What About Today? is the eleventh studio album released in July 1969 by Barbra Streisand. It is considered to be her first attempt at recording contemporary pop songs and was received poorly, peaking at number 31 on the Billboard 200 albums chart. It is one of only three studio albums by Streisand (the others being 1973's Barbra Streisand...And Other Musical Instruments, 2011's What Matters Most and 2018's Walls) not to have received an RIAA sales certification in the United States. The album features songs originally recorded by The Beatles and Paul Simon among others. The cover photograph was an outtake from a 1968 Vogue shoot with Richard Avedon.
Three songs were recorded for the album, but not included:[4]
"One Day" - Barbra recorded three versions of "One Day" in the studio. Peter Matz and Michel Legrand each tried to arrange it. The last version in May 1969 was arranged by David Shire. The song never made it onto a Streisand album. However, it was used in 1990's Earth Day Special.
"Lost in Wonderland" - released in 2012 on the album Release Me
"Tomorrow I Will Bring You a Rose" - still unreleased