Remember Tomorrow

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“Remember Tomorrow”
Song by Iron Maiden
Album	Iron Maiden
Released	April 14, 1980
Recorded	Kingsway Studios, London
Genre	Heavy Metal
Length	5:27
Label	EMI / Capitol Records
Writer	Steve Harris Paul Di'Anno

"Remember Tomorrow" is the second track from the bands debut album Iron Maiden. It was written by Steve Harris and Paul Di'Anno.

Steve Harris, in a July 1983 interview with John Stix said, "This song is an old stage favorite. The crowds used to be really into this one. Paul Di'Anno wrote the lyrics to it. I wrote the music. Actually I played the parts I had and he worked it out. There's a lot of feeling in this song. Mind you I think any song should be filled with feeling. But on the slow parts of this one I think there is that extra measure."

According to Paul Di'anno, 'Remember Tomorrow' is about his relationship with his father.^{[citation needed]}

It has also been said by Paul Di'Anno that the song was a tribute to his grandfather and that "Remember Tomorrow" was a phrase he used.

There have been several live recording of 'Remember Tomorrow', but the most notable recording is on the b-side of the 1982 single 'The Number of the Beast'. This is because it features Bruce Dickinson on vocals and is actually the verson from Maiden Japan with Bruce's vocals dubed over Paul's.^{[citation needed]} It was also one of the very first songs Bruce sang with Iron Maiden during auditioning.^{[citation needed]}

Several bands have covered 'Remember Tomorrow' including Anthrax and Crowbar. Notably, the Swedish metal band Opeth covered this track for the A Call to Irons: A Tribute to Iron Maiden album and the recording later appeared on a re-release of their 1998 album "My Arms, Your Hearse".

[edit] Credits

• Paul Di'Anno - vocals
• Dave Murray - guitar
• Dennis Stratton - guitar
• Steve Harris - bass guitar
• Clive Burr - drums