"For Today" is a song by the New Zealand band Netherworld Dancing Toys, released through Virgin Records in 1985 as the lead single from their debut studio album Painted Years.

[1][2] Fellow band member Malcolm Black rewrote a verse after Sampson presented his composition to the rest of the Netherworld Dancing Toys.

[1] As with the rest of Painted Years, the song was produced by Nigel Stone and recorded at Marmalade Studios in Wellington.

"[2][7] Brass duo The Newton Hoons (consisting of saxophonist Chris Green and trumpeter Mike Russell) and backing vocalist Kim Willoughby (who would later perform with Crummer in When the Cat's Away) also feature on the track.

[2][3] Willoughby and Crummer are furthermore present in the song's music video, set in a recording studio and on a Cook Strait ferry, alongside the Netherworld Dancing Toys.