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{{Short description|1977 song from the musical Annie}}
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| artist     = [[Andrea McArdle]]
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| published  = 1977
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| genre      = [[Popular music|Pop]], [[show tune]]
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| composer   = [[Charles Strouse]]
| lyricist   = [[Martin Charnin]]
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}}{{Infobox song
| name          = Tomorrow
| type          = song
| artist        = [[Aileen Quinn]]
| album         = [[Annie (1982 soundtrack)|Annie (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)]]
| B-side        = Let's Go To The Movies
| released      = 1982
| genre         = [[Popular music|Pop]], [[show tune]]
| length        = 2:21
| label         = [[Columbia Records|Columbia]]
| composer      = [[Charles Strouse]]
| lyricist      = [[Martin Charnin]]
| producer      = [[Ralph Burns]]
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"'''Tomorrow'''" is a [[show tune]] from the musical ''[[Annie (musical)|Annie]]'', with music by [[Charles Strouse]] and lyrics by [[Martin Charnin]], published in 1977. The number was originally written as "Replay" (The Way We Live Now) for the 1970 short film ''Replay'', with both music and lyrics by Strouse.<ref>[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0418102/ Replay (Short 1970) – IMDb<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>

The range, volume and repeated interval jumps make it a particularly demanding solo, especially for a younger voice.

==Composition and lyrics==
In 1972 Strouse,  and Thomas Meehan began working on a musical based on the Little Orphan Annie comic strips, ''[[Annie (musical)|Annie]]''. Strouse contributed a reworked version of "Replay" as "Tomorrow". "Annie" took until 1976 to reach Broadway<ref>[https://www.playbill.com/article/cast-changes-rewrites-and-more-from-yesterday-to-tomorrow-annies-history-on-stage-and-screen-com-337596 Cast Changes, Rewrites and More: From Yesterday to 'Tomorrow,' Annie's History on Stage and Screen | Playbill<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> and during that time Strouse reworked "Replay" again for possible use in what became "[[Charlie and Algernon]]", a musical version of Daniel Keyes's ''[[Flowers for Algernon]]'' with book by playwright David Rogers although it was not ultimately used. "<ref name="tomorrow charlie">{{cite news |title=From Basement to Broadway |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/magazine/1980/09/07/from-basement-to-broadway/b0b677c7-ef2b-4dfd-b070-9cde40f0df9a/?noredirect=on |newspaper=Washington Post |date=7 September 1980}}</ref>

The song has always been prominently featured in productions of the musical throughout its history: several variations of the song were performed in the original 1977 Broadway production, including being the show's [[finale (music)|finale]]. Its lyrics are repeated as a personal motto by the character of Annie in Thomas Meehan's 1980 novelisation. It was the entry and concluding credits score for the 1982 film adaptation; an a capella version of the song was performed by [[Aileen Quinn]] as Annie during the scene at the [[White House]] where Annie and Warbucks meet [[Franklin D. Roosevelt]].

The song pronounces an optimistic view of life through its main themes and the phrases 'hang on until tomorrow' and 'when I'm stuck with a day that's gray and lonely, I just stick out my chin and grin [and say]'. It appears to be in unison with another song in the score, "[[You're Never Fully Dressed Without a Smile]]", which again pronounces the importance of smiling, though in a much lighter and cheerful tone.

== See also ==
* ''[[Little Orphan Annie]]''
*[[Annie (musical)|''Annie'' (Broadway Musical)]]
*[[Annie (1982 film)|''Annie'' (1982 film)]]
*[[Annie (2014 film)|''Annie'' (2014 film)]]

==References==
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==External links==
* {{MusicBrainz work|id=b1167d93-2f3e-30f3-a921-aa54158d8cec|name=Tomorrow|type=song|lang=en}}

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[[Category:Songs with music by Charles Strouse]]
[[Category:1977 songs]]
[[Category:Songs from musicals]]
[[Category:Barbra Streisand songs]]
[[Category:Songs with lyrics by Martin Charnin]]
[[Category:Grace Jones songs]]
[[Category:Me First and the Gimme Gimmes songs]]
[[Category:Little Orphan Annie]]