Today (Mel B song)

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"Today"
Todaycover.jpg
Single by Melanie Brown
from the album L.A. State of Mind
B-side
  • "Bad, Bad Girl"
  • "Music of the Night (Perdido)"
Released13 June 2005 (2005-06-13) [1]
Length3:16
Label Amber Café
Songwriter(s) Kevin Malpass
Producer(s) Kevin Malpass
Melanie Brown singles chronology
"Lullaby"
(2001)
"Today"
(2005)
"For Once in My Life"
(2013)
Music video
"Today" on YouTube

"Today" is a song by British singer-songwriter Melanie Brown, released as the lead and only single of her second studio album, L.A. State of Mind (2005). The song was solely written by Brown and produced by Kevin Malpass. Released on 13 June 2005 in the United Kingdom, it entered and peaked at number 41 on the UK Singles Chart, charting for only two week. The music video was directed by Mark McConnell and filmed in Los Angeles, California. To promote the single, Brown performed the song on GMTV .

Contents

Track listings

  1. "Today" – 3:16
  2. "Bad, Bad Girl" – 3:25
  1. "Today" – 3:16
  2. "Music of the Night (Perdido)" – 3:48
  3. "Today" (music video)

Charts

Charts (2005)Peak
position
Scotland (OCC) [2] 38
UK Singles (OCC) [3] 41
UK Indie (OCC) [4] 7

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