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“Tomorrow People” by Ziggy Marley & the Melody Makers

From the album Conscious Party (1988)

“Tomorrow People” by Ziggy Marley & the Melody Makers appears on 28 radio countdowns from 7 stations between 1988 and 2023. It was first released in 1988 on the album Conscious Party. Its best result is #23 on the 91X Top 91 Songs of 1988. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #20 alternative song of 1988, #1,107 alternative song of all time and #103 of the '80s.

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Ziggy Marley wrote "Tomorrow People" on his own, words and music, and along with "Tumblin' Down" it was one of the two hits that carried Conscious Party, the third album by Ziggy Marley and the Melody Makers, out in 1988.

The Melody Makers were the children of Bob and Rita Marley, Ziggy, Stephen, Sharon and Cedella, whom their parents had set up as a child band ten years earlier. Conscious Party is the record where they stepped into the world's spotlight on their own merits, though most eyes stayed fixed on Ziggy, who led the group, sang lead and wrote most of the songs. The album went on to win the Grammy for Best Reggae Album in 1989.

Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz.

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Year-end countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
1988 69 KROQ Los Angeles, CA KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 1988 107
1988 23 91X San Diego, CA / Tijuana 91X Top 91 Songs of 1988 91
1988 28 Live 105 San Francisco, CA Live 105 Top 105.3 Songs of 1988 106
1988 55 WLIR / WDRE Long Island, NY WLIR Top 100 Songs of 1988 100

All-time and decade countdowns

Year#StationCountdownof
1988 316 KROQ KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1988) 496
1989 64 91X 91X Top 191 Songs of the 1980s (1989) 191
1989 30 KROQ KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1989) 495
1992 315 KROQ KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1992) 500
1994 309 KROQ KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1994) 497
1994 211 Live 105 Live 105 Revolutionary 500 (July 1994) 500
1996 217 KROQ KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1996) 500
1999 1234 CD101 CD101 Top 2000 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) 2000
2000 1234 CD101 CD101 Top 2001 Songs of All-Time (December 2000) 2001
2001 1235 CD101 CD101 Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (December 2001) 2002
2002 1234 CD101 CD101 Top 2003 Songs of All-Time (December 2002) 2003
2002 1177 Fred (XM 44) Fred XM Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (July 2002) 2002
2003 1219 CD101 CD101 Top 2004 Songs of All-Time (December 2003) 2004
2003 768 Fred (XM 44) Fred XM Top 2044 Songs of All-Time (July 2003) 2044
2004 1219 CD101 CD101 Top 2005 Songs of All-Time (December 2004) 2005
2005 1220 CD101 CD101 Top 2006 Songs of All-Time (December 2005) 1994
2007 1522 CD101 CD101 Top 2008 Songs of All-Time (December 2007) 2008
2008 1464 CD101 CD101 Top 2009 Songs of All-Time (December 2008) 2009
2009 1483 CD101 CD101 Top 2010 Songs of All-Time (December 2009) 2010
2010 1514 CD101 CD101 Top 2011 Songs of All-Time (December 2010) 2011
2011 1579 CD101 CD101 Top 2012 Songs of All-Time (December 2011) 2011
2013 1641 CD101 CD101 Top 2013 Songs of All-Time (December 2013) 2012
2014 1711 CD101 CD101 Top 2014 Songs of All-Time (2014) 2013
2023 638 The Colorado Sound The Colorado Sound Top 850 Songs of the 1980s 850

Charting alongside it in 1988

Best songs of 1988 →
  1. 1SuedeheadMorrissey
  2. 2DesireU2
  3. 3Beds are BurningMidnight Oil
  4. 4Route 66Depeche Mode
  5. 5Peek-A-BooSiouxsie and the Banshees
  6. 6Chains of LoveErasure

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