter
Writer(s)	Gerry Goffin, Carole King
The Shirelles singles chronology
"Tonight's the Night" (1960) "Will You Love Me Tomorrow" (1960) "Dedicated to the One I Love" (1961)

"Will You Love Me Tomorrow"
Single by The Four Seasons
from the album Edizione d'oro (Golden Edition)
B-side	Around and Around (andaroundandaroundandaroundandaround) (from the album New Gold Hits)
Released	February 1968
Recorded	1968
Genre	Rock
Label	Philips
Writer(s)	Gerry Goffin-Carole King
The Four Seasons singles chronology
"Watch the Flowers Grow" (1967) "Will You Love Me Tomorrow" (1968) "Saturday's Father" (1968)

"Will You Love Me Tomorrow" is the title of a song written by Gerry Goffin and Carole King. It has been recorded by many different artists and was ranked among Rolling Stone's list of The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time at #125.

[edit] The Shirelles' version

In 1960, The Shirelles released their version as Scepter single 1211, with "Boys" on the B-side. When first presented with the song, lead singer Shirley Owens (later known as Shirley Allston-Reeves) did not want to record it, because she thought it was "too country." She relented after a string arrangement was added. In 1961, the song went to number one on the Billboard Hot 100. However, Owens recalled on Jim Parsons' syndicated oldies radio program, Shake Rattle Showtime, that some radio stations had banned the record because they had felt the lyrics were too sexually charged.

This version of the song is currently ranked as the 101st greatest song of all time, as well as the best song of 1960, by Acclaimed Music.^[1]

[edit] Other versions

This song has since been remade by many artists. Notable versions include those by these artists:

• Mike Berry released a version in January 1961.
• Lil Malmkvist (a younger sister of Siw Malmkvist) recorded a Swedish version called "Hur blir det i morgon" in 1961.
• Ronnie James Dio with his band The Prophets released their version of the song as a single in 1962.
• Ben E King released a cover on his 'Ben E King Sings for Soulful Lovers' album 1962
• Dusty Springfield included her version as a track on her 1964 album A Girl Called Dusty.
• Cher released a version on her 1966 album Cher.
• Finest Kind, a Canadian close harmony vocal trio, covered the song on Silks & Spices.
• The Four Seasons had a #24 hit with this song on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1968.
• Sandy Posey cut a version, produced by Joe South for MGM, in 1968.
• Françoise Hardy recorded her own version on her 1969 album En Anglais (album known in the U.S. and Canada as Loving).
• Linda Ronstadt released a version on her 1970 album Silk Purse.
• Carole King included a version on her 1971 album Tapestry, with Joni Mitchell and James Taylor on background vocals.
• Angus Tung covered the song with Mandarin lyrics, which was subsequently translated as a Cantonese duet for Shirley Kwan and Alan Tam.
• Roberta Flack's version hit number seventy-six on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1972 as "Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow".
• Laura Nyro covered the song on her final album 'Angel in the Dark' which was released in 2001 after her death.
• Melanie Safka reached 82 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1973 and reached the Top 40 in the United Kingdom in 1974.
• Morningside Drive released a dance version of the song in 1975, which reached #33 on the Billboard Hot 100.
• Dana Valery recorded a dance version that hit number ninety-five on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1976.
• Dave Mason had a #39 hit on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1978 with his remake. It was his final top forty hit on that chart.
• Brotherhood of Man released their version as a single in 1980.
• Rainbow played a cover of this song whilst headling the 1980 Monsters of Rock festival at Donington Park.
• Maureen Tucker of The Velvet Underground recorded it as the B-side on the single Around and Around in 1981.
• Dionne Warwick recorded the song with The Shirelles on her 1983 album, How Many Times Can We Say Goodbye.
• Laura Branigan remade it for her 1984 album Self Control.
• Millie Jackson recorded a cover for the 1989 album Back to the Shit.
• Joe Walsh recorded a version which featured on his 1992 album Songs for a Dying Planet.
• Patti Labelle and Loretta Divine sung a ballad version of the song on Patti Labelle's short-lived sitcom "Out All Night" in 1992.
• Bryan Ferry had a hit in the United Kingdom with his version in 1993.
• Neil Diamond included this song on his 1993 album, Up on the Roof: Songs from the Brill Building.
• The Bee Gees recorded what Carole King called "the definitive version" for a Carole King tribute album entitled Tapestry Revisited in 1995.
• Dianne Reeves recorded a smooth jazz version on her 1997 album That Day.
• Shawn Colvin covered the song for the closing credits of the series finale of The Larry Sanders Show in 1998.
• Me First and the Gimme Gimmes remade the song on their 2001 album Blow in the Wind.

	"Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow" This version, performed by Amy Winehouse for the film Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason, slows the tempo down and features a jazz arrangement.
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• Amy Winehouse recorded a version for the soundtrack of the film Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason in 2004.
• Lauryn Hill performed a version during her 2006 tour. The versions have not been officially released.
• John Frusciante of the Red Hot Chili Peppers frequently played a live version of the song featuring only guitar and vocals during the band's 2006-07 Stadium Arcadium tour.
• Joni Mitchell references this song in "Chinese Café/Unchained Melody".
• The Satintones released this song as one of the first Motown singles in 1961 as "Tomorrow & Always".
• The song was performed by Elton John at a benefit concert in 1987. It was the first song he performed publicly after having undergone vocal cord surgery at the beginning of that same year. His version of the song has not officially been released.
• Minnie Driver's character sings the song in the film Beautiful.
• Mest uses the hook in the refrain of their song "Reason" on Destination Unknown.
• The French Kicks recorded a version on their 2009 EP Covers.
• Lesley Gore- featured in a box 5 cd set

[edit] References

1. ^ "Acclaimed Music Top 3000 songs". 27 May 2009. http://www.acclaimedmusic.net. 

Preceded by "Wonderland by Night" by Bert Kaempfert

Billboard Hot 100 number one single (The Shirelles version) January 30, 1961 (two weeks)

Succeeded by "Calcutta" by Lawrence Welk