#558 no Ranking TopSongs

Tomorrow Never Knows

The Beatles

1966

RockPsychedelic Rock

#558

Ranking Geral

#18

Rank 1966

#137

Rank 1960s

#558 no Ranking TopSongs

Tomorrow Never Knows

The Beatles

1966

RockPsychedelic Rock

#558

Ranking Geral

#18

Rank 1966

#137

Rank 1960s

Videoclipe

Letra

Turn off your mind, relax and float downstream
It is not dying
It is not dying

Lay down all thoughts, surrender to the void
It is shining
It is shining

That you may see the meaning of within
It is being
It is being

That love is all and love is everyone
It is knowing
It is knowing

That ignorance and hate may mourn the dead
It is believing
It is believing

But listen to the colour of your dreams
It is not living
It is not living

Or play the Game Existence to the end
Of the beginning
Of the beginning

Of the beginning
Of the beginning
Of the beginning
Of the beginning
Of the beginning

Videoclipe

Letra

Turn off your mind, relax and float downstream
It is not dying
It is not dying

Lay down all thoughts, surrender to the void
It is shining
It is shining

That you may see the meaning of within
It is being
It is being

That love is all and love is everyone
It is knowing
It is knowing

That ignorance and hate may mourn the dead
It is believing
It is believing

But listen to the colour of your dreams
It is not living
It is not living

Or play the Game Existence to the end
Of the beginning
Of the beginning

Of the beginning
Of the beginning
Of the beginning
Of the beginning
Of the beginning

Curiosidades

O primeiro uso de um Leslie speaker para vocais na história da música aconteceu em "Tomorrow Never Knows", criando o vibrato característico da voz de John Lennon.

A gravação empregou o ADT (Automatic Double Tracking), duplicando a voz para dar mais profundidade ao solo vocal.

Embora tenha sido gravada primeiro, a faixa foi colocada como última do álbum *Revolver*, encerrando o disco em tom experimental que consolidou o álbum como um dos mais influentes da banda.

John Lennon escreveu a música em janeiro de 1966, inspirando‑se no livro *The Psychedelic Experience* de Leary, Alpert e Metzner, que, por sua vez, citava o *Tibetan Book of the Dead*.

A letra reflete a ideia de “morte do ego” descrita pelo livro, sendo que Lennon a escreveu enquanto consumia LSD, conforme relatos de Peter Brown e de George Harrison.

O episódio de Lennon encontrando o livro na Indica Bookshop depois de visitar a loja em busca de *The Portable Nietzsche* explica como a inspiração veio diretamente da leitura.