No Tomorrow

For the How I Met Your Mother episode, see No Tomorrow (How I Met Your Mother).

"No Tomorrow"
Single by Orson
from the album Bright Idea
B-side	"Everything", "Jessie"
Released	27 February 2006
Format	7", CD
Genre	Pop rock
Length	2:47
Label	Mercury
Producer	Noah Shain, Orson, Chad Radchild
Orson singles chronology
"No Tomorrow" (2006) "Bright Idea" (2006)

"No Tomorrow" is the debut single by American pop rock band Orson. It was released on 27 February 2006, eventually climbing to the top of the UK Singles Chart three weeks after its release. "No Tomorrow" is the lead single from Orson's 2006 debut album, Bright Idea. Despite entering the charts at #5 (selling 22,337), No Tomorrow climbed two weeks later to gain the top spot, making the band break yet another record, which was the lowest weekly sales of a UK number 1 single ever, selling only 17,694 copies. The single went on to be the UK's twelfth best selling single of the 2006^[1] and spent seven weeks in the UK Top 5, 18 weeks in the UK Top 75. However, the single made Orson a one-hit wonder as this is currently their only UK Top 10 single with their next single "Bright Idea" just failing to chart in that area.

The single, however, had previously been released as a free download on the iTunes music store where it became the most downloaded single of the week to date.

Track listings

• 7" 9876829

1. "No Tomorrow" - 2:47
2. "The Okay Song" - 3:50 (also featured on Bright Idea)

• CD 9876828

1. "No Tomorrow" - 2:47
2. "Everything" - 3:39
3. "Jessie" - 3:37
4. "No Tomorrow" (video)

Chart performance

Chart (2006) Peak position Austria 21 France 17 Germany 65 Ireland 26 Netherlands 100 New Zealand 40 Portugal 34 Switzerland 24 United Kingdom 1

Music video

The first two music videos which helped to put Orson onto the map were both directed by Tony Petrossian. The video for "No Tomorrow" uses a spotlight device to show only bits and snippets of the singer's night out with a girl. It features the attention focused on a circular light that moves around the screen and allows you to see through; the rest of the picture is darker than what's shown in the light and sometimes goes all black. The video for "Bright Idea" features a device that originated with Picasso when he took his still image labeled "Menotaur." In the Tony Petrossian -helmed music video, the streaking light effect comes to life and real time.

Preceded by "It's Chico Time" by Chico

UK Singles Chart Number 1 single March 19, 2006 - March 26, 2006

Succeeded by "So Sick" by Ne-Yo

References

1. ^ Top 40 Singles of 2006, from BBC Radio 1 website