What do the Monkees and Dwight Yoakum have in common? They both covered this song.
Tomorrow’s Gonna Be Another Day is a song written by Tommy Boyce and Steve Venet that appears on The Monkees, the debut album of the Monkees.
Micky sang the lead on this song. He is the only Monkee on this recording but this setup fell away quickly as the band began to take ownership of their music and come into their own as musicians and songwriters by the 3rd album. This song has the same sound as Last Train To Clarksville…it is a nice pop song.
It was not released as a single but it was a solid song for the Monkees brand of pop.
Dwight Yoakam also covered this song. The song was on his album Tomorrow’s Gonna Be Another Day and was released in the summer of 2016.
Tomorrow Is Gonna Be Another Day
I’m gonna pack up my pain,
I been a keepin’ in my heart,
I’m gonna catch me the fastest train
And make me a brand new start
But that’s okay,
Tomorrow’s gonna be another day,
Hey, hey, hey.
And I don’t care what they say
Tomorrow’s gonna be, tomorrow’s gonna be,
Tomorrow’s gonna be another day.
Yay, yay, yay,
Yay, yay, yay.
They say there’s a lotta fish,
Swimmin’ in the deep blue sea,
I’m gonna catch me a pretty one
And she’ll be good to me.
But that’s okay,
Tomorrow’s gonna be another day,
Hey, hey, hey.
And I don’t care what they say
Tomorrow’s gonna be, tomorrow’s gonna be,
Tomorrow’s gonna be another day.
Yay, yay, yay,
Yay, yay, yay.
Well, I ain’t gonna think about ya,
‘Cause it ain’t no use no more,
I’m gonna make it fine without ya,
Just like I did before,
I’m on my way.
Tomorrow’s gonna be another day,
Hey, hey, hey.
And I don’t care what they say
Tomorrow’s gonna be, tomorrow’s gonna be,
Tomorrow’s gonna be another day.
Yay, yay, yay,
Yay, yay, yay.
[repeat and fade]
That’s really interesting. I had no idea Dwight Yoakum had sung this. The session musicians on the album are incredible. It’s Larry Taylor of Canned Heat on bass. And if you look at who Louie Shelton has played guitar with, its everyone! Thanks for reminding me what a great impact that first album made.
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I had no clue either that Dwight covered this song. I am a big Canned Heat fan.
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I like The Monkees version better, as it sounds more exciting.
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Me too, by a distance.
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LOL…trying to mix it up man.
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Oh and why not? You made the monkees better by comparison!!
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Hey Hey
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Hadn’t heard either , both quite good in their own way. Laughing because as different as they are, I could quite “hear” the Monkees doing a version of Dwight’s “Thousand Miles From Nowhere”
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I know…I didn’t know about it until I wrote this.
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I agree with Jim. The Monkees’ version. It feels like there’s too much going on with Dwight’s, almost a Phil Spector “wall o’ sound” type of sound.
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It does fit his style though…before I heard it I thought what?
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Both of these versions sound danged good. Dwight is one of my favorite C&W stars still alive. I really liked the screen time they gave him in the Ken Burns series.
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It surprised me that he covered that…he did a really good job. I never did know Dwight covered it.
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And not only that he named the album after it!
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I vaguely remember this one. The Monkees version is much better and I am a Yoakam fan.
Lord, those striped shorts! LOL!
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I know….they were a lot of fun. I just remember their version more.
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