Tomorrow's Dance

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'Tomorrow's Dance' is an early live-only song, assumed to have been written by Vince Clarke. The song's working title was "The Dance". It is unknown why it does not appear on Speak & Spell or as a B-side. It was only performed during the 1980 Tour, and only one relatively poor audience recording of this song exists from 1980-10-30 Bridge House, London, England, UK (which happens to be the earliest genuine Depeche Mode recording currently in circulation). Tomorrow's Dance is mentioned by Daryl Bamonte in BONG magazine issue 24 on pages 16 and 18:

Lyrics


Tomorrow's Dance

BONG magazine issue 24, page 16, showing Vince Clarke's handwritten lyrics for Tomorrow's Dance.

Saturday night, you look so chic

Been waiting for this moment, been waiting all week

The club is crowded, much too hot

The boys they're dancing, they just can't stop


Tomorrow's dance, tomorrow's dance

You dance your dance, you dance your chance

Tomorrow's dance, tomorrow's dance

You dance tonight and you dance it right


Ice cold drinks, get stoned tonight

We're gonna get happy, the occasion is right

You start to move, you take the floor

The music is better than ever before


Tomorrow's dance, tomorrow's dance

You dance your dance, you dance your chance

Tomorrow's dance, tomorrow's dance

You dance tonight and you dance it right


Three A.M., I just can't last

The music is loud, and much too fast

You gotta get out, you wanna stay

You gotta hang out to another dancing day


Tomorrow's dance, tomorrow's dance

You dance your dance, you dance your chance

Tomorrow's dance, tomorrow's dance

You dance tonight and you dance it right


Songwriter: Vince Clarke (?)
Publishing Information: No publishing information available.

Live performances

Main article: Available recordings of "Tomorrow's Dance"
Main article: List of dates where "Tomorrow's Dance" was played

Only one live recording of Tomorrow's Dance is currently in circulation, and it can be streamed below.

1980 Tour