When I Wake Up Tomorrow

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"When I Wake Up Tomorrow"
Cheap Trick When I Wake Up Tomorrow 2016 Single Cover.jpg
Single by Cheap Trick
from the album Bang, Zoom, Crazy... Hello
ReleasedMarch 4, 2016 [1]
Genre Rock
Length3:27
Label Big Machine Label Group LLC
Songwriter(s) Julian Raymond, Robin Zander, Rick Nielsen, Tom Petersson
Producer(s) Julian Raymond, Cheap Trick
Cheap Trick singles chronology
"No Direction Home"
(2015)		"When I Wake Up Tomorrow"
(2016)		"Long Time Coming"
(2017)

"When I Wake Up Tomorrow" is a song by American rock band Cheap Trick, which was released in 2016 as the second and final single from their seventeenth studio album Bang, Zoom, Crazy... Hello . It was written by Julian Raymond, Robin Zander, Rick Nielsen and Tom Petersson, and produced by Raymond and Cheap Trick. Released as a promotional single in the United States, "When I Wake Up Tomorrow" reached No. 24 on the Billboard Mainstream Rock chart. [2]

Contents

A music video was filmed to promote the single. [3] It was initially released exclusively through Rolling Stone on March 4, 2016. [1] The video features Nielsen playing his 1966 Gretsch 6123 guitar, which previously appeared in the video for the band's 1982 song "If You Want My Love". [4]

Background

Speaking of the song to Rolling Stone , Nielsen commented: "This song always reminds me of a sultry David Bowie song. I liked it from the first time we attempted to do it. It's just a moody, interesting piece with some heavy guitars in the middle." [5]

In an interview with Rock Cellar, Zander spoke of the song and his vocal performance on it: "I sort of conjured [Bowie's] style up in mind on the song. Even though I don't sound exactly like Bowie, it was in my mind while I was doing the song, which creates a fresh kind of new thing." [6]

Critical reception

AllMusic noted that the song was one on the album that showed the "Beatlesque side" of the band's "musical personality". [7] PopMatters described the song as a "power ballad" that "manages to impress, with its dark minor chords and Zander's moody, Bowie-esque croon". [8] American Songwriter noted the song was "Bowie-ish", adding that the "mid-tempo pumped up ballad captures a retro feel without feeling labored or contrived". [9] Classic Rock highlighted the song's "classic Trick-style descending chord sequence". [10]

The Michigan Daily described the song as the "best on the album", adding: "With smooth Bowie vocals, U2-esque keyboard interludes and their hallmark heavy guitar, "When I Wake Up Tomorrow" could easily be mistaken as a legend's work. [11] National Rock Review commented: "Heartfelt tracks like "When I Wake Up Tomorrow" and "Sing My Blues Away" highlights the band's songwriting ability". [12] Metropolis listed the song as one of the album's "strongest" tracks, noting that it "slightly stray[s] from the purity of their essence". [13]

The A.V. Club noted the song "showcases the darker, demented side of Cheap Trick", adding: "While on its surface the song may appear to be mining the usual power-pop territory of sex and girls, underneath there's a sinister undertone that may or may not touch on S&M and suicide." [14] Ultimate Classic Rock felt the song was "ripped from the Cheap Trick playbook". [15] All About the Rock described the song as the "weakest link" on the album and added: "It doesn't represent the rest of the offering well". [16]

Track listing

CD single (US promo)
  1. "When I Wake Up Tomorrow" - 3:27

Chart performance

Chart (2016)Peak
position
US Billboard Mainstream Rock [2] 24
US Billboard Rock Airplay [17] 42

Personnel

Cheap Trick

Additional musicians

Production

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