Tomorrow Belongs to Me

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'''"Tomorrow Belongs to Me"''' (known in German as ''Der Morgige Tag ist Mein'') is a "chilling anthem",<ref>[http://www.washingtonlife.com/2015/05/26/on-stage-goodbye-berlin/ On Stage: Goodbye Berlin], ''Washington Life Magazine'', 26 May 2015</ref> written for the 1966 [[United States|American]] musical {{wpl|Cabaret (musical)|''Cabaret''.}} The song has subsequently gone through various adaptations.<ref>
Hailton, Andrew. [http://www.counter-currents.com/2011/11/tomorrow-belongs-to-me/ Tomorrow Belongs to Me], ''counter-currents.com''.
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==Origins==
The song was written by two [[Jew]]s, John Kander and Fred Ebb.<ref>{{wpa|Kander and Ebb}}</ref>
{{efn|Interestingly, these two Jewish men are one of a select few Jews (including [[Jesus|Jesus Christ]]) who are ''not'' marked by a {{wpl|Judenstern|''Judenstern''}} on the [[neo-Nazi]] spinoff of [[Wikipedia]] known as [[Metapedia]] (at least not on the German version)<ref>[http://web.archive.org/web/20130720143111/http://de.metapedia.org/wiki/Tomorrow_Belongs_To_Me Tomorrow belongs to me] ''Metapedia'' (archived from July 20, 2013).</ref> for the Metapedia page on ''Tomorrow Belongs to Me'' ([[NSFW]], unless your boss is '''a literal [[Nazi]]''').}} John Kander was also [[gay]],<ref>{{wpa|John Kander}}</ref> and Fred Ebb was also allegedly gay;<ref>[http://gayinfluence.blogspot.co.uk/2014/06/kander-and-ebb.html Kander and Ebb] (June 1, 2017) ''Gay Influence''.</ref> this hasn't stopped [[antisemitic]] [[Rock music|rock bands]] such as ''[[Skrewdriver]]'', ''[[Saga]]'', and ''Prussian Blue''{{efn|Fraternal twins Lynx & Lamb Gaede, who comprised Prussian Blue, have since renounced their former affiliation with the White Supremacist cause.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20131116151245/http://www.cbs19.tv/story/15107323/change-of-heart-former-nazi-teeny-boppers-are-singing-a-new-tune Change of heart: Former Nazi teeny boppers are singing a new tune] (Posted: Jul 19, 2011 8:59 AM; Updated: Jul 20, 2011 8:32 AM) ''KYTX (CBS19)''.</ref>}} from performing it at their rallies, as it is often [[Poe's Law|confused for a genuine Nazi anthem]].<ref>[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0068327/trivia Cabaret trivia] ''IMDb''.</ref> Expert on all things Nazi, [[Stormfront]], claims: "The [[Germany|German]] folk song 'Tomorrow Belongs to Me' that predates the Nazi era was adapted and slightly altered for [''Cabaret'']",<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20150622162526/http://www.donotlink.com/framed?729799 Tomorrow Belongs To Me] ''Stormfront'' (archived from June 22, 2015). Same warning goes as for previous [[Metapedia]] link: '''[[NSFW]]'''.</ref> and "a rabbinical person" wrote to one of the songwriters "saying he had absolute proof it was a Nazi song"<ref>[http://rosiebell.typepad.com/rosiebell/2008/10/tomorrow-belongs-to-me.html Tomorrow Belongs to Me] (13 October 2008) ''Rosie Bell'' (Typepad)</ref> (proof of a [[Zionist]] [[conspiracy]] engulfing Stormfront bit-by-bit). However, no evidence seems to have emerged for those claims. 

==Modern usage==
It has been used for political purposes in [[Britain]], in the form of ''[[reductio ad Hitlerum]]'' by political opponents or [[Satire|satirists]]: Satirical puppet show {{wpl|Spitting Image|''Spitting Image''}} satirised the re-election of [[Margaret Thatcher]] with this song<ref>[https://spittingimage.fandom.com/wiki/Tomorrow_Belongs_To_Me Tomorrow Belongs To Me] ''Spitting Image Wiki''.</ref> (which apparently even some [[Conservative Party (UK)|Conservatives]] found funny),<ref>[https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2009/apr/11/interview-john-lloyd-comedy-producer?CMP=share_btn_tw Laughing matters] by Nicholas Wroe (11 April 2009 00.01 BST) ''[[The Grauniad]]''.</ref> and Nigel Nelson mocked the 
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 Chancellor [[George Osborne]]'s budget proposals, by saying: "For one horrifying moment I thought [[George Osborne|the Chancellor]] might whip off his suit to reveal lederhosen and a German boy scout uniform and break into a chorus of 'Tomorrow Belongs to Me.'"<ref name=Mirror>[http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/budget-sketch-george-osborne-budget-5358032 Budget sketch: George Osborne had a budget box full of kitchen gags but little else] by Nigel Nelson (18 March 2015) ''The Mirror''.</ref>

It has also found the bizarre usage as an unofficial student anthem of the Computer Science of Copenhagen University in an adapted version including much student humor and computer-slang.

It is also sung by a young German Nazi scout in the first episode of the third season of ''[[The Man in the High Castle]]'', a [[Dystopia|dystopic]] TV show produced by Amazon Video that narrates a parallel reality where the [[Nazi Germany|Nazi]] and the [[Japanese]] empires win [[World War II]].

The song has often been mistakenly linked to the [[Canada#Quebec sovereignty|Quebec's sovereigntist movement]]. There is a ''Demain nous appartient'' ("Tomorrow belong to us") song often heard at sovereigntist rallies, but it has nothing to do with the ''Cabaret'' song as its author explained.<ref>[https://www.commentarymagazine.com/articles/quebecs-jews/ Quebec’s Jews] by Stéphane Venne (January 1978) ''Commentary Magazzine''. Third letter.</ref>

==In film==
From the 1972 film adaptation of ''Cabaret'':
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==See also==
*''[[Blazing Saddles]]'', which quotes from another song from ''Cabaret''

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