Tomorrow Never Knows (track)
by The Beatles
Tomorrow Never Knows appears on the following album(s) by The Beatles:
- Revolver (track #14) (this album) (1966)
- The Beatles Box Set (track #103) (compilation) (1988)
- Anthology 2 (track #17) (compilation) (1996)
- The Beatles In Mono (track #97) (compilation) (2009)
- Mono Collection (track #97) (compilation) (1982)
- Anthology Highlights (track #12) (compilation) (2011)
- The Beatles (track #97) (compilation) (2009)
- The Collection (track #97) (compilation) (1982)
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| ! | 09/01/2026 14:37 | ikeguy | 96 | 85/100 |
| ! | 09/01/2026 11:25 | mattkwyatt | 89 | 85/100 |
| ! | 07/24/2026 09:38 |  MetalMan67 | 1,756 | 83/100 |
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One of the best songs The Beatles ever made (For me personally, The Walrus remains the absolute number 1). The drone of the sitar at the start of the song fades in very quickly, sounds exciting and promising and immediately makes it clear to the listeners that this track is a very special piece of music. It is important not to lose sight of the fact that this song dates from 1966. For many unsuspecting listeners, this must have sounded like the soundtrack to the apocalypse. After all, the song does not fit in with something comparable and comes out of nowhere in terms of tonality and character. Propelled by a repetitive, hunted drum pattern (the snare seems to be subordinate to the toms), the song is sacrificed to a perfectly directed chaos of tape loops, reversed guitars, vocals that are driven through the Leslie speaker and more inventive studio techniques. This is without a doubt a Lennon song, although McCartney delivers a flawless and hurried bass line. For the lyrics, Lennon is inspired by Timothy Leary, who is forever associated with LSD. "Turn off your mind, relax and float downstream": great advice! (Edited)
Decades before dance or trance music became a genre unto itself, John Lennon and the other Beatles, with a lot of help from George Martin, give us, tomorrow never knows, a truly astonishing track, coming just a year after, it's only love, and, you're going to lose that girl. Based on, the dead, a Tibetan prayer book, and originally to be titled the void, tomorrow never knows, sounds like nothing else before it, and possibly nothing after it too. A brilliant production, a stunning band performance,and great vocals from Lennon, help to make, tomorrow never knows, the most jaw dropping of all Beatles tracks. A true masterpiece. (Edited)
One of my favourite songs ever recorded. The music is so advanced that it literally sounds like it could have been recorded in 2017. "Tomorrow Never Knows" also influenced some of my favourite songs by other music artists, including "Morning Glory" by Oasis and "Setting Sun" by The Chemical Brothers.
jomth 01/25/2014 10:56 | #101479
Can't believe this is the track from 1966 .One of the most innovative song and really show how genius The Beatles is . (Edited)
It may not be the greatest song of all time but it definitely is the most astonishing (Edited)
