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I'll Be Sweeter Tomorrow (Than I Was Today)

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"I'll Be Sweeter Tomorrow (Than I Was Today)"
Linda Jones, The Escorts, The Dapps
The Bell Sessions
Single by The O'Jays
from the album Back on Top
B-side"I Dig Your Act"
Released1967
Recorded1967
GenrePop
Length3:55
LabelBell Records
Songwriter(s)Jacquiline Members, Robert Euge Poindexter, Stanley Poindexter, Emma Jean Thomas
The O'Jays singles chronology
"Working On Your Case"
(1967)
"I'll Be Sweeter Tomorrow (Than I Was Today)"
(1967)
"Look Over Your Shoulder"
(1968)

"I'll Be Sweeter Tomorrow (Than I Was Today)" (also known as "I'll Be Sweeter Tomorrow") is a 1967 hit single by the O'Jays, the group's best-selling single on Bell Records.

Chart performance and background

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In 1967, "I'll Be Sweeter Tomorrow (Than I Was Today)", reached No. 66 on the Billboard Hot 100 pop chart and was also a Top 10 Billboard R&B hit, peaking at # 8.[1] The single's B-side, "I Dig Your Act", was also a popular regional hit. This song, in addition to featuring O'Jays members Eddie Levert, William Powell, and Walter Williams, also featured a fourth original member, Bobby Massey, on vocals. (The fifth original O'Jay, Bill Isles, left the group in 1965, before the group recorded for Bell Records).[2]

Track listing

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  1. "I'll Be Sweeter Tomorrow"
  2. "I Dig Your Act"

Instrumentation

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Strings and some soul feel in the song are the instrumentation, as well as the feel of the fadeout.

Other versions

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The O'Jays re-recorded the song for their final album, The Last Word.[3]

Artists to cover the song include:

References

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  1. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Record Research. p. 438.
  2. ^ "The O'Jays Page". Soulwalking.co.uk. Retrieved 2016-10-01.
  3. ^ Leight, Elias (22 April 2019). "The O'Jays Give the People What They Want for the Last Time". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 3 September 2021.
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