It's a New Day (will.i.am song)

"It's a New Day"
Promotional single by will.i.am
from the album Change Is Now: Renewing America's Promise
ReleasedNovember 7, 2008
RecordedJanuary 31, 2008[citation needed]
StudioEthernet and Record Plant, Los Angeles
GenreHip hop
Length3:39
LabelInterscope
Songwriter(s)William Adams
Producer(s)William Adams
Music video
"It's a New Day" on YouTube

"It's a New Day" is a song produced and organized by American rapper and producer will.i.am. It was released as promotional single on November 7, 2008, from the political compilation album Change Is Now: Renewing America's Promise (2009). Will performed the song for the first time on The Oprah Winfrey Show. The song was written as a tribute to President Barack Obama's victory. It was used in an episode of the second season of Gossip Girl. A parody of the song was featured on the Boondocks episode "It's a Black President, Huey Freeman". It was titled "Dick Riding Obama", and featured will.i.am, rapper Thugnificent, Gangstalicious and a George Clooney lookalike debating whether Obama's victory was really a success. A scene from the episode was released on YouTube before the episode aired as a form of viral marketing.

Music video

The song's music video was released in November 2008, and features cameos by various celebrities, including:

Charts

References

  1. ^ "will.i.am Chart History (Canadian Hot 100)". Billboard. Retrieved July 5, 2023.
  2. ^ "Archívum – Slágerlisták – MAHASZ" (in Hungarian). Rádiós Top 40 játszási lista. Magyar Hanglemezkiadók Szövetsége. Retrieved July 5, 2023.
  3. ^ "will.i.am Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard. Retrieved July 5, 2023.
  4. ^ "Rádiós Top 100 – hallgatottsági adatok alapján – 2009" (in Hungarian). MAHASZ. Retrieved July 5, 2023.