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"'Til Tomorrow" Single by Marvin Gaye from the album Midnight Love Released 1983 Format 7" single Recorded 1982, Studio Katy, Ohain, Belgium& Arco Studios, Munich, Germany Genre Soul, quiet storm Length 4:57 Label Columbia Writer(s) Marvin Gaye Producer Marvin Gaye Marvin Gaye singles chronology "My Love is Waiting"
(1983)"'Til Tomorrow"
(1983)"Joy"
(1983)Midnight Love track listing "Rockin' After Midnight"
(3)"'Til Tomorrow"
(4)"Turn On Some Music"
(5)"'Til Tomorrow" is a quiet storm-styled song recorded by Marvin Gaye. The song was the second song to be promoted off Midnight Love but wasn't released as a physical single, but more of a promotional song as Gaye prepped for a U.S. tour in the year of its release.
Song information
Issued on his Midnight Love album, it was the sole ballad in the album, which focused mainly on funk rhythms and dance material. Gaye was the sole lyricist of the song. When asked how the lyrics of the song seemed more primitive than Gaye's previous ballads, the singer said he had run out of ideas on lyrics. The song is described as a bare-bones song with "heavenly scat riffs". Gaye provides accentuated doo-wop harmonies in the background while delivering both a jazzy-inspired baritone and a gospel-inflected tenor with falsetto stuck in the middle of it. The original demo of the song (titled "Baby, Baby, Baby") showcased the frustration Gaye was going through during the recording of Midnight Love. The spoken intro by Gaye was later modified by the singer while mention of the word "shit" was also taken off of the final track as was extra lyrics added during the saxophone solo provided by Bobby Stern. The song was later covered by Chico DeBarge.
Chart performance
The song was issued as a promotional single mainly on R&B radio while Gaye was prepping for his upcoming "Sexual Healing" tour, which took place in April 1983. Due to strong initial airplay, the song peaked at number seventy-eight on the R&B singles chart but because Columbia Records, Marvin's label, had no plans of releasing the song as a physical single, it was the highest the song ever reached.
Credits
- All vocals by Marvin Gaye
- Instrumentation by the following:
- Marvin Gaye: synthesizers
- Gordon Banks: guitar, bass, drums
- Bobby Stern: tenor saxophone solo
- Produced by Marvin Gaye
Marvin Gaye singles discography 1960s:
(Tamla)1961: "Let Your Conscience Be Your Guide"
1962: "Sandman" · "Soldier's Plea" · "Stubborn Kind of Fellow" · "Hitch Hike"
1963: "Pride and Joy" · "Can I Get a Witness" · "I'm Crazy 'Bout My Baby"
1964: "You're a Wonderful One" · "Once Upon a Time" · "What's the Matter with You Baby" · "Try It Baby" · "Baby Don't You Do It" · "What Good Am I Without You" · "How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved by You)"
1965: "I'll Be Doggone" · "Pretty Little Baby" · "Ain't That Peculiar"
1966: "One More Heartache" · "Take This Heart of Mine" · "Little Darling (I Need You)" · "It Takes Two"
1967: "Ain't No Mountain High Enough" · "Your Unchanging Love" · "Your Precious Love" · "You" · "If I Could Build My Whole World Around You"
1968: "If This World Were Mine" · "Ain't Nothing Like the Real Thing" · "You're All I Need to Get By" · "Chained" · "Keep On Lovin' Me Honey" · "You Ain't Livin' till You're Lovin'" · "His Eye Is on the Sparrow" · "I Heard It Through the Grapevine"
1969: "Good Lovin' Ain't Easy to Come By" · "Too Busy Thinking About My Baby" · "That's the Way Love Is" · "Abraham, Martin and John" · "What You Gave Me" · "How Can I Forget"1970s:
(Tamla)1970: "Gonna Give Her All the Love I've Got" · "The Onion Song" · "California Soul" · "The End of Our Road"
1971: "What's Going On" · "Mercy Mercy Me (The Ecology)" · "Inner City Blues (Make Me Wanna Holler)" · "Save the Children"
1972: "You're the Man" · "Trouble Man" · "I Want to Come Home for Christmas"
1973: "Let's Get It On" · "You're a Special Part of Me" · "Stop, Look, Listen (To Your Heart)" · "Come Get to This"
1974: "You Sure Love to Ball" · "My Mistake (Was to Love You)" · "Don't Knock My Love" · "You Are Everything" · "Distant Lover"
1976: "I Want You" · "After the Dance"
1977: "Got to Give It Up"
1978: "Pops We Love You"
1979: "A Funky Space Reincarnation" · "Anger" · "Ego Tripping Out"1980s:
(Tamla/Columbia)1981: "Praise" · "Heavy Love Affair"
1982: "Sexual Healing"
1983: "My Love Is Waiting" · "'Til Tomorrow" · "Joy"Posthumous: 1985: "Sanctified Lady" · "It's Madness"
1986: "Just Like" · "The World Is Rated X"
1991: "My Last Chance"
1994: "Lucky, Lucky Me"
2001: "Music"
2005: "Let's Get It On (The M.P.G. Groove Remix)"Book:Marvin Gaye ·
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