Today (Jefferson Airplane song)

"Today"
Song by Jefferson Airplane from the album Surrealistic Pillow
Released	1967
Format	Vinyl record (7") 45 RPM
Recorded	November 2, 1966
Genre	Folk rock, psychedelic rock
Length	3:02
Label	RCA Victor
Writer(s)	Marty Balin/Paul Kantner
Producer(s)	Rick Jarrard

"Today" is a folk rock ballad written by Marty Balin and Paul Kantner from the band Jefferson Airplane. It first appeared on their breakthrough album, Surrealistic Pillow, with a live version later appearing on the expanded rerelease of Bless Its Pointed Little Head. Marty Balin said, "I wrote it to try to meet Tony Bennett. He was recording in the next studio. I admired him, so I thought I'd write him a song. I never got to meet him, but the Airplane ended up doing it."^[1] Jerry Garcia plays the simple, repetitive but poignant lead guitar riff on the song.^[1]

Personnel

Marty Balin - Lead vocals, tambourine
Grace Slick - Vocals
Jorma Kaukonen - Guitar
Paul Kantner - Guitar, vocals
Jack Casady - Bass
Spencer Dryden - Drums
Jerry Garcia - Lead guitar^[2]

Cover versions

Tom Scott covered the song on his 1967 album, Honeysuckle Breeze. The song features a quicker tempo than the Jefferson Airplane version and also features a long saxophone solo. The song also appears in the episode, "Riley Wuz Here" of the animated television series, The Boondocks. Parts of the saxophone solo were sampled in the Pete Rock & CL Smooth song They Reminisce Over You (T.R.O.Y.).
Black Sheep samples the song on "Similak Child" from their 1991 album, A Wolf in Sheep's Clothing.
Balin released a new version on his 1999 solo album, Marty Balin Greatest Hits.^[3]
Renée Fleming also covered it on her 2010 album Dark Hope.
Norwegian avant-garde musicians Ulver covered it on their 2012 all-cover release "Childhood's End".

References

1 2 Surrealistic Pillow 2003 re-release liner notes
↑ Surrealistic Pillow 2003 re-release liner notes
↑ "Marty Balin, Marty Balin Greatest Hits". Retrieved November 25, 2016.

External links

Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics

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Studio albums

Jefferson Airplane	Jefferson Airplane Takes Off Surrealistic Pillow After Bathing at Baxter's Crown of Creation Volunteers Bark Long John Silver Jefferson Airplane

Jefferson Starship	Blows Against the Empire (with Paul Kantner) Dragon Fly Red Octopus Spitfire Earth Freedom at Point Zero Modern Times Winds of Change Nuclear Furniture Windows of Heaven Jefferson's Tree of Liberty

Starship	Knee Deep in the Hoopla No Protection Love Among the Cannibals Loveless Fascination

Live albums

Archival releases

Compilations

Singles

"Somebody to Love"
"White Rabbit"
"The Ballad of You and Me and Pooneil"
"Volunteers"
"Wooden Ships"
"Mexico"
"Ride The Tiger"
"Miracles"
"Play On Love"
"With Your Love"
"Count On Me"
"Runaway"
"Light the Sky on Fire"
"Jane"
"Find Your Way Back"
"Stranger"
"Be My Lady"
"Winds of Change"
"No Way Out"
"Layin' It on the Line"
"We Built This City"
"Sara"
"Tomorrow Doesn't Matter Tonight"
"Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now"
"It's Not Over ('Til It's Over)"
"It's Not Enough"
"Planes"
"Good Heart"
"Let Me Fly"
"It's Not the Same as Love"

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