What About Tomorrows Children

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"What About Tomorrows Children"
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Single by Maggie Reilly
from the album Echoes
B-side "Nowhere to Hide"
Released1991
Recorded1991
Genre Pop
Length4:12
Label Empire Records
Songwriter(s) Briggs, Seibold, Touchton
Producer(s) Harald Steinhauer, Kristian Schultze
Maggie Reilly singles chronology
"As Tears Go By"
(1984)
"What About Tomorrows Children"
(1991)
"Everytime We Touch"
(1992)

"What About Tomorrows Children" is a pop song by Scottish singer Maggie Reilly. It was released by Empire Records as the first single from her debut studio album Echoes (1992). The song was produced by Harald Steinhauer and Kristian Schultze. The single peaked at number thirty on Dutch Singles Chart.

Contents

Formats and track listings

CD / 7" Single

  1. "What About Tomorrows Children" – 4:13
  2. "Nowhere to Hide" – 5:00

Charts

Chart (1991)Peak
position
Dutch Singles Chart [1] 30

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References

  1. "What About Tomorrows Children", in various singles charts (Retrieved 3 August 2009)