One Day More
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{{Infobox song
| name = Demain
|type=song| artist = Les Misérables Ensemble
|album=Les Misérables| language = French (original)
|English_title=One Day More| published = 1980
| recorded = {{unbulleted list|1980 (French cast recording)|1985 (London cast recording)|1987 (Broadway cast recording)|2012 (Film cast recording)}}
| genre =
|length=3:36 (London cast recording)
|composer = Claude-Michel Schönberg
|lyricist=*Alain Boublil
- Jean-Marc Natel
- Herbert Kretzmer
}}
"One Day More" ("{{lang|fr|Demain}}", Tomorrow, in the original French version) is a song from the 1980 musical Les Misérables. The music was written by Claude-Michel Schönberg, original French lyrics by Alain Boublil and Jean-Marc Natel, with an English-language libretto by Herbert Kretzmer.{{cite web|url=http://www.ibdb.com/production.php?id=4443|title=Les Misérables at IBDB.com|access-date=29 April 2009}} The song is sung by the entire chorus, using a counterpoint melody.
Les Misérables was originally released as a French-language concept album, as French songwriter Alain Boublil had had the idea to adapt Victor Hugo's novel into a musical while at a performance of the musical Oliver! in London.{{cite book |last=Behr |first=Edward |title=The Complete Book of Les Miserables |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qiCO4XZ2K6IC&pg=PA51|year=1993|publisher=Arcade Publishing |location=New York |isbn=978-1-55970-156-3 |page=51}}
The show and the song have been translated into 21 languages, including Japanese, Hebrew, Icelandic, Norwegian, Czech, Polish, Spanish, and Estonian, and there have been 31 cast recordings featuring the song.{{cite web|url=http://www.lesmis.com/pages/about/facts_figures_1.htm|title=Translations and Cast Recordings. LesMis.com|access-date=6 May 2009|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090309101814/http://lesmis.com/pages/about/facts_figures_1.htm|archive-date=9 March 2009}} The London cast version is triple platinum in the UK, for sales of more than 900,000, and platinum in the U.S., for sales of more than one million. The Broadway cast version is quadruple platinum in the U.S. (more than four million sold), where four other versions have also received gold certifications.{{cite web|url=https://www.riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.php?table=SEARCH_RESULTS|title=Gold and Platinum RIAA.com|website=Recording Industry Association of America |access-date=19 November 2009|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070626051113/http://www.riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.php?table=SEARCH_RESULTS|archive-date=26 June 2007}}
Certifications
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In popular culture
In 2012, musical theater performer and composer Michael Bihovsky composed a parody of this song about gluten-free and hypoallergenic food called "One Grain More".{{cite news|last=Tepper|first=Rachel|date=23 January 2013|title='One Grain More', gluten-free parody Of 'Les Miserables', offers great singing about awful food|work=Huffington Post|url=https://www.huffingtonpost.com.au/entry/---gluten-free-les-miserables_n_2529053?ri18n=true|access-date=30 December 2020}}{{YouTube|id=k9QbC41oQRo|title= }}
"One Day More" was parodied by the Marsh Family, a British family, in a video that went viral and was covered by NPR. The parody describes the social and economic implications on normal life due to the COVID-19 pandemic.{{Cite web|title=U.K. Family's Lockdown-Themed Rendition Of 'Les Mis' Is A Delight|url=https://www.npr.org/sections/coronavirus-live-updates/2020/04/01/825232156/u-k-familys-lockdown-themed-rendition-of-les-mis-is-a-delight|access-date=2021-05-17|website=NPR.org|language=en}}
In 2017, the song was covered by the cast of the Magicians in season 2, episode 9 – Lesser Evils.{{cite web | url=https://www.inverse.com/article/29343-the-magicians-s2e9-recap-review-les-misrables-one-day-more-elliot-marries | title=So, 'The Magicians' Sang "One Day More" from 'Les Misérables' }}
"One Day More" was parodied by James Corden and an ensemble of Broadway cast members on January 19, 2021, the last day of the presidency of Donald Trump and day before the inauguration of Joe Biden.{{cite web|last=Shafer|first=Ellise|date=19 January 2021|title=James Corden Celebrates ' Day ' of Trump With 'Les Misérables' Spoof|url=https://variety.com/2021/music/news/james-corden-trump--day--les-miserables-spoof-1234888356/|website=Variety|accessdate=7 February 2021}} The parody's lyrics frequently reference both the COVID pandemic and the events during and after supporters of Trump stormed of the United States Capitol.{{Cite web|last1=Legaspi|first1=Althea|date=2021-01-20|title=Watch James Corden, Broadway Stars Mark ' Day ' of Trump|url=https://www.rollingst.com/tv/tv-news/james-corden--day--trump-les-miserables-1116591/|access-date=2021-05-14|website=Rolling St|language=en-US}}{{Cite web|last=Variety|first=Ellise Shafer|title=James Corden celebrates ' Day ' of Trump with 'Les Misérables' spoof|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/ct-ent-trump-james-cordon-20210120-7karvgu2zzapra5t4jn3uazs7y-story.html|access-date=2021-05-14|website=chicagotribune.com}}
References
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External links
- [http://www.lesmis.com/ Les Misérables official website]
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